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__ The Fault in Our Stars __
(google images) = By John Green =

**Taylor & Krista**

 * Background of the author **


 * ===** John was born on August 24, 1977 and is currently 35 years old. **===
 * ===** Bestselling author of __//Looking for Alaska//, //An Abundance of Katherines//, //Paper Towns//,__ and __//The Fault in Our Stars//.__ **===
 * ===** 2009 Edgar Award winner **===
 * ===** John and his brother have an organization to help stop poverty. **===


 * Genre **:

__The Fault in Our Stars__; **Young adult literature**
===Hazel is a young girl living in Indianapolis but she is not a normal girl, since Hazle was a young child she has been fight thyroid cancer. It has taken her out of school and away from her friends. Being so sick Hazle feels as if she can't have much of a social life. Everything changes though when one day her mom convinces her to go to support group. This is a group of young teens in the area that are battling cancer. When she walks in, she immediately see's a new boy that has started to come to the group. The two are drawn to each other, and Hazle learns that the boys name is Agustus Waters. They start talking and learn that they enjoy each others company. They decide to take a trip to Amsterdam to talk to their favorite author, they are trying to find out what happens at the end of his last story that abruptly ended without explanation. Eventually Gus's cancer take a turn for the worst and he is dying. This is when Hazel and Gus really realize how much they love each other. They are supportive of one another and you get the storys message that, love triumphs over struggle.===
 * Brief summary of story **


 * Themes- Inference and analysis **

Love triumphs over struggle and hardship

 * Setting **

Over the course of the book the fault in our stars takes place in Indianapolis, They basically hang out at each others house's most of the time. Hazel and Gus also take a trip over the course of the book to Amsterdam.


 * Character Bio/Round and Flat character Analysis **

===**Hazel Grace**: Hazel is a teenage girl who at the beginning of the book is not really living she is just there. She spends most of her nights hanging out with her mom and watching Americas Next Top Model. She goes to classes at her college because she graduated high school early, and she goes to the Dr. frequently. The reason that she is this way is, is because when Hazle was a kid she was diagnosed with a type of cancer that made it difficult for her to breath, "thyroid cancer." She frequently had fluid in her lungs and there were points where many Dr's thought that she wouldn't make it. Eventually she got better and was able to go on with her life and controle her cancer. Then once she was home the only way her mom could really get out of the house is when she had to go to support group. One day at support group Hazel meets a young man named Gus and he completely turns her life around. She starts seeing the world differently and wants to live another day and wants to go out and do things with him.===
 * Character Bio **

===**Augustus Waters:**Augustus, also known as Gus is a 17 year old boy who lives with osteosarcoma, which is bone cancer he also had his leg amputated. He is obsessed with video games, and is an ex basketball player. Gus comes off very tough yet good looking, he pretends to smoke cigarettes as a metaphor "=== "You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing" - (Agustus Waters P.110)

===Gus and Hazel meet at support group, that Gus's friend, Isaac brought him to. Surprisingly to Hazel, Gus is interested in her. Gus sees similarities in Hazel as he did in his last girlfriend. They soon start hanging out a lot, and Gus gives Hazel hope that she can survive.===

===Hazel Grace is the round Character in __The Fault in Our Stars.__ She is the protagonist in the book and the story is is told in her point of view. The flat character in the book is Gus, he is Hazel's love interest in the book and makes her see the world differently.===
 * Round and Flat character Analysis **

** Literary terms ** **Climax;** the moment at which the crisis hits its peak and greatest intensity The climax in the book is when Hazel and Gus go to meet the famous author. **Genre**: A type or category of literature Young Adult **Themes**; the central and dominating idea in a literary work. **Tragedy**;A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow ===Our take in **Hazle Grace** is that is she is a very strong women because of all the things she has went through, But she also just needs friends to take he mind off all the things she went through. Once she has someone to push her to follow her dreams, she becomes stronger than she was before. She learns to push her limits and not let her cancer take over her life. Then at the end of the book when Gus gets sick again she has to be the one to push him to live the rest of his life to the fullest. Our take on **Gus** is that he goes for what he wants. In the beginning of the book when Hazle said she just wanted to be friends he didn't push her to be more than that. He told her that it doesn't matter to him and that he was going to love her anyway.===
 * Inference and Analysis **


 * Quotes **

//“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.” -John Green p.233// //“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is in probably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?” // // ―John Green P.251 //

//"I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.”// // ― John Green p.47 // ** Links **  **Book Trailer**

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