TO: Professor Sylvia Basilio

FROM: Girlie M. Sison

DATE: August 6, 2014
SUBJECT: Analysis of the Movie The Fault in ur Stars
Greetings!
"n #onne#tion $ith your re%uire&ent in '(G) 101* +Stu,y an, Thin-ing S-ills in 'nglish., here
is the analysis of the &ovie The Fault in ur Stars.
The Story
"n a $orl, $here /ain ,e&an,s to 0e felt, t$o teenagers share, a love story that even 0efore it
0egun, the ,enoue&ent $as alrea,y e1/e#te,. 2a3el Gra#e )an#aster $as a stage four thyroi,
#an#er /atient $ith &etastasis for&ing in her lungs. She 0uilt a $all aroun, her 0e#ause she $as
afrai, of ,ra$ing #loser to other /eo/le. She $as afrai, of hurting the& $hen she ,ies. Augustus
4aters $as ,iagnose, $ith a osteosar#o&a 0ut he 0e#a&e #an#er5free after his one leg $as
a&/utate,. 6nli-e 2a3el, he $asn7t #agey of en-in,ling /ain to anyone. "n fa#t, he $ante, to
leave a &ar- to everything an, everyone he tou#hes. 2e $ante, to live a &ore &eaningful life,
one that $oul, 0e a /art of history, as su0stantial an, heroi#.
ne ,ay, their /aths ha, #rosse, at a #an#er su//ort grou/ $here the sanguine, #ool, an,
enthusiasti# Augustus $as i&&e,iately attra#te, to the shy, 0eautiful yet ,e/resse, 2a3el. The
feeling $as &utual, 0ut at first 2a3el trie, to su//ress it $ith the fear of only hurting Augustus
$hen she #eases. But sooner, it $as alrea,y har,ly /ossi0le for her to re/u,iate $hat she felt so
they #reate, their love story even if they -ne$ it $oul,n7t have a ha//y en,ing. "t $as 2a3el $ho
$as afrai, of hurting Augustus $hen she ,ies 0ut in the en, it $as Augustus $ho ,ie, an, hurt
her. The /ain $as e1#ru#iating for 2a3el 0ut even the 0arriers of ,eath ,i,n7t sto/ her fro&
loving Augustus.
Characters. Hazel Grace Lancaster is a stage 4 thyroi, #an#er /atient $ith &etastasis
for&ing in her lungs. She /uts a lot of sto#-s into trying not to hurt other /eo/le. She7s li-e a
grena,e, a##or,ing to her, that at any &o&ent &ight e1/lo,e an, #ause ,a&age to those
aroun, her. She ,oesn7t go to s#hool an, she is o0sessively hovere, 0y her /arents. She $ears
#annula an, #arries an o1ygen tan- any$here she goes as if it is alrea,y a /art of her 0o,y.
Augustus Waters lost his leg to avoi, the #an#er fro& s/rea,ing all throughout his 0o,y. 2e
al$ays $ante, to live a &ore &eaningful life, one that $oul, 0e in hea,lines. "t is his
o/ti&isti# an, #har&ing attitu,e, #onstantly sho$n throughout the &ovie that ins/ires 2a3el to
live the life she has left to the fullest, an, a//re#iate everything she has8 not fo#using on $hat
she ,oes not. 2e is the guy that every girl ,rea&s a0out 5 han,so&e, funny, s&art, #aring an,
one $ho has his $ay $ith $or,s.
Mrs. Frannie Lancaster is 2a3el7s heli#o/ter /arent.ne of the first things to noti#e a0out her
is 9ust ho$ &u#h she #aters to 2a3el. She $ants to 0e there for her all the ti&e in an effort to
&a-e her life &ore fulfilling an, fun. . Peter Van Houten is the $riter of the novel "&/erial
Affli#tion +story a0out a #an#er /atient. 0y $hi#h the #ou/le $as hoo-e,. 2e is une1/e#te,ly a
0ona fi,e al#oholi#, ru,e an, a0rasive. Isaac (no surname was mentioned) is Augustus7 an,
2a3el7s &utual frien, $ho lost his eyes, than-s to #an#er too.
Setting. There are t$o /la#es 0y $hi#h the story ha//ene,. The first one is in
"n,iana/olis, the #a/ital an, &ost /o/ulous #ity of 6nite, States of "n,iana. But it:s not the
"n,iana/olis of tourists or even of nor&al resi,ents $ho go to $or- an, s#hool ea#h ,ay. "t:s
the "n,iana/olis of the si#-. 2ere, 2a3el &et Augustus on a #an#er su//ort grou/. Their love
story starte, here, until ,eath #a&e -no#-ing an, en,e, it u/ here too.
The se#on, setting of the story is in A&ster,a& $here 2a3el an, Augustus visite, to see their
i,ol Peter ;an 2outen an, as- hi& a0out the en,ing of the novel they $ere rea,ing. This is
also the /la#e of revelation $here Augustus tol, 2a3el that his #an#er ha, gone 0a#- an, $as
inevita0ly -illing hi&. "n short, he $as ,ying.
The s/e#ifi# ,ate $hen the story too- /la#e $asn7t e1/li#itly &entione,, 0ut 0ase, on #lues
su#h as /hysi#al setting an, te#hnology, it $as /resu&a0ly anyti&e 0et$een the 0eginning of
the first #entury until the /resent ti&e.
Plot. Mrs. )an#aster for#e, 2a3el to 9oin a #an#er su//ort grou/. There, she &et Augustus
an, they fell in love $ith ea#h other. 2a3el trie, to ,eny her feelings at first 0e#ause she -ne$
she7s ,ying an, involving in a ro&anti# relationshi/ $ith Augustus $ill only hurt hi&. Sooner,
the feelings $ere too /o$erful to 0e ,enie,. "n the en,, it $as Augustus $ho ,ie, an, 2a3el
$as the one left alone $ith the un0eara0le /ain.
Strengths and ea!nesses
The strengths of the &ovie are nu&erous. "t $as a0le to trigger a lot of e&otions fro& the vie$er.
"t $ill &a-e you #ry an, laugh at the sa&e ti&e. "t7s not 9ust a sa, an, teary e1/erien#e, the
#o&e,y is also /resent an, $ell $oven throughout es/e#ially the $itty 0ut not sar#asti# #an#er
9o-es. The fil& $ill hoo- you an, there is an in#re,i0le ri,e of e&otions sustaine, all throughout.
. 'ven the &usi#, #ine&atogra/hy, /ro/s an, &a-e u/ are #a/tivating an, #o&/le&enting $ith
ea#h other, thus /ro,u#ing a &ovie at its e1#e/tional 0est. But the strength that "7, #onsi,er as a
#ore is the &essage that it $ante, to #onvey, an, that7s the i,ea that the $orl, is not a $ish5
granting fa#tory. 4e #an7t have everything that $e $ant. All $e #an ,o is to live our lives to the
fullest, a//re#iate $hat $e have, an, sto/ 0eing ,e/resse, $ith $hat $e ,on7t.
f #ourse, $ea-nesses also e1ist. First, the love story ha//ene, too fast. Saying <" love you= to
so&eone is a serious thing yet Augustus $aite, no ti&e at all in uttering this. Se#on,, Augustus
$asn7t also #lear $hen he sai, he ha, #an#er. Thir,, the illogi#al a#tion of 2a3el an, Augustus of
flying to A&ster,a& 9ust to see- the en,ing of the novel they $ere rea,ing $as also a nota0le
$ea-ness. For #an#er /atients, it $as un0elieva0le! "t $as /utting their lives at the e,ge of
,anger, very ris-y in,ee,. Fourth, the #hara#ter /laye, 0y 4ille& >afoe as Peter ;an 2outen in
the story $as a revolting an, unrealisti# /art of the &ovie.
The fil& &ay 0e sho$ere, 0y fe$ $ea-nesses 0ut it is overall great, a0solutely stellar, an,
,efinitely $orth $at#hing.