Critical Review †“The Fault in our Stars” by John Green Essay

The Fault in our Stars is a young adult fresh written by John Green. It is found on the remission of a 16-year-old Thyroid cancer patient, cob Grace who relentlessly struggles to breathe. She attends a Cancer Kid Support Group where she meets Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old computerized tomography diagnosed with osteosarcoma. They form a close relationship and constantly share their love for a book called An Imperial Affliction written by turncock train Houten who resigned from writing it half focus. Upon the desperation in finding out the ending, the two protagonists set off to Netherlands to meet the author. Their journey together reveals the themes of love, grief, loss, and both physical and mental aggravator. throughout the book, there are reoccurring metaphors of water and stars water representing death and stars signifying hope, hence the name The Fault in our Stars. Each of these themes along with the repeated motifs the author creates, reaches out to the ratifier and c auses them to be drawn into the lives of the geeks and their relation to each other.The two protagonists dread each day with the constant worry that theyd pass away any minute. Augustus and Hazels love for each other triumphs over struggle and hardship but yet still they worried Worry is yet another aspect effect of dying. The times when they are not contemplating what it means to be gone, theyre drawn into An Imperial Affliction (AIA). John Green purposely made the characters metaphorically relatable to those in AIA so there is a meaning to the existence of the book. The two sweethearts chase their dreams all the way to Netherlands in order to meet up with Peter Van Houten, a rude, abrasive, and utterly drunk father of a departed cancer kid. Hazel and Gus both reminded him of her, and the circumstances that made him so cruel and caused perturb in his life. John Green intended on Peter Van Houtens charisma to be the way he wrote it as he himself withal intellectualizes emotiona lly painful experiences so that he doesnt have to confront/process them emotionally. Both authors are somewhat related with their thoughts and feelings.The Fault in our Stars introduced many deeper topics on discordant themesrelevant to todays society. John Green wanted to be ambiguous because he was able to accurately depict the characters in their flow age, with their strong personalities, which were present through the whole novel. There are no negative aspects of the text, as e precise part was crucial in showing diametric emotions, and character traits. Hazel Grace had a strong personality, a complex train of thoughts, and thyroid cancer, as its fairly similar to what Greens close friend, Esther had. The novel was mostly influenced by Esther, who died of thyroid cancer in August 2010, and after she died, Green had to write his way through it, desperately looking for some hope in it. The setting is also inspired by her the problematic occurrences that cancer plays in the cha racters lives.The many times throughout the novel where every character experiences love, grief, loss and pain causes you to laugh cry, and then come back for more Markus Zusak. John Green does this by presenting many heart wrenching events, where physical pain is shown. The pain of Hazel suffering from breathing everyday, but the unconditional love between Hazel and Augustus over power all the sadness. He also explores motifs of stars and water, very deeply. He has metaphorical words for the stars and water. Stars representing wishes and water, representing the proximity of death, which is frequently talked about throughout the book as Hazel devotes quite a bit of her abundant spare time to thinking about death.Another heart throbbing novel, Looking for Alaska also by John Green is similar in a way where there are two protagonists who frequently engage in conversations, drawing them closer to each other, and allowing them to explore the different themes of love, loss and friendsh ip.In summary, the author has successfully written a gripping novel. John Green presented situations relatable to the current teen culture by speaking in the mind of a teenager. I therefore applaud to his ability to write with every word sticking to the specific character trait each of them are supposed to portray. He has engaged the readers in every page, entitling it to being an award-winning novel.