A theme that relates specifically to John Green\u2019s \u201cThe Fault in Our Stars\u201d and other young adult novels is intimacy between two characters. Alleen Pace Nilsen\u2019s article titled \u201cBooks for Young Adults: Love and the Teenage Reader\u201d discusses young love in literature and different books that illustrate the struggles and successes of young adult relationships. A specific part of the article that I found applicable to \u201cThe Fault in Our Stars\u201d discusses the extremes to which some characters take their relationships. Nilsen describes the relationship between characters in some books to be \u201cdishonest\u201d and unrealistic. This particular statement immediately reminded me of the relationship between Hazel and Gus. To me, their relationship seems a bit unrealistic and \u201cexaggerated\u201d as Nelsen would describe it. Having known each other for such a short period of time, they were in love and were having sex. Hazel and Gus seemed to be mature beyond their years, having not argued once the entire story and did not display signs of a classic teenage relationship, despite their illness. Despite the inevitable deaths of Hazel and Gus, their relationship almost seemed too perfect and fast moving in the moment and did not seem representative of a real relationship between two young adults struggling with a deadly disease. Like Nelsen pointed out in the article, literature is often written for teenage girls who want to see a perfect and long-lasting relationship. However, given the facts of Gus and Hazel\u2019s tough situation, in real life it seems like that would have been an impossibility. The author of the novel of \u201cThe Fault in Our Stars\u201d follows the classic script that Nelsen discusses in his article. It\u2019s a script made for young adults who want to read about a relationship that lasts despite the odds of an unrealistic situation.<\/p>\n
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