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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 13 year olds may have experienced those different realities, I was not one of them. I believe at that young age I would not have been able to comprehend the difficulties that Augustus and Hazel are experiencing. At such a young age I believe that one may be able to wrap their heads around the ideology of love and death but not fully understand it.<\/p>\n
Reading this novel for the first time at 13 years old I feel as though I would play up the emotions of Augustus and Hazel. Since at the age I had never experienced love or death, I would be so overcome with emotion at how devastating it would be to love someone who is slowly dying. I would not have had the wisdom that comes with age that would help aid the process and help numb the idea of death on such a young person.<\/p>\n
My thirteen-year-old self however is much different than my 18-year-old self. I am able to comprehend these emotions because I have experienced them and I realize that they are a part of life, a concept I would not have understood at 13 years old. These emotions are something everyone has to deal with no matter what. Because I am much older now I interpret the characters differently. If I were younger I would interpret Hazel differently and not understand why most of the time she is so calm and sarcastic about her condition. I would interpret the whole story in a different light because I would not have the wisdom to fully understand the pain and emotions that are being portrayed in the novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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