tisdag 11 februari 2014

"THE FAULT IN OUR STARS"


I rented a book called "The fault in our stars" a couple of days ago from the school-library. It's written by John Green who is a fantastic writer according (saknas preposition) the newspaper. Some of my closest friends has also read this book, and when I read the text on the backside of the book I realized that this is a "Typical Tilda book"(This was also what my friend Thilde told me when I told her about the action). I like books where there is some kind of tragedy, when the main characters is trying to focus on or find what's good in their lives. In this case there is a girl called Hazel Grace. When she was thirteen years old she got the diagnosis that she had cancer. It was some kind of cancer that made her lungs collapse (or well, they didn't work very well). In the beginning of the book she is still having cancer, but she is okay, and she is fighting against it.
When she got the diagnosis she couldn't go on with school and other activities, so she isn't seeing her friends very much and she can't do the things that other normal teenagers are doing. That's why Hazel's mother put her in a Cancer Kid Support Group with other teenagers that also is diagnosed with some kind of cancer. She thrives in the group because the is surrounded with people who is also going through something hard. Or well, maybe the hour in the group isn't the best time in the week, but suddenly that changes. One of the boys in the group, Isac, brought one of his friends that also is diagnosed with cancer, Augustus Waters.
The time with the group ends and Augustus is going straight to Hazel to talk to her. The talk ends with Hazel and Augustus sitting in Augustus's livingroom watching V for Vendetta (which is Augustus's favourite movie, but Hazel doesn't understand why) and eating home made 
enchiladas. 

Augustus asks Hazel when he can see her again, and she tells him that she will give him a call when she
has finished reading the book that Augustus lent her (an imperial affliction). So when Hazel, 24 hours later 
has read the book she gives him a call, but Augustus haven't finished reading the book that Hazel lent him 
so they decide that they will speak again when he's finished. 
One day later he's finished and they say that they will meet in Augustus's place. But it's not a "normal" 
meeting because Isaac from the Cancer Kid Support Group is also there. He have cancer in his eyes and 
in just a few days he will loose his sight because of an operation. Isaac had a girlfriend called Monica, but 
she broke up with him because "she couldn't handle it anymore" (the cancer), and Isaac is devastated.  

The book that Hazel lented Augustus, An Imperial Affliction, is written by a man called Peter Van Houten 
and lives in Holland. The book is really special, because it don't have a real ending. Suddenly it's just the 
end of the book, and you can only understand what is happening to one of the main characters, Anna, 
who have cancer. Hazel and Augustus understand that the book is ending because Anna either get to sick to
continue writing or she dies, but Hazel want to know what's happening to the other characters. Does Annas 
mother marries the Dutch Tulip man, and what happens to Annas hamster? 

It has been a few years since Hazel finished the book, and she can't remember how many letters she have
sent to Van Houten asking what's happening to the other characters, but she've never got an answer from
him. 
But suddenly Augustus is calling Hazel to tell her that he have got an answer from Van Houtens assistance
telling them that Van Houten can't answer their questions by email, so he invite them to come to Holland 
ant meet him. 

But Hazel is not feeling very well, she have pain in her shoulder and also in her head(brain). She can't stand
away from the thought the she maybe have a brain tumor, so when she wake up one morning and the pain is
worse then before she screams her mothers name, tell her about the pain and then they drive to the closest 
hospital. 
The doctors find out that her lungs if filled with water, so the pain was because she didn't get enough
oxygen to her brain. 

After a couple of weeks, Hazel feel better, so they decides that they will go to Amsterdam after all. The
doctors is doubtful though, but Hazels mother convince them. 

So it's May 3th, and Hazel haven't been this exited since her dad bought the swing set when she was a kid.
They finnish  the packing and drive to Augustus house where Hazel is walking straight to the front door,
but she stops when she can hear someone crying inside. First she think it's Gus mother who is crying, but 
suddenly she notice that it's not Gus mothers voice, it's Gus. She can hear him scream "It's my body" to his
mother, but Hazel don't want to hear more so she turns around and walk back to the car,  saying nothing.
After a while Augustus walk out to the car, he put his package in the car and then they drive to the airport.

A few hours later they finally get their seats, and they have a long journey ahead of them.

The second day in Amsterdam it's finally time for Augustus and Hazel to meet the famous 

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