Inspirational Person Essay - Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
It’s A Metaphor
Augustus Waters, with a cigarette dangling from his pale lips, smirks slightly while sitting in Cancer Support Group. Augustus is a 17 year old boy, cancer survivor, and madly in love with a girl whose lungs are filled with fluid. He first met Hazel, who is the main character of the story, at a Cancer Support Group located in their small town in Indiana. They end up reading the same books, visiting Amsterdam to visit their favorite author and falling in love along the way. Once a basketball player, he had his leg amputated due to Osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bones. Osteosarcoma is a tumor that tends to start in the bones of legs, which can lead into the tumor spreading and death. He now has a prosthetic leg, in absence of his amputated leg, to walk on but he doesn’t let the cancer get to him. With dark hair, green eyes, and an always smirking smile, he captures your attention as soon as you meet him. Augustus Waters in “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green is inspirational because he found humor in death, was very wise, and fought until the very end. One of my favorite things about Gus is that he found humor in death. I know, that sounds wrong, but he believed in a metaphor; “It’s a metaphor see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t let it do it’s killing.” What he meant by that is he always had a pack of cigarettes, and one, unlit, between his lips. He found that in a way taunting death made him feel stronger. He always believed that everything should have a metaphor, for he was never seen without one plain as day. Augustus was also very wise. He would always ask questions, but they were never stupid. They were actually very intelligent questions. He spoke wisely, for he believed that human nature should not be wasted on stupidity. Once when discussing their fears, Hazel, the main character, told him that she was afraid of human oblivion. He replied: “There will come a time when all of us will be dead. There will
Augustus Waters, with a cigarette dangling from his pale lips, smirks slightly while sitting in Cancer Support Group. Augustus is a 17 year old boy, cancer survivor, and madly in love with a girl whose lungs are filled with fluid. He first met Hazel, who is the main character of the story, at a Cancer Support Group located in their small town in Indiana. They end up reading the same books, visiting Amsterdam to visit their favorite author and falling in love along the way. Once a basketball player, he had his leg amputated due to Osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bones. Osteosarcoma is a tumor that tends to start in the bones of legs, which can lead into the tumor spreading and death. He now has a prosthetic leg, in absence of his amputated leg, to walk on but he doesn’t let the cancer get to him. With dark hair, green eyes, and an always smirking smile, he captures your attention as soon as you meet him. Augustus Waters in “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green is inspirational because he found humor in death, was very wise, and fought until the very end. One of my favorite things about Gus is that he found humor in death. I know, that sounds wrong, but he believed in a metaphor; “It’s a metaphor see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t let it do it’s killing.” What he meant by that is he always had a pack of cigarettes, and one, unlit, between his lips. He found that in a way taunting death made him feel stronger. He always believed that everything should have a metaphor, for he was never seen without one plain as day. Augustus was also very wise. He would always ask questions, but they were never stupid. They were actually very intelligent questions. He spoke wisely, for he believed that human nature should not be wasted on stupidity. Once when discussing their fears, Hazel, the main character, told him that she was afraid of human oblivion. He replied: “There will come a time when all of us will be dead. There will