![]() ![]() She is seen pushing any form of a real relationship away, which is something she has become accustomed to. Hazel is explaining that she wants to “minimise the casualties”, meaning she doesn’t want to hurt any more people than she has to. “I’m a grenade, and one day I’m going to explode and obliterate everything in my way”. Hazel expresses to the audience through first-person narration her desire to avoid relationships also. ![]() “In the typical high school life, you belong to one nation, which can never guarantee you total security.” He explains to the audience that you must casually interact with everyone once in a while, in a way that is invisible to others. ![]() Greg tells the audience that he organises the world into groups, believing that he doesn’t identify with any of them. Through adversity faced, Hazel is yet to experience any social or romantic growth in a similar way to Greg. Greg is yet to discover such a level of maturity his narration often incorporates quirky humour as he is depicted as a realistic representation of a typical young adult. Since being diagnosed at the age of six, Hazel generally relies on her words and feelings to express herself, forcing a high level of maturity at a young age. She is the one suffering from cancer whereas Greg is not, ultimately changing the perspective in which the story is being told. However, this narrative point of view differentiates immensely in TFIOS as Hazel is the narrator. As Greg is the narrator of MEDG, his personality sets the tone of the film. Greg is a self-loathing, self-hating introvert, who wishes to be invisible to everyone. Through first person narration, the audience develops an intimate understanding of the main characters emotions and behaviours. In both films, identity is an underlying idea that allows for character expression and development. The film makers of TFIOS and MEDG use a variety of techniques such as camera angles, dialogue, sound and narrative point of view, to communicate the various ideas explored within coming of age such as identity, love and death. Similar to this, in MEDG Rachel allows Greg to discover himself and pushes him into adulthood even though it frightens him. In TFIOS, Hazel’s relationship with Gus allows her to express herself, transitioning her into adulthood by realising the true value of life. A defining similarity between the two films is the way in which they each convey the idea of coming of age. ![]()
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