Hazel

“It's a good life Hazel Grace” said Augustus, a teenage boy with osteosarcoma; a form of cancer in the bones. He had cancer but still made his life great by spending it with the person he loved most. He, out of billions of people, found something to make life great. Even though he's just a boy from a book, he has a story just like each and every one of us. Just a year ago, I had the chance to move from Chicago, Illinois to Niceville, Florida and at the time I was very upset and didn't understand…

Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock by David Margolick, it reveals the extraordinary story of two very different women named Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan. In the book, Margolick aims to unravel and dive deep into the notorious picture that was taken in September of 1957. He does this by explaining how the unforgettable photograph of Elizabeth and Hazel came to be taken and its widespread significance in the world. As well as why for almost half a century neither Hazel nor…

remarkably low percentage validates that most underprivileged communities do not expect to accumulate a lot of college graduates. It is shocking to know that racial divides between education are still prevalent in our society. In the novel Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, David Margolick illustrates racial divides within the 1957 Brown Vs. Board of Education. In the text Margolick describes that Elizabeth’s poor academic experience had to do with racial discrimination. In 1957 our…

In Hazel Carby’s critical essay, Slave and Mistress: Ideologies of Womanhood under Slavery, she begins by establishing her intent to specifically explore the antebellum period of the south, its effects on the public perception of the black woman in America, and especially public perception/ideologies of the black woman that stem from the mythical, the “cultural creation,” of the black woman, created by white population (Carby 20). She further establishes that this will involve investigating how…

that shadows the difficult life of Hazel Grace Lancaster, who suffers with thyroid cancer, and for that reason, she walks around accompanied by an oxygen tank. Hazel squanders her days at home watching TV with her parents, which is why her mom hustles Hazel to attend a cancer support group, to kindle friendships and engage a social life. Even though Hazel was reluctant to attend the support group, she goes anyway to make her parents delighted. Luckily for Hazel, the support group was where she…

thousand nine hundred and sixty kids from ages zero to nineteen die from cancer each year. Hazel Lancaster thought she was of the unlucky few after she was diagnosed with Stage Four Thyroid Cancer. Waiting for time to clock her out was all she ever looked forward to. Until a mysterious boy came into her life through support group meetings Hazel was waiting to implode. In John Green novel The Fault In Our Stars, Hazel Lancaster rebels against her society’s unfair limitation towards cancer…

small farm, two rabbits are getting ready to flee their warren in an effort to escape the dangers of men come to kill them. Richard Adam’s Watership Down follows these two rabbits - named Hazel and Fiver - as they gather a following and make their way across the farmland to safety. The band of misfits looks to Hazel for guidance, and he leads them to their haven. A warren is established atop the hills where the rabbits are safe and sound. However, the need to keep the warren going strives the…

main character Hazel has a terminal illness that was being controlled for the time being, but was very difficult for her to live with. In the beginning of the book Hazel’s mom is trying to get Hazel to go to her support group. Hazel doesn’t like going to her support group and doesn’t get out much. Hazel argues until her mom tells her, “Hazel, you deserve a life” (Green 7). Her mom wants her to get out of the house so she can have a life and not be defined by her illness. Hazel has trouble…

The heart of Jesus. Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster met in the heart of Jesus, “Literally”. Augustus and Hazel met at a support group for cancer patience. After the group meeting was over they both went to Augustus’ house to watch a movie. When Hazel went back home she stayed up all night reading a book Augustus gave to her to read. They then the next day got together again to hang out. The support group for cancer patience was in the heart of Jesus. When people were sharing their…

“Why are you looking at me like that?” “Because you’re beautiful.” This is the part of the book when the main characters, Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster meet for the first time. This is also the start of the plot line. The book is a story about how two strangers fall in love and go places that some people could only dream about. However, they both share something in common. They have cancer. One of the amazing adventures that these characters go on is a trip to Amsterdam. In John…