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The Fault in Our Stars: Book & Movie Comparison
The Fault in Our Stars is a well written book. After I read the book I watched the movie and I noticed some major differences. Some important scenes that were in the book were not in the movie. The book also has more details which is missing in the movie, making some scenes, such as Augustus’ death less dramatic and emotional.
One important difference would be Kaitlyn, Hazel's best friend from “pre-cancer” life. Kaitlyn isn't mentioned at all in the movie, so we don't know much about Hazel’s life before she had cancer. In the book Kaitlyn and Hazel meet up at the mall and go shopping like they used to. This showed some of Hazel’s history so we know more about her past. Hazel realizes that some
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This affects Hazel because she keeps comparing herself to Caroline. Caroline died and the main thing people remembered of her was that she had cancer. This got Hazel thinking that when she dies she will be remembered only as the girl with cancer since she believes she is near death. Augustus’ foreshadowing was not in the movie. When he told Hazel his cancer came back it was surprising because Gus looked fine until the scene in Amsterdam where he tells her. In the book Hazel picks up Gus from his house and overhears his mom yelling at him for leaving which foreshadows that his cancer is back. When he told Hazel his cancer was back in the book it wasn't so abrupt unlike the movie. In the movie Augustus picks up Hazel and Mrs. Lancaster in a limousine like nothing happened Another significant thing that was left out in the movie was when Augustus’ cancer had returned and he was getting sick. They did show Augustus getting his cancer back but did not mention how much Hazel helped clean after him and take care of him like they did in the book. In the movie Gus and Hazel meet up at the skeleton maze and Gus looks very ill. The next night Hazel gets a call in the middle of the night from Augustus saying he's at the gas station and he’s not feeling well. Hazel finds him and called the police and they go to the hospital in an

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