The Fault in Our Stars Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

I understood the story ended because Anna died or got too sick to write and this midsentence thing was supposed to reflect how life really ends and whatever, but there were characters other tha...

One of the more hilarious descriptions that Hazel gives us is of the Support Group that she goes to, which is basically just a misguided mess of sentimentality. The Support Group is held in a churc...

Augustus's house is all decked out with inspiration. Yep, you know the kind. On every single surface of house, there are encouragements or inspirational phrases:A wooden plaque in the entryway was...

Eulogies are a bleak topic, no doubt about it. But since Augustus has the will to tackle them, we sure have to.As his health deteriorates and he prepares for death, Augustus asks his loved ones (in...

These kids may have cancer, but that doesn't mean they're not just typical kids. In this case, typical kids playing typical blow-heads-off-and-guts-out kind of first-person shooter video games. It...

We'll admit it—we hardly had to do any work to pick out this symbol. In fact, we just sat back in our chairs with our feet on our desks and let the characters explain it to us: "They don't kill y...