https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m Made with fortitude en-us 2017-05-08 18:08:35 UTC 2025-11-19 08:35:28 UTC hello@padlet.com pkarba5077 https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170589461 "I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up" (Green, 11). - Metaphor 
In this quote, Augustus compares his life to a roller coaster. After finding out he is cancer free, he sees that only positive things are happening in his life. This explains why he says he is on a roller coaster that only goes up. 

"Even cancer isn't a bad guy really: Cancer just wants to be alive" (Green, 245). - Personification 
Cancer is a disease, not a human being. Therefore, this quote is personification. 

"Pain is like fabric. The stronger it is, the more it is worth"(Green, 284)-Simile
The worth of pain is being compared to fabric in this quote. They are being comparing the word like, so it is a simile.  

"We heard him recount his sad story for the thousandth time..." (Green, 4). - Hyperbole
It really was not the thousandth time the support group had heard Patrick's story. Hazel was exaggerating when she said this, making it a hyperbole. 

"I fear oblivion. I fear it like the proverbial blind man that's afraid of the dark" (Green, 12).- Simile 
In this quote, Augustus compares his fear of oblivion to the fear of a proverbial blind man that is afraid of the dark. A blind man has no reason to be scared of the dark, just like he has no reason to be scared of oblivion. This comparison is made using the word like, so it is a simile.  ]]> 2017-05-08 18:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170589461 pkarba5077 https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170849932 A huge symbol in this book is the cigarette that Augustus has in his mouth most of the time. He holds a cigarette in his mouth, but never lights it. He puts the killer right in between his lips but never gives it the power to kill. This symbolizes the hatred of cancer Augustus has. He never gives cancer the power to kill, although it wants to.

 Another symbol is the ending to An Imperial Affliction. The book ends end the middle of the main character, Anna's, sentence, when she dies of cancer. This represents the fact that when someone dies, they just die in the middle of their life. This is what happened with Augustus. Him and Hazel has such a big future ahead of them when he died of cancer.

The picture below represents the end of life. The candle had the potential to burn, but was blown out. This is what happen in the book An Imperial Affliction, which also represents Augustus' death. It also represents the symbol of the cigarette. If the candle was lit, it would have the potential of killing someone if it was knocked over and something was caught on fire.  ]]> 2017-05-09 18:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170849932 pkarba5077 https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170854751 Picture on Element #2: Garrett, Mario. "Faith Leaders and End-Of-Life." Psychology Today. Sussex Publishers, 29 Sept. 2013. Web. 09 May 2017.
Picture on Element #3: Giphy. "Infinity GIFs - Find & Share on GIPHY." GIPHY. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2017.]]> 2017-05-09 18:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170854751 pkarba5077 https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170856030 Top 10 Characters in The Fault in our Stars:
1. Hazel Grace Lancaster- the main character; a 16 year old terminally ill thyroid cancer patient.
2. Augustus Waters- a 16 year old with osteoarthritis who becomes Hazel's boyfriend after they meet at a support group.
3. Mrs. Lancaster- Hazel's mother who has devoted her whole life to taking care of her daughter.
4. Issac- Augustus' blind friend who Hazel meets at a support group.
5. Mr. Lancaster- Hazel's father that feels pity for Hazel because of her situation throughout the book.
6. Peter Van Houten- the author of An Imperial Affliction; Hazel and Augustus take a trip to Amsterdam to meet him.
7. Augustus' Parents- Augustus' mother and father who both welcome Hazel in to their family.
8. Patrick- the leader of the support group that Hazel and Augustus met at; he is a religious man who had testicular cancer. 
9. Dr. Maria- Hazel's primary care doctor; she is the one who would not allow Hazel go on the trip to Amsterdam at first.
10. Anna- a character in An Imperial Affliction; Hazel relates to this girl and is the reason Hazel likes the book so much. Her story is the reason her and Augustus went to Amsterdam; they wanted to hear the ending of her story. 

I chose this as my list because characters are one of the most important things in a book. When you understand who the characters are and why they are in the story, it is much easier to understand the story. I included each of these characters in my list because they each have important roles in telling the story. Each of them are important. Each of their roles in the story are important. 

I chose an infinity sign to represent the characters in the book because Hazel always refers to her and Augustus' journey as their "little infinity." She even says in her speech at his funeral "...Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful” (Green, 260). Without many of these characters in the book, their journey wouldn't have been possible. For example, without Patrick hosting the support group they met at, they would have never met. Every character in the book is apart of Hazel and Augustus's "little infinity."]]> 2017-05-09 18:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pkarba5077/tyr0y2x5bm2m/wish/170856030