Gus is optimistic and wants to be known widely and have people remember him when he dies. Augustus "Gus" Waters Augustus Waters is a 17-year-old boy who suffered from cancer and subsequently had a leg amputation. She knows very well that being famous and loved widely does not matter as much as being who she is and being loved deeply because oblivion is inevitable. She is not at all optimistic and knows she will die of her cancer soon. The book closes with Hazel stating that she is happy with her choice.Ĭharacters Hazel Grace Lancaster Hazel Grace Lancaster is a 16-year-old college student with lung cancer. It states that getting hurt in this world is unavoidable, but we do get to choose whom we allow to hurt us, and that he is happy with his choice, and hopes she likes hers too. Hazel learns that Augustus had written an obituary for her, and reads it after Lidewij discovers it amidst Van Houten's letters. Van Houten shows up at Augustus's funeral to apologize to Hazel, but Hazel does not forgive him. Augustus dies soon after, leaving Hazel heartbroken. Fearing his death, Augustus invites Isaac and Hazel to his pre-funeral, where they give eulogies. Upon their return to Indianapolis, Augustus's health continues to deteriorate, resulting in him staying in the ICU for a few days. The next day, Augustus reveals that his cancer has returned. Later that night Hazel and Augustus lose their virginity to one another in Augustus's hotel room, confessing their mutual love for each other. Lidewij resigns as Van Houten's assistant and takes Hazel and Augustus to the Anne Frank House, where Augustus and Hazel share their first kiss. Horrified by Van Houten's hostile behavior towards the teenagers, Lidewij confesses to having arranged the meeting on his behalf. Upon meeting Van Houten, Hazel and Augustus are shocked to discover that he is a mean-spirited alcoholic. At a picnic, Augustus surprises Hazel with tickets to Amsterdam to meet Van Houten, acquired through the story's version of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, "The Genies." The two write to Van Houten with questions regarding the novel's ending he eventually replies, explaining that he can only answer Hazel's questions in person. Hazel explains the novel's author, Peter van Houten, retreated to Amsterdam following the novel's publication and has not been heard from since.Ī week later, Augustus reveals to Hazel that he has tracked down Van Houten's assistant, Lidewij, and, through her, has managed to start an e-mail correspondence with Van Houten. After Augustus finishes reading her book, he is frustrated upon learning that the novel ends abruptly without a conclusion, as if Anna had died suddenly. Augustus gives Hazel The Price of Dawn, and Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction, a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels Hazel's own experience. Hazel and Augustus strike a bond immediately and agree to read each other's favorite novels. Augustus is at the meeting to support Isaac, his friend who has eye cancer. At one meeting, Hazel meets a 17-year-old boy currently in remission named Augustus Waters, whose osteosarcoma caused him to lose his right leg. Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs, attends a cancer patient support group at her mother's behest. Both the book and its American and Indian film adaptation were met with strong critical and commercial success. A Hindi feature film adaptation of the novel, titled Dil Bechara, which was directed by Mukesh Chhabra and starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjana Sanghi, Saswata Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee and Saif Ali Khan was released on July 24, 2020, on Disney+ Hotstar.
Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player, amputee and survivor of Osteosarcoma.Īn American feature film adaptation of the same name as the novel directed by Josh Boone and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff was released on June 6, 2014. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer that has affected her lungs. It is his fourth solo novel, and sixth novel overall. The Fault in Our Stars is a novel by John Green. Print ( hardcover, paperback), audiobook, ebook
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