Later, Gus welcomes the nostalgia of the swing set, saying he wishes they still had it.
Early in the novel, Hazel and Augustus give the swing set away since the childhood happiness it represents is too painful to contemplate. The emotional significance of this symbol is complicated. The swing set is a symbol of youth and childhood innocence and reminds both Hazel and Augustus of the carefree life they can never return to. As Hazel gives in and allows Gus to love her, she comes to a new understanding of love, suffering, and self-worth. By identifying herself as a grenade, Hazel reveals her concept of her self-worth: she is dangerous and not worthy of love. While Augustus wants to save lives and achieve something great, Hazel has no such aspirations. Part of the theme of The Fault in Our Stars is the search for life’s meaning. Hazel’s terminal diagnosis, therefore, is a guaranteed explosion of pain to all who love her. Once a grenade is thrown, it is just a matter of time until it explodes. Hazel repeatedly describes herself as a grenade, a symbol of pain and suffering. On the second visit, he pictures himself as the bones themselves. On the first visit, Gus pictures himself as one of the children swinging from the bones. Here, is a very playful way of acknowledging that and acknowledging that always, whenever we play, whenever we live, we are living in both literal and metaphorical ways on the memory and bones of the dead.” The two visits Gus and Hazel make to the Funky Bones park are significant for the character change they reveal. In his commentary on this symbol, John Green writes, “What I love about the sculpture is that it makes the bones that we are always walking and playing on manifest, like in a world that so often denies the reality of death and the reality that we are surrounded by and outnumbered by the dead. Although the children view it as a fun playground, they are overlooking the fact that death is all around them.
The giant skeleton sculpture in the park is an obvious reminder of death.
As he is sick and dying, he risks his life to drive himself to buy more cigarettes, a last desperate act to try to maintain some control over his life. He believes, "You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing." The cigarettes lend Gus the air of confidence and bravado that his character so craves. Gus's unlit cigarettes represent power and control over his life. The Fault in Our Stars Symbols to Look For and Discuss Cigarettes In this activity, students will identify and explain symbols from the novel, supporting their choices with details from the text. The symbols in this book will come alive when you use a storyboard. The Fault in Our Stars is filled with symbolism, in part because the main characters themselves find it helpful to think about their lives metaphorically.
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