Post 3 Book 1 Project: The Fault in Our Stars

Book 1 Project: The Fault in Our Stars

            We are inviting you to come and participate in our super fun 5k!!! We will offer free tee shirts and wrist bands to help fund the dreams of people with cancer. There will be live music and confetti at the finish line!!! It will be a blast!!!! All of the proceeds will go to people with cancer, to help make their wishes come true.

This is sort of what the 3K will look like with the confetti
although it will be blue and yellow like the book cover.    

            While you are running/walking the race, we will have a special part of Augustus and Hazel’s, the main characters, journey together. This will motivate you and help you feel more connected to Hazel and Augustus. At the 1K, you will go through a simulation of what the support group looked like. This is where Hazel and Augustus first met, so it is very symbolic. At the 2K there will be copies of the book that Hazel and Augustus loved so much and bonded over. As Hazel said, “And then there are books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can’t tell anybody about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal.” At the 3K, you will run through confetti, similar to what Hazel and Augustus experienced when dining in Amsterdam. They thought the experience was truly magically and we believe you will love it too! At the 4K, you will go through a tunnel like room that looks like Anne Frank’s. Anne Frank’s house was where Augustus and Hazel shared their first kiss. Lastly, at the 5K, there will simply be a celebration to be thankful for life because as you know from reading The Fault in Our Stars, life is unpredictable and we shouldn’t take it for granted.

            In The Fault in Our Star, Augustus and Hazel, have cancer. Hazel’s family struggles with paying for the finances because she has had cancer for several years. Since money is tight, it almost stops her from having her dream come true. Her dream is to meet the author of An Imperial Affliction, a book she loves. Thankfully Augustus, who has Osteosarcoma, gets to make a wish and have it granted by “The Genies”. Augustus wishes to go meet the author of the book because he’s in love Hazel. He says to Hazel, “Now I’m not going to give you my Wish or anything. But I also have an interest in meeting Peter Van Houten, and it wouldn’t make sense to meet him without the girl who introduced me to his book.” Although their trip doesn’t turn out the way they thought it would and the author was a letdown, they still got to spend time with each other in another country and they go to see other famous things in Amsterdam, like Anne Frank’s house. As you can see, just funding someone else’s dying wish can impact them so much more than you may think. This trip meant everything to Hazel and Augustus. Hazel says, “Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story…” I believe she says this to remind us how precious life is and how quickly it can disappear which is why we have a celebration at the 5K.

            Unlike Hazel and Augustus, many people with cancer do not get their wishes grant. Many people die with a dream that never came true. You can help though!! By simply signing up for this 5k, you will be helping these people’s dreams come true. This 5k will allow the fans of The Fault in our Stars feel more connected to Hazel and Augustus as well as contribute to a worthy cause that I’m sure they would have also supported. You will feel more connected because it is an easy way to give back to your community and support cancer patients’ battles.

            I believe this idea will work to give fans an opportunity to connect because it basically will follow the plot line of the book. It can make them feel closer to Hazel and Augustus. Also, this 5K will use some of the main symbols in the book and portray Augustus and Hazel’s view on everything. This 5K will help fans and let them feel what Hazel and Augustus felt.

Post 4: The Fault in Our Stars

I read the Fault in Our Stars by John Green for my Book 1. I think i finished it in two days. It was amazing!!! The plot was sad but it wasn't in a bad kind of way. I think it was more in the way of giving you a new perspective but through tragedy. I loved the book because there weren't really any slow part, which was great because sometimes I get bored with books. Also, it went right to the story and didn't begin by just describing everything in sight. It kind of described each thing as Hazel, the main character, went through them. It made you feel like you were actually going through them because there would be surprises. The Book exceeded my expectations because I thought the plot would be predictable, but it wasn't. Not at all. There were twists and turns and it always keep me interested. I think the book was really good and would recommend it to almost anyone.

Post 2: What is a Book?

A book...when I think of a book I think of a real book. Not some Kindle or Ipad but the true book—made out of paper and all. I think a real hardback book is more of a sentimental thing. I believe people who have grown up only reading on Kindles and Ipads wouldn’t really understand why those of us who read paper books enjoy them so much. Because of this I think a book is like an old picture from your childhood. The picture probably is not that interesting to someone else outside you, or maybe your mom, but to you it brings memories of some of your best experience, such as birthdays or first days of school. The paper book may not seem that interesting to someone who reads eBooks but to you, the true flipping of a pages and smell of the book mean something. Real books remind me of warm, fluffy blankets and just curling up in the winter time. I think I feel more happy reading a paper book rather than on my Kindle because of this.

I agree with Nancy Jo Sales because her opinion is that, “There is something about the physicality of book, the way it looks and feels and even smells—the notes in the margins—that’s what makes it a living, breathing companion.” I think Sales is saying that just holding the book makes the reading experience better. You feel like the book is a “friend”. I completely agree with this because when you open up a book and see the little comments people have made and feel the paper, it makes the book that much more magical.

Victor LaValle says that treating a book like something special is ridiculous and unnecessary. He says, “Now you hold that essence [of the book] in your hands! And other melodramatic nonsense. It all strikes me as a pretty Old Testament way of thinking.” I don’t agree with any of this. I believe what LaValle is arguing isn’t valid because I think that peoples experiences with book make the book special. And then when you pass that book on to someone else to read, the get to share that special experience with you and the book. I think it does matter what you read on because you will have a different experience whether you are reading on a device or a real book.