The Fault in Our Stars Quote Analysis

Analysis. Most high school students internally groan almost every time they see or hear that word. Analyzing = time and effort for something not going to make a huge difference in your life. Right? Well sometimes analyzing can be helpful. Like with this quote from The Fault in Our Stars: "The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives."

I'll admit at a first glance, this quote seems like an average sentence. As if I picked up my book and point to any random line on the page. I thought that at first too, but then I figured out a connection.

What John Green is implying is that you never really know what someone is going through. The houses represent our bodies, our outside looks. Someone could be having the worst day; everything is going wrong for them- but they still smile. A smile means they are happy... agree? Well a smile can hide so much. Just because someone looks happy doesn't mean they are. Just because someone laughs at a joke directed towards them doesn't mean it didn't hurt them. Just because someone appears confident doesn't mean they don't hate their self. Get the point? You never really know what someone is going through, or what they are thinking. So many people will judge someone, when really they hardly know anything about them. So be careful, you really don't know the person and their life. This is what John Green is saying when he wrote that line. It's so easy to assume nothing is wrong by looking at the outside of someone, but maybe they are hiding all their problems on the inside.

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On a side note...
I'm sure a lot of you are getting tired of reading posts about this book... but its just so good. Over spring break I started and failed to finish several books- they just don't compare to the perfection of The Fault in Our Stars! Hopefully I'll find another book soon to give you all something different to read about.