Hazel Grace Lancaster
Hazel Grace Lancaster is a teenage girl, living with a terminal form of thyroid cancer that spread to her lungs. Her mother and her doctor believe that hazel is depressed, and they urge her to go to a cancer support group so that she can make some friends who understand what she is going through. While at support group, she literally runs into a charming and handsome boy named Augustus Waters who lost his leg from bone cancer. They talk after the support group, and Augustus invites her over to his house to watch a movie. While at his house, they make an agreement to read each others favorite books. Hazel gives Augustus her copy of An Imperial Affliction, a book about a girl with cancer named Anna, and he gives her his copy of Counter Insurgence,
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They have a romantic dinner, and Augustus and Hazel say I love you for the first time.. The next day they finally meet Van Houten, only to find out that he is a rude alcoholic who refuses to answer Hazel’s questions. Feeling guilty for the way Van Houten behaved, Lidewij offers to take Hazel and Augustus sightseeing to the Anne Frank house. While at the Anne Frank house, Hazel shows her determination to not let her cancer stand in the way by climbing up several sets of stairs while carrying her oxygen tank. Later that night, they have sex for the first time. The next morning, Augustus takes her on a walk and tells her that while she was in the ICU he felt a pain in his hip and after going to the doctor he learned that his cancer was back and had spread throughout his whole body.
When they arrive back home, Augustus’s health continues to worsen. After a particularly bad episode, he is taken to the hospital where he realizes he is very close to dying. A couple days later, Augustus calls his friends, Isaac and Hazel, and tells them to meet him at the church for a pre-funeral. Gus feels that the pre-funeral is important because he doesn’t know if he will be able to attend as a ghost. Hazel and Isaac both read their eulogy for Gus, and it is a very touching moment between the three friends. After experiencing his “last good day” as
They have a romantic dinner, and Augustus and Hazel say I love you for the first time.. The next day they finally meet Van Houten, only to find out that he is a rude alcoholic who refuses to answer Hazel’s questions. Feeling guilty for the way Van Houten behaved, Lidewij offers to take Hazel and Augustus sightseeing to the Anne Frank house. While at the Anne Frank house, Hazel shows her determination to not let her cancer stand in the way by climbing up several sets of stairs while carrying her oxygen tank. Later that night, they have sex for the first time. The next morning, Augustus takes her on a walk and tells her that while she was in the ICU he felt a pain in his hip and after going to the doctor he learned that his cancer was back and had spread throughout his whole body.
When they arrive back home, Augustus’s health continues to worsen. After a particularly bad episode, he is taken to the hospital where he realizes he is very close to dying. A couple days later, Augustus calls his friends, Isaac and Hazel, and tells them to meet him at the church for a pre-funeral. Gus feels that the pre-funeral is important because he doesn’t know if he will be able to attend as a ghost. Hazel and Isaac both read their eulogy for Gus, and it is a very touching moment between the three friends. After experiencing his “last good day” as