Face to Face

While listening to everyone's  stories it makes you take a step back and realize how us "white people" have it pretty easy; it is rare that we come across racism. Its interesting to hear all the different point of views from everyone else. The people who talked about 9/11 and Pearl Harbor all had similar experiences with racism after the events. While talking about fear, Sayema Hameed said, "I felt fear for the first time in my life." She was terrified of how others were treating her for something she didn't even do just because she had the same color of skin as them. Some people like, Satsuki Ina experienced troubles with identity. She states that, "They changed my name from Satsuki to Sandy." She also said that she would refuse to speak the Japanese language when her mom tried to teach her and her siblings after the war. This is sad to me because no one should have to change who they are just so they aren't tormented about other peoples actions.

Book Response #4: The Fault In Our Stars

 In my last book blog I was at the part, in The Fault In Our Stars, where Hazel and Augustus were just beginning their friendship. Now, I have just finished the book and even though the ending is sad it's also filled with hope. Hazel and Augustus are able to take a trip to Amsterdam to visit Hazels favorite author and even though the trip isn't all what she expected they are still able to experience life together and to do things they wouldn't normally be able to do. The type of love that Hazel and Augustus has shown through throughout the entire story. The emotions I experienced while reading this book was from sad to happy to anxious to mournful. I felt as if I was experiencing this story with them and they were taking me on an emotional roller coaster.

 I chose this picture because in the story Augustus says, "It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing." Through out the entire book Augustus has a cigarette between his teeth to prove that even though cigarettes are bad its the people that give them the power to do harm in the first place.

If I were to compare John Green to an author now, it would have to be Nicholas Sparks because the story is so amazingly written and  has an incredible love story just like anything else Sparks has ever wrote.

 “But it is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than when he has Cassius note, ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves.”

 

Reading Response #3: The Fault In Our Stars

The book that I started to read this past week was The Fault In Our Stars. I decided to read this book because the movie was so good and even though I'm no where near finishing the book yet I can already tell that it is going to be very good! As most people know this book is about a girl named, Hazel, who has thyroid cancer and the cancer has now spread to her lungs. Hazel has always kept everyone around her at a distance to prevent them from getting hurt, that is until she meets Augustus Waters at Cancer Kid Support Group. This group is Hazel's mothers way of pushing her to make some friends, which is exactly what happens. Augustus Waters is exactly what Hazel needs in her life; someone fun and adventurous.

John Green is able to capture his readers attention with his character Hazel. She is snarky and very witty; she keeps me on my toes while reading and I'm always waiting for what she is going to say next. This story is a work of fiction and is all about romance and reality. The romance in the story is between Hazel and Augustus. The reality in the story and in life is that everyone dies eventually, whether you have a long life or a short one. This story reminded me of the book My Sisters Keeper; in this book the main character's sister has cancer and throughout the book you see how much of a struggle it is to have to watch someone you love dying and not being able to do anything about it. In The Fault In Our Stars, Hazels parents have the same issue, they cant seem to be able to accept the fact that their daughter has a terminal illness.

The picture that I chose is of the famous quotes within the book and it shows the thinking of Hazel and Augustus.