Subsequently, at the meetings, she meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters, a sixteen-year-old amputee and ex-basketball player who has also been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Told from the perspective of Hazel Grace, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, she is forced to attend a support group by her parents. The novel is based on the true story of a young teenager, Esther Earl, whose heartbreaking experience in battling thyroid cancer inspired the author. Yet, the protagonist’s wit and sense of humor throughout the first-person narration lightens the seriousness and gravity of the narrative. The title, inspired by nobleman Cassius’ lines in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, explores serious themes, such as the insensitivity of the universe, the necessity of human suffering, the reality of death, human existence, and human consciousness. Published in 2012, The Fault in Our Stars is Green’s sixth novel. Ranked among the favorites of “Teen Fiction,” John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars appears five times in the top 100 list.
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