Title:
The Fault in Our Stars
Author:
John Green
Genre:
Young Adult Novel
Number of
Pages Read: 276/476
In this section of the book, Hazel asks her doctor, Dr. Maria, if
she could go to Amsterdam but she says that Hazel can't go unless accompanied
by an adult who is familiar with her case. Finally her mother agreed to go with
her and starts preparing for the trip. Later that day, Hazel searches up
Augustus’s former girlfriend, Caroline Mathers, who died a year ago from brain
cancer, and reading thousands of posts from her friends and family saying they
how much they missed her, made her feel really upset. Hazel compares herself to
a grenade that is just going to blow up at one point, and leave her friends and
family wounded. Soon after Hazel is back to the hospital because she has pain
in her brain, and her parents are really worried, however the pain was caused
by the lack of oxygen. After this, Hazel’s doctors do not think that it is a
good idea for Hazel to go to Amsterdam in case she gets sick there. However she
still hasn’t informed Peter van Houten (the author of An Imperial Affliction) that she won’t be able to go on the trip but
her mom surprises her with the news that Dr. Maria called last night and
decided to let Hazel go on the trip. The day before they set out to Amsterdam
Hazel visits the support group again, and finds out that a 12 year old leukemic
boy called Michael passed away, but that everyone else is still there. Next,
morning Hazel, her mom and Augustus set out for Amsterdam but at the airport all
the people stared Hazel and Augustus because they knew that they were
different.
Response: I really enjoy reading this book because even though it
is sad, it shows what life really is like and that people don’t always get what
they want in their lives. My reading did fulfill my expectations because it was
very interesting and I couldn't put the book down. Also, I like how the author
created tension because he made Hazel get sick but then quickly recover and
still go to Amsterdam. I think that in my further reading I will find out what
happens during Hazel’s visit to Amsterdam, and whether she will get to meet
Peter van Houten. I am very satisfied with this book so far, because it is
different from other books I read, because it shows the world from the point of
view from a girl who was cancer and I find that very interesting.
Quote: “The
world is not a wish-granting factory.”
This
quote means that not everyone in the world gets what they want. Hazel says this
when she is telling Augustus, on the plane, that you can’t just wish something
for it to happen. As a reader this quote
make me feel sad because it makes me think that the wish of one of the
characters will not come true, or that something sad will happen later in the
story.
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