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From the quotation above it can be seen that August shortly died after his prefuneral. His heart is stop working. At that time he was in the hospital with his parents and
sisters. His dad tells Hazel that maybe August is no longer to survive. At three thirty in the morning August’s mother calls Hazel. Hazel knows that it must be a bad news.
It is true that August cannot survive.
4.1.4.3 Setting of Social Environment
Lancaster family comes from upper-middle class. It is proven by how much and how far they can afford the cost of medical treatment for Hazel. Cancer treatment
is very expensive. There are radiation, chemotherapy, surgeries, medicines and et cetera. Moreover, Hazel needs an oxygen tank to support her life and help her to
breathe. Although Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster can afford her treatment, a leisure time or vacation is out of their list. It is because much of their money is spent on the
treatment. An economic problem also the main reason why Hazel cannot travel to Amsterdam. Her mother says “Hazel, I love you, and you know I’d do anything for
you, but we don’t have the money for international travel, and the expense of getting equipment over there love, it’s just not” Green, 2012: 79.
Meanwhile, August family can also be considered as an upper class family. Just like Lancaster’s, Waters’ family can afford his cancer treatment. Moreover
August is the third child of the family. He has two older sister and both of them are married to a rich man. Waters house is described in the first chapter when Hazel came
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to his house for the first time. August has a big and amazing bedroom where all of boys’ stuffs are there. Hazel says “I followed him down carpeted stairs to a huge
basement bedroom...He walked toward the TV, where a huge pile of DVDs and video games were arranged into a vague pyramid shape” Green, 2012: 29.
4.2 External Elements 4.2.1 Myth of Season
In this novel there are several seasons that are described by the author. Those seasons are winter Indianapolis, spring Amsterdam and summer Indianapolis.
The first one is winter. Based on the myth, winter describes an irony. In winter we feel cold and many plants are dead. It is the first chapter, in winter, when Hazel’s
mother thinks that Hazel is depressed. Hazel says “Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed” Green, 2012: 1.Her mother
thinks that Hazel is depressed because she eats infrequently, rarely leaves the house and thinks about death. The second one is spring. It happens in Amsterdam. Based on
the myth, spring describes happiness, and much of laughter happens during this season. This is a perfect season for the hero and heroine who just starts a relationship.
In spring, the scene is lovely, the atmosphere is mild, the flowers are blooming, and the bird is singing.
There were elm trees everywhere along the canals, and these seeds were blowing out of them. But they didn’t look like seeds. They looked for all the
world like miniaturized rose petals drained of their color. These pale petals
