#The fault in our stars -English

“ The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars

But in ourselves, that we are underlings”

W. Shakespeare

The fault in our stars, the movie that has been the “hit of the summer” especially on social media, is based on a book of the same name, written by John Green. It is a romantic drama, a love story between two witty and non-conformist (no "underlings"), upbeat and mature teenagers that meet while attending a cancer support group. Still, their illness is not the main character of the book or the movie, but life itself with all that it has sad and beautiful, tragic and humorous, hectic and common.

The two, a girl dependent on an oxygen tank and a boy with a prosthetic leg, have a realistic approach towards a condition they cannot control or change. That’s way, in their time trial “journey”, they do not use up their energy with boring, predictable or conventional things:

“Without pain, how could we know joy?”

In its every aspect, the movie becomes a meditation on youth, love, life and the loss that comes with them. Although some may consider it to be too “sentimental”, it is a movie that reaffirms the undying values of life and love.

Witty remarks, irony and humour, gentleness and wisdom, courage and serenity - a movie that goes straight through your heart and finally points out the following:

                “The world is not a wish-granting factory!”

I consider it to be a gentle slap in our faces in the hope of making us appreciate life, the supreme gift, and living “our little infinities” with dignity. The numbers of years we get is not as important as what we do with them.

                “Pain is not the last word, love is the last word”.