In TFIOS, John Green introduces two characters Hazel-Grace and Augustus Waters, both with caner. In there own way justice is served and not served for both characters.
For Hazel justice is in a way both served and not served. Hazel wanted to live a normal life and be like others but because of cancer. She was forced to get her GED at 16 after having to drop out of school at 13 because of the severity of her cancer at the time. She had also in a away become a test monkey for a drug that was suppose to help stop the cancer from mutating and doctors used her as a test subject.
Cancer is the blocker of justice and doesn't let Hazel live the life she always wanted. It prevents her from experiencing the thing that are "normal".
But in a way justice had been served because for so long people have loved and talked to Hazel because she had cancer. When she met Augustus he hadn't payed attention to the fact that she had cancer.
Justice is served to Hazel because he shows her that there is a side to her besides the caner and helplessness she sometimes feels and he teaches her that cancer is cancer and she is Hazel and cancer will never be her nor will it ever define her.
Justice for Augusts isn't served at all through the book.
Augustus doesn't live log enough to survive the cancer and show people who Augusts is and that Augustus isn't Cancer, this is what he waned for himself, butt in the book he teaches Hazel to believe that in herself. Before he dies we don't really see this change in him but when Hazel reads his letter to Peter Van Houten we can see that he learns this and is able to show it and prove it to himself.
"My thoughts are stars and I can't fathom to constellations"
"I do, Augustus.
I do"
There may be editing issues. I pressed "Publish" by accident.
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