When Augustus first asks Hazel for her story, she responds with her diagnosis. He tells her he wants to her about her, her personality, and at first she doesn't know what to tell him. When they start talking about what they both like, they really hit it off and their relationship begins to grow. Hazel is so intrigued and amazed by Augustus because he's had cancer, and that's not what he wants to hear about. He wants to hear about her favorite movie, her favorite color, and her favorite book. Because he's not just interested in how the disease is, but how Hazel is, their relationship really blossoms.
- Based off the conversation on pg. 32
Accurate. I guess what grabs most readers is not the action so much as the style and the mindset of the narrator. This post doesn't suggest anything unique about either of them aside from the disease. Even their explanation of cancer is knowing and provocative...try to capture that more in these posts.
ReplyDeleteThis is what i thought when i read that first passage when they met. I loved the way augustus jumps on her for describing herself AS her illness, not on what she is as a person. Also the way she is taken aback by his question was really interesting because it began to suggest she hasn't even described herself as a person since her diagnosis.
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