Mrs. Dana
12 Honors English
25 October 2013
The Fault in Our Stars John Green is the New York Times best-selling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. John Green has written some very unique pieces of literature, such as; This Is Not Tom, which is written completely in riddles. He also wrote a long short story called Let It Snow. John Green has done several radio interviews and he has done several interviews with young fans of his. John Green is a very popular and talented author; reaching the hearts of many teenage boys and girls because his novels relate to all of the issues that teens go through. In the novel The Fault in Our Stars written by John Green, the main …show more content…
Augustus will do anything to get Hazel’s attention and he will do anything to make her happy. Augustus shows his love for Hazel in many ways. For example, Hazel shares her favorite book with him called An Imperial Affliction and Gus went through the trouble of reading it and finding the deranged author of the book so Hazel could have all of her unanswered questions answered. Gus uses his wish in order to fly Hazel and him to Amsterdam to meet the author of the novel. While they are in Amsterdam, Hazel and Augustus fall deeper in love. Gus is hiding something crucial in their relationship from Hazel. Gus had just gotten more X-rays done before the Amsterdam trip and the results showed that his cancer had come back. His cancer spread all throughout his body and there was absolutely no possible way to cure it or prolong his life. Hazel thought she was going to die far before Gus would. This news took her by surprise and made her realize she would be in existence without the love of her life fairly soon. This news made Hazel’s love for Gus grow even more because now the time spent together between the two of them was cut short. Teenage love is a confusing subject. So many mixed emotions are associated with loving somebody. In this novel, death is associated with love,