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John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and the movie adaption were both targeted at the same young adult audience. It is a coming-of-age story of two kids with cancer who meet and fall in love. The movie holds close to the story told in the book but does vary slightly. The movie focus more on the romance between Augustus and Hazel whereas the book’s focus is on the humor between the characters and not just the romance. The movie also trims down the story, which is necessary in order to make the film a reasonable length for viewing. The biggest difference between the film and book in my opinion was that the film tones down the less palatable effects of cancer the characters are suffering. One example of this is Augustus. His suffering is not …show more content…
The character of Isaac is probably cut the most and he is a little more light hearted in the movie than he is in the book.
The biggest, and most important, of the similarities is the authenticity of the dialogue the characters use in the movie and the book. One example of this is Hazel and Augustus decide that “okay” would mean “always” for them and this meaning is kept in the movie version. Another important carry over from the book is how Augustus uses a cigarette as a metaphor. He will put the cigarette in his mouth but never light it because they can’t kill you unless you smoke them. Since he does not actually smoke them he has control over the cigarettes power to kill unlike the cancer which he cannot control.
The movie is a faithful adaption of the novel. Like any adaption it is a subtraction process as scenes are removed in an effort to make a compact narrative. While there are certainly differences between the two adaptions the most important parts of the story are in the film and it captures the initial emotion felt from the book. It’s clear that what was left out of the movie adaption was clearing thought out so to remain true to the author’s original

Our Stars

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Eulogy For The Fault In Our Stars

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Research Paper On The Fault In Our Stars

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Research Paper On Fault In Our Stars

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The Fault In Our Stars Research Paper

There are many plausible themes that one could find throughout the brilliantly crafted work that is The Fault In Our Stars, but the one I favor the most is the quote from the book , “some infinities are bigger than other infinities.” This quote is first spoken to Hazel and Augustus by Peter Van Houten in response to their questions regarding what became of the characters in their favorite book, “An Imperial Affliction”. Although it is a very thoughtful and a literature answer, the question was…

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Symbolism And Imagery In The Fault In Our Stars By John Green

In the book The Fault in Our Stars, the author, John Green did an amazing job constructing the text. It is absolutely amazing how he conveys the image of a dying girl with cancer. Some of the things that stand out in his writing include symbolism and imagery. Symbolism plays a key role in this book. In the text it states, “... ‘there is this old swing set out here that my dad made for me when I was a kid’ ” (Green 121). During this part of the book, Hazel is crying. Perhaps the author included…

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The Fault In Our Stars Movie And Book Comparison Essay

There are many differences between the novel, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, and the movie version of the novel. Even though there are many similarities, there are a few key differences between the two. Throughout this paper, we will discuss these differences. A key difference in the novel is Hazel’s best friend, Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn is a key part in the book because she is the person that Hazel talks to about Augustus. At first, Hazel does not mention Augustus at the mall to Kaitlyn. This is…

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Star Life Cycle

A star is a luminous big thing shaped like our sun that are all around in our galaxy. The reason they call it a star life cycle is because the star goes through different stages. The star goes through ten stages and at the end it usually explodes.The stars form from a stellar nebula by interstellar clouds. The interstellar clouds are mostly made of hydrogen but the nebule is called a molecular cloud. My star is the very end of a stars life cycle my star happens to be a Supernova. A Supernova…

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Magnetar A Nova Star

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