Tuesday, April 29, 2014

A dynamic character in the book "The fault tin our stars" would be Hazel Grace. In the beginning of the boom Hazel was all shy and all prepared for death but the only reason she didn't want to die right then was because she felt like her parents were the only people that loved her so she thought that since they loved her that if she died that would figuratively kill them too. throughout the book Hazel met Augustus and they fell in love. this basically change Hazel's life. Their relationship wasn't like any normal teenage relationship. Hazel and Augustus were both dealing with some type of cancer. Agustus has helped Hazel overcome her fear of what would happen to everybody around her that loves her. Since she feels that Agustus would be crushed if she died
One of the themes in "The fault in our stars" is that even though  everyone is going to die someday you never know what will happen beyond death. It's like Augustus's and Hazel's fear of oblivion.The Main characters in this book are all faced with a serious disease that faces them to look at the possibility of their death, Unlike how the healthy people. In the beginning of the book Hazel points out in support group that everyone will die eventually so they might as well question what might happen after death and that all that is to come up soon is oblivion. Also at this support group Patrick asks Augustus what is his biggest fear and he says "Oblivion." That's when Hazel and Augustus found something they both had in common for the first time. Hazel believes that since there was a time before humanity that there will also be a time after. This theme goes on throughout the whole novel.
The type of reader that would enjoy reading "The Fault in our Stars" would mostly be young adult women. Also people who like to read cute love stories that don't always have a happy ending. These people would like this book because "The fault in our stars" is a sad love story. Its not like most love stories. This book does not have necessarily a nice happy ending. Some people may think other wise.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

In the book "The fault in our stars" there are many symbols such as, a grenade and cigarettes. Hazel refers to herself as a grenade that will one day explode, hurting everyone that she loves. She also says Augustus becomes the grenade once his cancer returns. For Hazel, not hurting others is a major concern. She imagines the pain that she will put her loved ones through when she dies. This is allowing hazel to deal with the subject at hand like how she always thinks that shes about to die by calling it a name, grenade. Another Symbol would be Augustus's cigarettes. He often keeps a cigarette in his mouth that's not even lit to show his control over a thing that can kill him, his cancer.Augustus relies on the cigarette as symbol to give him the strength in times of fear and uncertainty that he needs.Toward the end of the book, his accident at the gas station where he had to call Hazel for help happens because he's trying to buy cigarettes. He is once again trying to regain control.

Monday, April 14, 2014

The column I read was "Coach stands by kid charged in deSales market crime". In this column three teenagers walked into the courtroom faced with charges of donning halloween masks, and robbing the DeSales market and a customer with a fake gun. Not only did they're mothers stay the whole time they were in court they're coach did too. This coach is someone who will always be there for his players no matter what they do.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/29/krista-ramsey-desales-market-robbery/7071067/
The line i thought was best written was "Some people's voices would have lowered at the end of that sentence, in disgust or disappointment. Some people would have added up the time and energy they had invested in you, decided you were a bad bet and walked away." this impacts the reader because it shows that not everyone is the same way. Everyone wouldnt give up on a person that they think cant be helped, there are some people out there who are willing and wanting to help. the diction in this quote is some what elevated because of they're word choice. "disgust or disappointment" these sentences could be called repitition because its repeating 'some people'