The Fault in Our Starts Critique Essay

The author deciding on this style also allows him to be able to emotionally affect the reader without using a complex word choice. Through dialogue, Green is also able to make the regular conversation between teenagers relatable, with the use of sarcasm. Hazel and Augustus share a mutual friend, Isaac, who has been suffering from cancer, his treatments cause him to lose his eyesight. After the surgery, Hazel asks Augustus how Isaac is doing, Augustus sarcastically responds with “I mean, he’s blind. So that’s unfortunate.” (73). This type of sarcastic response is very similar to one a teenager might say, creating these characters have a connection with a young reader, due to the reader’s understanding of the character. Conversations using these elements create a believable relationship in the reader’s mind. John Green uses intense themes, such as death, which causes the reader to stop and think about what the author’s point really is. Throughout the novel, it is shown to the reader just how important it is to realize that even if you don’t have a long life ahead of you, you are alive now and that is what is important. Through the first person point of view the story is told in, the reader is able to go in Hazel’s mind and understand her thoughts on death, more