Good Evening My Wonderful Students,
Please use the comments section to post your Chapter 23 Journals here. Use a name that will allow me to easily identify you and put your grades into the gradebook. Thanks! Happy Writing!
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Ms. Hall-D'Accordo
My favorite quote from chapter 23 is "When Gus told us that he feared oblivion, and i told him that he was fearing something universal and inervitable, and how really, the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself ut the depraved meaningless of these things, the absolutly inhuman hihilism of suffering." This is my favorite quote because Augustus was saying that he was scared of dying, which connects to my life because even though everyone dies, and dying is natural, i am still scared of dying and leaving all my loved ones on Earth. Hazel thinks that Augustus fear of dying is weird and dumb because everyone dies, and even if you are scared to die, you will eventually die. This is also ironic because Augustus is scared of dying but he is obssessed with the after life and dying for a greater cause/dying with a legacy. I think that Hazel thinks Augustus fear of dying is ironic because Augustus had cancer all over his body, but yet he was scared of dying .
ReplyDeleteThe quote that stood out to me the most was “He dropped the remote onto the couch between us and asked, “Do you know if it hurt or whatever?” “He was really fighting for breath, I guess,” I said. “He eventually went unconscious, but it sounds like, yeah, it wasn’t great or anything. Dying sucks.” “Yeah,” Isaac said. And then after a long time, “It just seems so impossible.” “Happens all the time,” I said. “You seem angry,” he said. “Yeah,” I said. We just sat there quiet for a long time, which was fine, and I was thinking about way back in the very beginning in the Literal Heart of Jesus when Gus told us that he feared oblivion, and I told him that he was fearing something universal and inevitable, and how really, the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering. I thought of my dad telling me that the universe wants to be noticed. But what we want is to be noticed by the universe, to have the universe give a shit what happens to us—not the collective idea of sentient life but each of us, as individuals. “Gus really loved you, you know,” he said. “I know” (pg.281-282). This quote stood out to me the most because its good that they are able to speak their mind instead of holding it inside. To hear that your best friend/boyfriend was struggling for life is just completely awful.
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Delete"When Gus told us that he feared oblivion, and i told him that he was fearing something universal and inervitable, and how really, the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself ut the depraved meaningless of these things, the absolutly inhuman nihilism of suffering." I think Augustus really didnt fear oblivion i just thinkhe was afraid to die in my opionion, he just kept saying that to man up to Hazel, and impress her like he was throughout the whole entire story. If i was Augustus i would think should just tell my feelings to Hazel and make sure she understood where i wass coming from. Since oblivion means the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening,
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DeleteThe quote that stuck out to me in Chapter 25 was, "When Gus told us that he feared oblivion, and i told him that he was fearing something universal and inervitable, and how really, the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaningless of these things, the absolutly inhuman humanlism of suffering." This is my favorite quote because it best describes me. I don't fear oblivion, but I do fear the meanings and opinions of people of things. I don't fear oblivion because I know all things will eventually end at some point. It is quite scary to think of, but its the truth. I don't think Augustus meant that he was afraid of all things ending, I think he was more afraid of him ending before everything else. That would be my biggest fear of all, death, but yet sometimes the only option. Sometimes the meaningless encounters and opinions of the universe could make this fear into a nightmare. Augustus and I are just alike when it comes to certain things, such as living a great life and oblivion.
ReplyDelete“I am trying, I swear.” It was around then that I realized Peter Van Houten had a dead person in his family. I considered the honesty with which he had written about cancer kids; the fact that he couldn’t speak to me in Amsterdam except to ask if I’d dressed like her on purpose; his shittiness around me and Augustus; his aching question about the relationship between pain’s extremity and its value. He sat back there drinking, an old man who’d been drunk for years. I thought of a statistic I wish I didn’t know: Half of marriages end in the year after a child’s death. I looked back at Van Houten. I was driving down College and I pulled over behind a line of parked cars and asked, “You had a kid who died?” My daughter,” he said. “She was eight. Suffered beautifully. Will never be beatified.” “She had leukemia?” I asked. He nodded. “Like Anna,” I said. “Very much like her, yes.” This scene was intense and sad. Van Houten had written that book inspired by his dead daughter and his wife leaving him. Van Houten was miserable and devastate by this conflict that’s why he was drinking his life away and that’s why he was so mean to Hazel because she brought back flashbacks for him. Hazel was touched by his story and now she could put the pieces together of why he was so mean and miserable. I feel very sad for Van Houten but I don’t think he should drink his life away or be mean to cancer kids because of his personal problems.
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ReplyDeleteQuote: "When Gus told us that he feared oblivion, and I told him that he was fearing something universal and inevitable, and how really, the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself it the depraved meaningless of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering."
ReplyDeleteThe reason chose this quote because Augustus feared death and he knew it was his time to go and he died. It was shocking that Augustus died in chapter 21 but you have to overcome hardship and obstacles of all kind and you overcome them by saying what can I do to please or honor Augustus and everyone in his family should be asking that including Hazel. In addition, I think that Augustus left an excellent legacy behind him and honor his heart and soul Hazel leveeing her excellent story about herself and Augustus. I wish he never died but I want to know how is hazel is going to continue her life.
“Pain is like fabric: The stronger it is, the more its worth.”
ReplyDeleteThis quote means the more you been through, the stronger you become. Similar to the cliché what doesn’t kill you make you stronger, she feels as though overcoming a devastating predicament proves how strong and triumphant you really are. Instead of giving up when you were at your worse point, she stuck it out and fought through the rest of the war. So, in addition to her cancer and ample fights for her life, she had to cope with the death of her first love. She was filled with mixed emotions, depressed and angry, but wasn’t really upset with anyone in particular. She was just feeling some type of way about his death and wanted to grieve for just a little bit. At the end of the day, she discovered that Peter Van Houten ironically taught her a few life lessons.
~Donia
In this chapter Hazel goes over isaacs house and they play video games like him and Gus used too. They start taking about how they miss agustus and reminiscing about the good times they had.one quote is ,"it seems so impossible". I picked this quote because death does seem impossible. It also seems so unreal. The reality of death seems scary yet weird. The fact that you could be with someone one day and the next there gone forever seems impossible. then Isaac talks about Gus writing and hazel is excited and leaves to go to his house to try and find what Gus was writing for her. When she gets I the car peter van houten is in the back seat. He apologizes and cries. Then we see that his daughter died of cancer.i liked this part because it showed that Peter van h. May not be ass bad as we thought. He lost his daughter and he's in a huge depression. It make him seem less like a jerk because we see that he's hurting just like hazel. I think though hazel was annoyed she needed to lighten things up with p.v.h because they left on a bad note and she didn't fully understand him. Then lastly hazel tells p.v.h to clean himself up and write a book. That was good advice. Then hazel goes to Gus's house to search for his writings and she doesn't find anything. She then wraps herself up in Gus sheets and gets his scent on her. I thought that was really sad but cute.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter twenty three a line in the chapter that I like is " I swiveled around and screamed when I saw Peter van Houten sitting in the back seat. " I like this line because it's creepy. How did he even find her car? I mean I laughed a little when I read this part because he came out of no where. I wasnt expecting that at all. She was so scared but why did he get in the car? What was his purpose? That line and chapter was very interesting. We learned so much about Peter van Houten and why he acts like a jerk.
ReplyDeleteAnother line in this chapter that I thought was interesting is "Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you. " I like this line because it sounds like something that can make you think about things. I think the line means that Grief wont change you but it would show the real you. By saying that when you grieve you act out in a way. You end up showing people the real you, you don't cover alot up you do what you really do. The things you know yourself for.
The line "And I crawled into his unmade bed, wrapping myself in his comforter like a cocoon, surrounding myself in his Smell." Is a depressing , kinda sad line. If you think about it Hazel is depressed in a way because Gus died. She's laying in his bed trying to get one last smell of his scent. Im kind of sad that he died. He was one of my favorite characters in the book.
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