The Fault in Our Stars by John Green FULL STORY

 

Here is a full explanation of the story of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green:

The novel is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl who has terminal thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. She is forced by her parents to attend a support group for young cancer patients, where she meets Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old boy who lost his leg to osteosarcoma. They bond over their shared love of books, especially An Imperial Affliction, a novel by Peter Van Houten that ends abruptly without resolving the fate of the characters. Hazel is obsessed with finding out what happens to them, especially the mother of the protagonist, Anna.

Augustus uses his wish from a foundation that grants the wishes of children with cancer to take Hazel to Amsterdam, where Van Houten lives. He hopes to get answers from the author about the ending of his novel. However, when they meet him, they are disappointed to find out that he is a rude and bitter alcoholic who refuses to tell them anything. He only agrees to answer their questions if they accompany him to the Anne Frank House, where he insults them and gets kicked out. His assistant, Lidewij, apologizes for his behavior and takes them to a canal-side restaurant, where Hazel and Augustus confess their love for each other and share their first kiss.

Back at the hotel, they make love for the first and only time. The next day, Augustus tells Hazel that his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body. They return to Indianapolis, where Augustus’s condition worsens. He is hospitalized and has a pre-funeral, where Hazel and his best friend Isaac eulogize him. Eight days later, he dies. Hazel is devastated and unable to cope with her grief. She is surprised to see Van Houten at the funeral, who tells her that he was a friend of her late mother, who died of cancer when she was a child. He also reveals that An Imperial Affliction was based on his daughter Anna, who died of leukemia. He gives Hazel a letter that Augustus wrote to him before he died, asking him to help him write a good eulogy for Hazel.

Hazel reads the letter, which is a heartfelt tribute to her and their love. She is moved by Augustus’s words and realizes that he gave her a “forever within the numbered days”. She also decides to forgive Van Houten and hopes to keep in touch with him. She ends the novel by saying that she is happy with her choice to be with Augustus, despite the pain it caused her. She says, “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope he likes his.”

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