Augustus Waters The Fault In Our Stars

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People choose to be happy because when you have big problems in your life thinking positive can make it seem like the problems are gonna fade away. Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars is an example of focusing on the positive things. Augustus or Gus was fighting cancer. Even though he knew he was going to die he still wanted to live his best life with no regrets. When Gus met Hazel at a support group for cancer they became close and was with each other a lot. Every time Gus and Hazel were with each other he was always smiling, laughing and cracking jokes. Gus wanted to make their time together memorable. When Gus goes out to get cigarettes he has an episode where he is very very sick and calls Hazel. The doctors tell him he