My idea to help fan’s interact with the book The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
would be to actually create the book that is talked about inside the story
line. Throughout the book Hazel talks about her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, and how it
connects to her life. Given that John Green made up a book inside a book I
think a lot of fans would like to actually see him write An Imperial Affliction.
Before Hazel tells Gus about An Imperial Affliction she is reluctant to share, “And then there’s books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can’t tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.” She doesn’t want anyone else to know about the book, but she does end up tell him what it is. I think that her sharing the book with him showed how strong, right off the bat, her connection with Augustus was. As their friendship blossoms into a budding romance they spend time talking about the book and the uncertainty of the ending. This feeling of uncertainty leads them on a trip to Amsterdam to meet the author, Peter van Houten, and get their unanswered questions answered by the man himself. “’So I talked to the genies, and they are in total agreement. They said Amsterdam is lovely in the beginning of May. They proposed leaving May third and returning May seventh.’” Augustus is referring to The Wish Foundation, which grants kids dying of cancer one wish, Hazel used her wish on a trip to Disney World when she was young so Augustus has offered to use his wish on the both of them to travel to Amsterdam. While Peter van Houten turns out to be an utter disappointment to both Hazel and Gus, it’s in Amsterdam where they share their first kiss, and their romance really takes off. In the end, a dying Augustus Waters, sends Peter van Houten a letter, telling him all will be forgiven if he promises to tell Hazel how An Imperial Affliction really ends. Peter van Houten says to Hazel, “’But at any rate he was quite insistent that I’d be absolved for my misbehavior if I attended his funeral and told you what became of Anna’s mother’” Hazel yells at Peter and decides that she doesn’t want to know how the book really would end. So this book, a made up book inside of a book, is what really brought Hazel and Augustus together and getting Hazel the ending to that book was his last request. It brought them across the world and back, all while falling in love, and I know I for one would really enjoy reading the book credited to their heartbreaking romance, even if it all was just fiction.
Before Hazel tells Gus about An Imperial Affliction she is reluctant to share, “And then there’s books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can’t tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.” She doesn’t want anyone else to know about the book, but she does end up tell him what it is. I think that her sharing the book with him showed how strong, right off the bat, her connection with Augustus was. As their friendship blossoms into a budding romance they spend time talking about the book and the uncertainty of the ending. This feeling of uncertainty leads them on a trip to Amsterdam to meet the author, Peter van Houten, and get their unanswered questions answered by the man himself. “’So I talked to the genies, and they are in total agreement. They said Amsterdam is lovely in the beginning of May. They proposed leaving May third and returning May seventh.’” Augustus is referring to The Wish Foundation, which grants kids dying of cancer one wish, Hazel used her wish on a trip to Disney World when she was young so Augustus has offered to use his wish on the both of them to travel to Amsterdam. While Peter van Houten turns out to be an utter disappointment to both Hazel and Gus, it’s in Amsterdam where they share their first kiss, and their romance really takes off. In the end, a dying Augustus Waters, sends Peter van Houten a letter, telling him all will be forgiven if he promises to tell Hazel how An Imperial Affliction really ends. Peter van Houten says to Hazel, “’But at any rate he was quite insistent that I’d be absolved for my misbehavior if I attended his funeral and told you what became of Anna’s mother’” Hazel yells at Peter and decides that she doesn’t want to know how the book really would end. So this book, a made up book inside of a book, is what really brought Hazel and Augustus together and getting Hazel the ending to that book was his last request. It brought them across the world and back, all while falling in love, and I know I for one would really enjoy reading the book credited to their heartbreaking romance, even if it all was just fiction.
That’s why I believe this book
would work, curious fans wanting to know more about Hazel and Augustus’ story.
Fans that want to know what drove these two across the world in search of
answers. Fans who want to further
understand the fictional love they read in The
Fault in Our Stars. This book being written would keep fans connected to
the author, because they would be reading another book written by him. This
would also keep them connected to Hazel and Augustus because they will probably
be imagining Hazel flipping through the book for her hundredth time, yet still
being intrigued by each word. Or they may picture Augustus placing a bookmark
on his page and calling Hazel to discuss what he just read. If John Green wrote
the book An Imperial Affliction he
could also pull in a new audience, because some people may read it and want to
then read The Fault in Our Stars. Even
though Hazel and Gus would not be mentioned in An Imperial Affliction, John Green could incorporate them into the
beginning of the book to explain why he was writing the book in the first
place.
Good idea! You do a good job of explaining how the book is so central to their relationship. I like the cover you made and I think that Green describing why he's writing would help, too. Maybe there could be a book inside this book, too, and he can create a series. Or maybe it could even have Hazel's notes, underlines, etc. so you read the book from her point of view.
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