True Meaning

Reading the other blogs helped me to really think about the feelings and emotions the characters felt in my novel in relation to other things in life. In Celeste's blog post about the Hunger Games she related how the experience of being in the Hunger Games changed Katniss, to the song "Demons". This relates to how Augustus's experience with his cancer is changing him into a different person. Even though they are very different experiences, the effects of their situations bring out the worst in them. It relates an emotion to a song, which is something I wouldn't normally think about, it opens up my mind. In The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Meagan S. related the friendship between Bruno and Shmuel to the song "Friends" by Hedley. I related this also to the friendship/romance between Hazel and Augustus, the bond they have will never be broken even when they died, same for Hazel when Augustus died. Again, another interesting connection, relationships felt in a book, to a song, but it helps me better understand their relationship. The lyrics in the song described their relationship, this helped me realize that their love wasn't just a romantic relationship, it was friendship. The last blog I commented on was Maddie's. She wrote about the connection between Craig from It's Kind Of A Funny Story to an article about a woman who struggled with depression. This directly relates to Hazel from my book because she was in a sort of depression and Augustus was the thing that helped her get out of it, just like these people had things that helped them. This made me think more about Augustus's affect on Hazel's life, and how she is really grateful for him helping her "learn how to live". As you can tell, connections can come from anywhere, just look for a deeper meaning, it will help you understand better your story by connecting other things to the characters.