Symbols for my Characters

   Right now there are just 2 main characters in my book, The Fault In Our Stars. I think I picked pretty good symbols for each of the main characters, Hazel and Augustus.


   For Hazel I think a flower growing out of the crack in the sidewalk is a good symbol for her. Because, just like the little flower, her journey through life is tough yet beautiful. She is diagnosed with cancer around 10 and with her cancer came fluid that built up in her lungs. When she was 13 the doctors thought she was going to die, just like you think a little flower in the middle of a sidewalk wont survive. At times she does look very gloomy and down, but once Augustus enters her life she finally blooms and glows. Even though her journey through her life is hard and tough, like a flower trying to pop up out of concrete, she finds a way to bloom just like the flower you see walking to school every day.


   For Augustus I chose rain. I know it sounds very weird and off, but it's a very good symbol. He's just like the rain. He is always here, no matter what. He shows up suddenly and just doesn't go away for anything. And when he enters Hazel's life its just like how a storm shower would start up. He is the water that nurtures her flower. He brings her back to life for real this time, and has her bloom. And he doesn't go away even when she pushes. Just like how the water won't go away, but it just goes in to the ground around the flower.