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John Green

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle.

John Green

Teen

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John Green is saying that stories about illness are often left out of American fiction because they don’t match the traditional themes of bravery and dramatic conflict that readers expect. Instead, novels usually focus on big, intense struggles like war or family issues, leaving little space for the quieter, ongoing reality of disease.

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