We started class on Tuesday right where we left off on Thursday, in small assigned groups discussing either Professor’s or Maddie’s thesis on how Hazel values literature in TFIOS, then finding quotes within the book to support either thesis. My group defended Maddie’s thesis, being…
The trailer is able to manifest interest by immediately engaging the viewer visually, with the bright blue line against the black contrast it is easy to pay attention to what is happening. Then, as the trailer transitions, it stays with the faded out background, but…
We are all familiar with the classic situation where one of our favorite books is turned into a movie, and then the movie turns out to be extremely different from the book. In an inherently melancholy young adult novel such as The Fault in our Stars it…
What I noticed from the book trailer was that Penguin Teen, a well-known book publisher, created it. From the account’s name one can tell that their primary audience would be teenagers, therefore they construct their book trailers to appeal to their target audience. So what…
How does the book trailer drum up interest in TFIOS? What can you glean about the book from the trailer? Find another book trailer online to widen your frame of reference. What kinds of books get to have book trailers? The book trailer begins creating interest…
After viewing both the book trailer and the movie trailer for The Fault in Our Stars, I noticed that they were similar and different in the marketing strategies that were used. Upon viewing both trailers for the first time, I noticed an immediate difference between them.…
(second go, hope this works now) To be honest, I would love to read TFIOS with Augustus narrating it. It would be completely and utterly different. I think that if Augustus wrote it, TFIOS would be romanticized a lot more. To me, TFIOS is written…
Talbot’s profile aims at dispelling notions about Green’s books, and about the kind of person that would write a YA novel. One would imagine a YA author to be either romantic and feisty, with a passionate belief in the power of youth, or simply interested…
Being an 18 year old girl who has met people who have had cancer, met people in love, or met people going through illnesses, I have a completely different perspective than my 13 year old self would have while reading this book. Although many…
The Fault in Our Stars is narrated by Hazel for many reasons. As we discussed in class, readers get to know Hazel from the first sentences of the book. We noticed her dry sense of humour, her hostility and sarcasm towards her mother, and her…