The novel is a form of literary work that contains long prose narratives. In this study, the writer chooses the famous novel by John Green entitled The Fault in Our Stars. The reason for choosing the novel is because the main character, Hazel Grace, described by John Green as a strong character in facing of cancer she suffers. The aims of this study are to portray Hazel’s personality traits category and her characterization depicted by John Green.
The qualitative method is used in this study. The writer reads the novel in detail and repeatedly to relate the content of the novel from the perspective of Costa and McCrae’s personality traits theory. The writer then identifies, classifies, reduces, and analyzes the data that has been collected.
This study finds three important findings of Hazel’s personality traits; neuroticism, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. In addition, John Green described Hazel’s personality traits through direct characterization which is known from the physical characteristics or appearance of the character, then indirect characterization from the character’s actions, behaviors, and thoughts.
Keywords: personality traits, five-factor theory, characterization