Chapter 1: Characters in The Fault in Our Stars

     The book is told in a first person account of a character with the name Hazel. Being the main character and narrator of the story, she is obviously a round, dynamic character. Every element of the story revolves around her; when a moment occurs that would differ the viewpoint or emotion of a character, she is involved. As early as the first chapter, she has already changed, in that she was strongly opposed to attending the Cancer Group Meetings at the church, but is happy to find Augustus, a guest of Isaac, at a meeting. Most of the action between characters is present when Hazel is too: Hazel talking with her mom, being with Augustus, monologue at the meeting and more. Hazel is the protagonist of the book: she is well-developed (round) and undergoes changes because of the plot (dynamic).

     Other Characters such as hazel's Mom and Augustus are introduced as rather flat characters. The interaction with these characters in the story takes place when the characters are with Hazel. Hazel's mom is mentioned in the story when she is talking with Hazel, and driving her to group. She has not yet been mentioned with other characters, which means she is not fully developed (or flat). Gus (Augustus), is also present when Hazel is also. He is more devloped in the story than Hazel's Mom, but not yet fully developed, so not yet a round character. So far, he has been mentioned at the meeting, driving Hazel to his house from the meeting, and when he introduces Hazel to his home and his parents. Obviously, there are other characters in the book, but they are not yet mentioned enough by the auther to be classified by how developed they are, nor their emotions.

     In order for the reader to visualize what is happening in the story, the author also needs to give the characters physical and personality traits. Hazel is portrayed in the book as a sarcastic girl, with rather rude monologue, and looks like an average girl (only, one who drags an oxygen tank around). Gus, as described by Hazel, is the perfect hunk who is sweet and charming (but also as bad a driver aas they come due to his bad leg). Isaac, a character mentioned only twice so far in the book, is a thin teen boy with long hair that covers his glass eye, he's kind of shy and doesn't talk much at the meetings, but has no problem showing a little PDA outside of the church. Not every character in the story has to be developed, but to enhance the story and help the reader visualize, the author must give each character traits (and John Green has done a great job of doing so).