Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Cancer Perks
Throughout the book, both Hazel and Augustus reference 'cancer perks'- the items they've received in sympathy for their struggles with cancer. Signed basketballs, concert tickets, anything they wanted. They both even get a Wish, and Augustus uses his Wish to fly himself and Hazel to meet Peter van Houten. When the arrive, however, van Houten doesn't give them the answers the ask for and treats them in a rude and derogatory manner. The book he wrote, An Imperial Affliction, really struck a chord with Hazel, and she spent so much of her time pondering the outcomes of the character, and he won't tell her. In the end, the visit doesn't give her what she was searching for. The cancer perks- the gifts, the Wishes, they don't give the characters what they really want.
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Sofia I was actually going to write a post on exactly this. I think you covered mainly what I was going to say but I have some things to add. First of all, these 'cancer perks' are given to them with the intention to make the diseased kid happier. For Augustus and Hazel, these 'cancer perks' have the complete opposite affect. In fact A and H mock the gifts and think that they are in fact ridiculous. Their view on these perks is immediatley reversed when they can use it towards a trip to meet their idol.
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