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There are many reasons why I love John Green. I first found his Youtube videos that he makes with his brother Hank Green (Vlogbrothers). They break apart the world in a way that doesn't destroy it, but helps people better understand the world we live in. Fast forward a year I was in a clinic and the educational advocate told me to read Looking for Alaska first to see if I like it. Then, read The Fault in Our Stars because it's hard to read. I read his other books before and fell in love with them (this is an understatement). They helped me have friends my age when I did not. I finally felt like a "normal" teenager reading them. People say normal is overrated. But, they should say normal seems awesome to those who will never have it. Desperate I finally read The Fault in Our Stars in 2012. I never thought a book could understand my life and mind in a way I didn't even understand it, until I read TFIOS. Everyone sees grave injustices, but I know this all too well. When people, my friend's lives were not as long as others. His book helped me cope and deal with it by showing me that short lives can be good lives. When the end of the book eventually comes, I was not crying because of the death of a character. I was crying because this was all too real. So real and so deeply true that the only way I could express this was through my eyes. He understands that the world doesn't give you what you want and life doesn't exactly turn out the way we planned it to.
People are so afraid to feel sad. This makes complete sense but when we are so closed off from sadness. It makes us numb to every other feeling too. Being sad requires us to be real with ourselves and how we feel. People are terrified of this because when we are nothing but honest with ourselves and each other it makes us vulnerable. Once we show that side of ourselves to someone we are afraid of being rejected. John Green pushes through that fear and is real and honest with his readers. I appreciate this because in world of fake Facebook photos and Kardashians there is an author who just gives it like it is and can still find humor. I think I am that way or at least try to be like that.
My teacher once told me that life gives us people when we need them the most. This is true and whether or not John Green did this or some greater force his books found a way into my life when I needed them the most. His books and videos have shown me that I'm not alone, not everyone thinks I'm stupid because of my age. He allowed me to be a normal teenager through his books. Thank you seems like a strange thing to say to an author. Like, "Hey, John Green thank you for picking a career where you put letters into words on paper and then I buy it." There is so much to say and I never know if I'll find the words. So, I would like to give him a hug to say thank you in a way you can thank an author. Also give him a pizza and talk about awesome things over the pizza.
This is my favorite Vlogbrothers video and proof that things come into our life when we need them:
Love,
Maddie
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