Monday, April 16, 2012
The contrast between Augustus and Hazel
The contrast between Augustus and Hazel: Augustus is healthy in the novel for the most part and can function enough to continue his life and go to school. Hazel has been out of school for three years and has very little for friends. Even though Hazel suffers an incident because of her cancer, Augustus and Hazel stick by each others side. The other primary difference is that Hazel is struggling with her cancer surviving basically because of a miracle drug, and Augustus for the most has survived the battle with cancer. Their personalities are very different; while Hazel is relatively isolated due to her cancer, Augustus is extroverted and socializes with his friends. Despite these huge differences, Augustus and Hazel have a relationship, travel together, and comfort each other.
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In some sense I agree to the contrast, but then again opposites attract. Green, as an author note, told us to not over-examine the relationships in the novel because they are in fact not real. Whether Hazel is sick, or healthy, or isolated, or not, her and Augustus have a good relationship. They both understand what eachother has been through.
ReplyDeleteNice job, both of you. Think in terms of the couples we've met--Norma Rae and Sonny, O and Penelope, Adam and Eve, etc. How/does this relationship offer young people any kind of model for a healthy relationship?
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