The Fault in Our Stars Characterization

In the book The Fault in Our Stars, the main character, Hazel, is a dynamic character becuase she changes very much from the beginning to the end. In the book, Hazel says, "Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death" (Green 3). This quote is from the beginning of the book, and like it says, she was depressed. She didn't have many friends and she wasn't very positive at all. Since she had cancer, she always thought about how she was going to die, instead of thinking about all she could do while she was still alive.

By the end of the book, Hazel was a completely different person. Towards the end, Hazel said, "But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful" (260). Here, Hazel is reading the eulogy to her boyfriend Augustus. She met him at Support Group and she went from being a depressed girl with no friends to being with the love of her life. He helped her think positively and enjoy life way more than she did before. This quote shows how she learned to love and think about things other than death.

 

 

The Fault in Our Stars Article-



This article is about the book and the meaning of it. It talks about how you can learn things though reading and what John Green teaches throughout the book.