Log #8
Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Page: Finished
Hazel finally found the correspondents that
Gus wrote before he died.
When Hazel asked to travel to Amsterdam,
her doctor said “It’s your life” and let her go. Although that it’s your life
for you to choose is undoubtable, there are still something we can’t choose by
ourselves. In this book, “notice” and “choose” are constantly mentioned. Hazel’s
father said the universe wanted to be noticed; Hazel said we wanted to be
noticed by the universe. She said the universe should give a shit to them－the people who suffer from inevitable fatal illness, such as Hazel
and Gus). They have no choice to be born with disability. They can’t choose.
The title “the fault in our stars” is named
after the lines in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare: The fault, dear Brutus, lies
not in the stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” It was when
Cassius told Brutus that we failed not due to the fate (the stars) but our
inability. It means that people can master their life if they have power.
However, in Peter Van Houten’s letter, he disagree Shakespeare’s Cassius note. In
some degree, people cannot choose whether healthy or sick.
Therefore, Gus said the person who notices
things is hero. And it was Hazel noticed things; she was his heroine.
In the end of Gus’ final letter, it said, “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 choice.” Hazel was afraid she would hurt Gus if they
were in love; nevertheless, it was Hazel’s choice not to hurt Gus and it was
Gus’ choice to be hurt by Hazel. So does it matter?
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