The Fault in Our Stars

“The Fault in Our Stars” is a novel written by John Green, published in 2013, and Copyrighted in 2012. The film adaptation of “The Fault in Our Stars“ Was directed by Josh Boone, and the lead cast was as follows; Shailene Woodley as “Hazel Grace”, and Ansel Elgort as “Augustus Waters”. Hazel Grace was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer, and her parents force her to go to a group session for others like her. She hates it at first, but eventually, she meets a boy named Augustus Waters, and they go through adventures together. The movie and the film were very similar but also had many differences. Some of the similar things between the book and the movie were as follows. For starters, Isaac plays a major role in both the book and the movie.

He was important enough to keep due to him giving incredible moral support to both Augustus and Hazel Grace, and even in his final scenes, he never stops supporting them. Another similarity is when before Hazel and Augustus leave for their trip, Isaac, Hazel and Augustus egg Isaac’s Ex» GirIfriend’s house and can. This is very important because it shows that even though Isaac is blind in both of his eyes he is still incredibly mad at Monica, who broke up with Isaac because she did not want to date a blind person. Some differences between the book and the movie were as follows.

In the book, Augustus has a girlfriend who dies of cancer in the beginning of the book, and he and Hazel Grace have to get through her death of her and keep going. Another difference is before Hazel and Augustus leave on their trip, Instead of a limo, Hazel drives to Augustus’ House to pick him up. She overhears an extreme argument between Augustus and his mom, and this is when the readers first learn about Augustus’ cancer return, unlike how we learned about it in the movie. Most of what I imagined in the book stayed true to what it showed in the movie, all though a few scenes were much different than I imagined.

The actors and actress‘ all did an amazing job of performing as their characters and i do not think there was anyone better for the jobs. They all stayed quirky and how they were supposed to throughout the book Citations» “The Fault in Our Stars” (Chapter 10) John Green.  In conclusion, although “The Fault in Our Stars” has many differences, they are both very similar and also very different from each other, although they are both very good books and films.

“The Fault in Our Stars“ is the sixth novel by John Green. published in January 2012. It has a feature film, which is an adaptation of the novel directed by John Boone and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Natt wolf, was released on June—6- 2014.In the world of book adaptations, ”The Fault in Our Stars“ was a strong, critical, and commercial success. The director did a great job of bringing author John Green‘s novel to the big screen, however, he also trimmed the fat from the novel as by cutting out some of the minor details and background stories. Although reading the book offers major detail and offers the reader to view the world from the perspective of a character. A book is always more intimate than a movie screening.

Both “The Fault in Our Stars“ and novel portray to not let the audience watch the end with dry eyes. This movie illustrates almost every significant detail possible, however, at the same time lacks some major events and characters as well novel. For example, in the movie Hazel Grace lets a little girl try her oxygen at the mall. The scene in the book, in which she is explaining her tank and what is does to a precocious kid named Jackie is cut out for time. The mall scene is reduced and the explanation is cut out. Also characters such as Isaac who was an important character, and a common friend of Hazel and Augustus- the story has been changed and not reflected properly. His story is a little more light-hearted in the film than in the book because presumably, the filmmakers did not want the audience to pay too much attention to the awful reality of going blind. The film instead opts to focus entirely on the love story, which is not only understandable but sensible too.

Still the movie missed Isaac‘s amusing jokes which would have added humor to the movie. In the book, Augustus Walters‘ parents do not let him take Hazel downstairs unsupervised to watch “V for Vendetta”. Instead, they let him show her the basement and then watch the Natalie Portman film in the living room. However in the movie, Augustus and Hazel go straight downstairs without any parental guidance, which as a result raises more tension rather than their sitting with their parents. Moreover, there are no mentions of two really important characters in the movie. One of them is, Caroline Mathers who never comes between Augustus and Hazel. Caroline was Augustus‘s former girlfriend, who dies of brain cancer a few years ago and weight heavily on Hazel‘s mind in the book. In the movie, there is no mention of Caroline or the effect her death had on Augustus. Mentioning the girl could have added more depth to the character of Augustus Waters.

The other character that was not mentioned is Kaitlin. She was Hazel‘s friend in the novel who helped speed on Hazel‘s romance with Augustus, as well as the latest fashions, Furthermore, there is a very emotional scene in which Hazel puts he “ Desperately Lonely swing set“ up for sale. Although the swing set exists in the movie, it is never put up for sale. Augustus‘s family is less apparent in the movie . Augustus Waters, unlike Hazel, is from a larger family unit. He has two sisters who are married, a slew of nephews and 2 parents who play a larger part in the novel. Also, the movie left out an important scene in which Hazel and Mrs. Lancaster hear Augustus crying and yelling at his mom before they leave for their trip to Amsterdam. In the book, that conversation foreshadows the return of Augustus‘s cancer.

The time spent on Augustus‘s cancer in the movie is fairly short as the director spares its audience from the horrible details of the enigmatic teen wetting his bed and dying horribly. Josh Boone‘s film shortens a few of the book‘s best scenes. There is a scene at a gas station, where a panicked Augustus wants to do something for himself without people frowning over him. There is a less exhilarating picnic by the skeleton sculpture and a pre funeral where Hazel, Isaac and the audience really get to say their goodbye‘s. Weeks and months of time are shortened into just a few minutes, but its still effective. For the movie, Boone decided to leave out Hazel‘s disdain for all the facebook comments people wrote following Augustus‘s death. In the book, Hazel is infuriated by all the clichéd sentiments and rashly posts something critical of another commenter, assuming Augustus would have despised the sympathy notes.

In the book Hazel searches everywhere for that “letter, “ Augustus wrote for her , She looks at his parents‘ house and on his computer before his father tells her that there are some torn-out pages of his notebook missing. After having no luck finding them, she emails Pete Van Hutten’s assistant, Lideway, to see is Augustus sent the pages to their “favorite author“. As it turns out, Augustus did send them to him. In the movie, Hazel finds the pages in her car after she‘s bombarded by Van Hutten at Augustus‘s funeral. In the end, not every moment from chapter 25 of the book would be able to make it Into the 125 minutes of movie. But fans of the book notice differences in every book-to-film adaptation. Even if it is the most faithful book-to-film adaptation. This story by John Green was unflinchingly honest without being grueling and has buckets of humor and romance, so is the movie by Josh Broome.

The Fault in our Stars Reflective Response People have a wide range of philosophies and beliefs on how they should live their lives. The anticipated approach in which they should confront their fears, their challenges, and their daily decisions varies greatly from the true outcomes. Many people are hopefully to become the idea of greatness they envision and Gus being a romantically oriented person obsessed over the idea of becoming Hazel’s knight in shining armor. Learning of his impending death put him in the same position as Hazel.

He could now understand the psychological effects of living life on the true edge, not knowing what the next day will bring for yourself or those around you. In his letter, Gus takes on a tone of disparity due to his realization of human inconsistencies. He understands the conflicting ideas of human emotion and the truthful brutality of reality. Being split between his own hopes of leaving a mark and his acceptance that “like doctors say: First, do no harm” (312) Gus accepts the outcomes with reservation.

Due to the relationship and emotional attachment between Gus and Hazel, Hazel’s beliefs create a slight bias that has great effect on giving of living on the edge he now sees the world as Hazel views it. Gus now is split between his own ideas of romanticism, which is apparent when he continues to bring up true heroism, yet his situation directs him towards the true analytical understanding of the world. In a final attempt to do what matters Gus’ true nature of romanticism emerges. Though his mind is convinced to accept that the less the splash the better he clearly wants to make that impression deep down.

For Hazel he attempts to continue her vision of him being her knight in shining armor by showing her even after death he is there to love her. Gus is the true example of internal conflict in a male’s mind. The rationality and emotional connections to values become entangled and confused. As all humans in a period of crisis they begin to understand the true nature of their personalities, but become removed from the blissful ignorance of the world in order to lessen their damaging effect.

The indecisiveness and confusion that Gus has at the time of writing his letter is a universal response to insecurity and hopelessness. In many situations of bleakness I myself have been torn between making the instinctual protective decision or the ethical response in which others are spared of impairment. It is unclear what the right course of action is in order to benefit both yourself and others, but in terms of personality I feel that I compare closely to what Gus tries to be.

I know that he wants to be a good person that works for the benefit of others, but at the same time his own hopes influence his actions so that he can be seen as a martyr. After sorting through his thoughts Gus finally decides that making a difference is Hazel’s life is the most important thing that he can do in his limited time. By adopting and living her ideas he provides her a sense of unity with him even after he is gone. Gus’ letter reveals more than just about his own internalizations.

His thoughts give secondary support to Hazel’s and maintain relevance to the reader because of its universality. In terms of the novel Gus’ letter provides the reader with an applicable question to think about. Many people wonder if they’re making a difference in the world, but few people understand what it means to make a difference, but seeing things in a relatively unaltered view allows the reader to connect with the ideas, emotions, and thoughts Green was attempting to communicate.

Gus’ letter also illustrates the two-sidedness of the world. As Gus says “a desert blessing, an ocean curse” (313) perspective changes the impact of everything. Even the few things in the universe that remain constant are not always consistent. In the end Gus becomes to heroic romantic martyr that he dreams of becoming although he wished for things to have happened differently for his own purposes. Gus makes his choices at he says at the end of the letter and he like all those who search for happiness are able to attain it.