John Green's 2009 novel "The Fault in Our Stars" and Ol Parker's 2012 film "Now Is Good" both focus on the theme of life and death. Both of these texts focus on the coming of age and journeys of young women with cancer. Sharing various themes including identity and the fear of being forgotten, loves triumph over struggle and difficulty, existence and conscience. With "The Fault in Our Stars" written about 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster and her battle with stage 4 thyroid cancer. Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group for children with cancer. Here he meets Augustus "Gus" Waters, a former basketball player who lost his right leg to osteosarcoma and is in remission. As their relationship deepens, Augustus reveals that his cancer has returned and has metastasized to many other parts of his body. Even if he begins an aggressive treatment regimen, he is not expected to survive long. The love story continues through pain, struggle, and incredibly strange circumstances until Augustus's death. Ol Parker's 2012 film "Now Is Good" is about 17-year-old Tessa (Dakota Fanning), a young girl suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Despite her four-year devotion to chemotherapy, she has learned that her cancer is terminal and her doctors don't give her long to live. Tessa and her best friend Zoey (Kaya Scodelario), come up with a list of things for Tessa to do before she dies, including some risky behaviors she deems necessary for having "lived." Zoey is thrilled and supports the "bucket list" until an unplanned pregnancy occurs. One of Tessa's last wishes is to find love, which she thinks she has with her neighbor Adam (Jeremy Irvine). Adam is shy and his main priority... is half the paper... a series of moments, she's come this far and it's time for it to end. When Hazel learns of Augustus' reappearance, she talks to her father about her life and how the universe has affected her when her father states, "I think the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably out of balance toward consciousness, which rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance when observed.” (Chapter 14, page 223) To summarize, Ol Parker's "Now is Good" and John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars" both focus on the theme of life and death. Both Parker and Green feature themes such as the inclusion of Forgotten identity and fear, loves triumph over struggles, difficulties, existence and consciousness to enhance their stories based on the journeys of two young cancer patients trapped in their failed bodies as they discover themselves.