CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION John Michael Green, an American writer was born on August 24, 1977. He is young adult fiction writer and youtube blogger. He won Printz Award in 2006, born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is an award winning, New York Times- bestselling author whose many accolades include a Printz Honor and the Edgar Award. He has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers, one of the most popular online video projects in the world.
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It brings out all emotions of love and sorrow and most importantly it talks about life and death and people caught in between and uncertainity of life, little surprises it gives out everything you are least expecting. Unlike amny cancer stories, Green’s novel looks from within the perspective of a support group, all cancer aided teenagers meeting at the church forming a cancer support group where they shared their experiences and wished each other happiness and courage to live. The Fault in Our Stars is a novel which makes the reader laugh and cry also at certain points but then again attracted to read more about it. There is abundant positivity in the novel where both, girl named Hazel Grace and boy named Augustus Waters suffer from different type of cancer, overly loved by their families and each other too. As said in the novel Hazel Grace gets her forever within her numbered days, prominently gifted by Augustus …show more content…
Story starts with her telling about her mother’s worries about Hazel being depressed as she rarely left the house,spent quite a long time in bed and read the same book again and again, which was ‘ An Imperial Affliction’, which plays an important role throughtout her story. She is very much attached to this book and desperately wants to know the end of her much loved book. In reply to her mother’s fear of her suffering from depression which is the side-effect of cancer, she believed that depression is not the side-effect of cancer but of dying. Unlike other cancer stories, Green’s novel looks at the views from within courtesy of a support group which consisted of cancer survivors. There are no weak characters in the novel, all are tough and confronting, having the most dangerous disease. Not only the cancer survivors are shown in the novel but also their parents who had their own survival methods, making themselves understand and building courage within to cope up everyday with the fear of losing their loved ones anytime. Two types of parents are depicted in the novel, one being the type who managed by embracing
It brings out all emotions of love and sorrow and most importantly it talks about life and death and people caught in between and uncertainity of life, little surprises it gives out everything you are least expecting. Unlike amny cancer stories, Green’s novel looks from within the perspective of a support group, all cancer aided teenagers meeting at the church forming a cancer support group where they shared their experiences and wished each other happiness and courage to live. The Fault in Our Stars is a novel which makes the reader laugh and cry also at certain points but then again attracted to read more about it. There is abundant positivity in the novel where both, girl named Hazel Grace and boy named Augustus Waters suffer from different type of cancer, overly loved by their families and each other too. As said in the novel Hazel Grace gets her forever within her numbered days, prominently gifted by Augustus …show more content…
Story starts with her telling about her mother’s worries about Hazel being depressed as she rarely left the house,spent quite a long time in bed and read the same book again and again, which was ‘ An Imperial Affliction’, which plays an important role throughtout her story. She is very much attached to this book and desperately wants to know the end of her much loved book. In reply to her mother’s fear of her suffering from depression which is the side-effect of cancer, she believed that depression is not the side-effect of cancer but of dying. Unlike other cancer stories, Green’s novel looks at the views from within courtesy of a support group which consisted of cancer survivors. There are no weak characters in the novel, all are tough and confronting, having the most dangerous disease. Not only the cancer survivors are shown in the novel but also their parents who had their own survival methods, making themselves understand and building courage within to cope up everyday with the fear of losing their loved ones anytime. Two types of parents are depicted in the novel, one being the type who managed by embracing