Reading Response on "The Fault In Our Stars"

         The book "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green is about a girl named Hazel, who has cancer! Hazel's been fighting cancer her whole life. One day a boy named Augustus came into her life and changed everything. Hazel's feelings change from feeling like a "grenade" to being in love and feeling loved.



          During the beginning of the book Hazel was always alone besides her parents. When her mom asked her to go to support group she didn't want to go. Her mom only wanted her to go because she thought it would be good for Hazel to meet more people her age. Although Hazel didn't want to go, she had to, which led to her meeting Augustus. When Augustus wanted to date her, she said no because she's a "grenade" but she didn't tell him that. Hazel's even afraid of hurting her parents. She's not afraid of dieing, she's afraid of upsetting the people around her. She felt they wouldn't know what to do without her. These are different examples of how she feels like a "grenade."



          Throughout the middle and end of the book she fell in love with Augustus. She loved him more then anything. Throughout the book there's a lot of things Hazel said that expresses her love for him. One thing she said was, "I am so thankful for our little infinity." That shows that she loved every second she got with Augustus. Another thing Hazel said was, "Some infinities are bigger then other infinities." That shows that maybe they didn't have as much time together as other people would, it still felt better to her. The last and most important thing that was said throughout the book was, "Okay? Okay." That was there "always." Always was something that there friend Isaac would do with his girlfriend Monica. It meant they "always" love each other. Augustus had come up with the idea, "Maybe okay will be our always." That shows how much love they had for each other. It shows that because even in the beginning of the book when Hazel didn't want to date Augustus she always said okay back. Those are different ways Hazel said things that expresses her love for Augustus.


         In conclusion, Hazel's feelings changed a few times throughout the book. Even though all these things were happening she never stopped loving Augustus. Hazel's feelings change from feeling like a "grenade" to being in love and feeling loved.