Comparing The Fault In Our Stars And All Those We Never Said By John Rich

Young Adult literature has often been disregarded by literary critics due to its consideration as a subdivision of children’s literature. Consequently, causing the lack of literary analysis and evaluation of said novels . The Fault In Our Stars by the American author John Green and All Those Things We Never Said by the French author Marc Levy contain the description and the characterization of an American family as a principal issue throughout the development of the plot in both novels. Consequently, the following research question derives from the difference of the origin of both authors:

To what extent does the author’s cultural background affect the author’s characterization of an American family in “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green and “All Those Things We Never Said” by Marc Levy? Green exposes a plot with “A blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical and funny” throughout the narration in first person of Hazel Grace Lancaster’s life as a seventeen-year-old terminal lung cancer patient. Thus, the main theme discussed and detailed throughout the plot is Hazel’s fear of oblivion caused by her own death. Ultimately, Green is able to produce a less complex and effective existentialist literary work similar to previously published novels by distinguished authors such as Albert Camus and Franz Kafka. Notwithstanding Hazel’s

Due to her father’s sudden death; Julia is exasperated because she believes it is another of her father’s scheme, knowing his recalcitrant personality to machinate her life for the last time as it prevents her from marrying her fiancé. Levy’s novel portrays the turbulent relationship between Julia and Anthony Walsh, and how both embark on a journey to repair their father-daughter relationship. As a result, Levy describes the Walsh household with the purpose to criticise the American family seeing that it lacks the strong family