NEW AND IMPROVED VERSIONS OF: “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green blog post By Nubia Phillips 805
I think that the author, John Green was really trying to use setting as a big part of the story. For example, when they had dinner in Amsterdam, when they were in Anne Frank’s house, and finally, all the days when Gus was dying. This really shows John Green was using setting to shows how nothing else mattered because Gus and Hazel were so in love.
The first place I think the author used setting to show Gus and Hazel’s love is when they were eating dinner in Amsterdam. For example, although they were in a public, outdoor restaurant they were still in a very much in a privet environment. (Green 94) For example, they gave many examples such as “cyclist pedaled fast, well dressed men and women on their way home from work…”(Green 100) they described the surroundings, but not very well. They were also doing things that may seem like they are very pritvate such as sharing secrets and things like that. This shows that the setting is not very important. Only Gus is important in Hazel’s eyes, and the other way around. If the setting really was so important, it would have been elaborated more, or Gus and Hazel would have talked about it more.
The second place I think the author used setting to demonstrate the lack of importance in anything else other than Gus to Hazel is when they were in Anne Frank’s house.(Green 102) This is because they kissed. This was a museum and there were many other people there. The text says that “My hand let go of the oxygen cart and reached up for his neck…” (Green 103)Hazel’s oxygen cart is very important to her. It is essentially what keeps her alive. She just dropped it in a minute for Gus. Also, other people in the museum were looking at them, but they didn't care. This is also really importnat becuase Hazel is kind of shy and difinitley doesn't like drawing attention to herself. Doing something like this that could easily draw attention to herself shows that she doesn't care about anything or anybody else becuase Gus is what is really important to her.
The final example of John Green using setting to show how intimate Gus and Hazel’s love is and nothing around them can hinder that, is when Gus was dying. When this was happening, Hazel would come over to Gus’ house everyday and just keep him company.(Green 215) This shows love becuase Gus didn't do much of anything when he was dying. Yet, Hazel still enjoyed his company and the other way around. The text says “When I got his face so nose-touchingly close so that I could only see his eyes, I couldn’t tell he was sick” (green 223) this shows that even if he was sick, it didn’t matter because she loved him so much. It didn’t matter that the location wasn’t as romantic as it was in Amsterdam because they were in Gus' basement, but all that Hazel cared about at that moment, was Gus.
I think that John Green did this in a lot of scenes because setting can be important anywhere if you are with the person you love. Even if you aren’t in the best conditions, it doesn’t matter. Hazel and Gus weren’t always somewhere where it was like in Amsterdam, but they always enjoyed there time together no matter what, and nothing or nobody makes a difference about that. It is basically the same if you are with the right person.
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