![]() ![]() Green introduces Hazel's world to the reader through a trip to Support Group. The night that Hazel and Augustus go to Oranjee, Hazel thinks and converses at length about the canals, pedestrians, petal "confetti" (p.163) in the air, the slow descent of the sun, the "bottled stars" (p.163) of champagne, and more, creating a rich and welcoming background for some of the difficult scenes at this turning point in the book. Now that they are able to take the trip, Hazel shows a first look at Amsterdam to the reader with amazing imagery. Neither Hazel or Augustus have had the ability to travel much, as both were diagnosed with cancer in their early adolescence which saps away the ability to go far from one's doctors and much of the funds of a family. Even more than hurting people after you're gone, as Hazel fears, Caroline's case personifies the hurting of people before you go. Imagery of what cancer can do to a person is, obviously, rampant in The Fault in Our Stars, but Caroline's case is perhaps more gruesome than any of the other cases of cancer in the book because of its influence over her emotions, personality, and relationships. ![]() Even with this limited information, Green creates a terrifying, enthralling, and tragic image of Caroline. ![]() The character Caroline, Augustus's prior girlfriend who died of a brain tumor that changed her personality and ability to control her emotions as her illness progressed, is formed entirely from a few conversations between Augustus and Hazel and what Hazel is able to read publicly on Facebook. ![]()
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