Original Synopsis
Hazel Grace
Lancaster, a 16-year-old teenager with thyroid cancer that has spread to her
lungs, attends a cancer patient support group at her mother's behest. During a
support meeting, Hazel meets a 17-year-old teenage boy named Augustus Waters,
whose osteosarcoma caused him to lose his leg. Augustus is at the meeting to
support his friend, Isaac, who is losing his remaining eye to cancer. The two
bond immediately after the meeting and Augustus invites Hazel to his house
where the two strengthen their bond over a movie and their experiences with
cancer. Before departing, the two agree to read each other's favorite novels.
Augustus gives Hazel The Price
of Dawn, and Hazel recommends An
Imperial Affliction, a novel written by Peter Van Houten about a cancer-stricken
girl named Anna that parallels Hazel's own experience. After Augustus finishes
reading her book, he is frustrated upon learning that the novel ends abruptly
without a conclusion. Hazel explains the novel's author had retreated following
the novel's publication and has not been heard from since. A week later,
Augustus reveals to Hazel that he has tracked down Van Houten's assistant,
Lidewij, and, through her, has managed to start an e-mail correspondence with
Van Houten. The two wrote to Van Houten with questions regarding the novel's
ending and the fate of the mother of Anna. Van Houten eventually replies,
explaining that he can only answer Hazel's questions in person. Hazel proposes
the trip to her mother but is rejected due to financial and medical constraints.
Later, at a picnic, Augustus surprises Hazel with tickets to Amsterdam to meet
Van Houten. She is thrilled, but feels hesitant for some reason. A comment on
Augustus' late girlfriend causes Hazel to compare herself to a grenade; Hazel
fears hurting others when she dies. As she struggles with her love for Augustus
and her death, Hazel suffers an episode of pleural effusion and is sent to the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) prompting her parents. and her doctors to question
the safety of overseas travel. The medical team argues against the trip until
Dr. Maria, one of the physicians most familiar with her case, speaks up
convincing Hazel's parents and physicians that
Hazel must
travel. When Hazel and Augustus first get to Amsterdam, they go to a restaurant
and find that Van Houten paid for their meal and champagne. Augustus then
confesses his love for Hazel that night. Hazel and Augustus finally meet Van
Houten but are shocked to find that, instead of a literary genius, he is a
mean-spirited drunk. Horrified by Van Houten's behavior, Lidewij confesses to
having arranged the meeting on his behalf, angering Van Houten, who proceeds to
insult Hazel's cancer thusly starting an argument and causing Hazel and
Augustus to flee from the drunken author's home.
Accompanied
by Lidewij, Hazel and Augustus then visit the Anne Frank House. After a
struggling climb and an applause filled kiss, Augustus and Hazel return to
their hotel. Shortly after returning to the hotel they end up getting intimate,
where Hazel discovers that Augustus has been suffering cancer pains from time
to time. The next day, Augustus confesses that his health is not as good as
Hazel had been led to believe. The two affirm their love and support for each
other. Upon their return to Indianapolis, Augustus' health worsens and he ends
up in the ICU for a few days. Fearing his death, Augustus invites Isaac and
Hazel to his pre-funeral, where they give eulogies.
After a
traumatic event Van Houten shows up to apologize to Hazel. A few days later,
while talking with Isaac, Hazel learns that Augustus may have been writing a
sequel to An Imperial
Affliction for her. As Hazel
searches for the pages, she again encounters Van Houten. He confides in Hazel
that his novel was a literary attempt to reconcile with the death of his
daughter, Anna, who died from cancer when she was eight. Hazel tells Van Houten
to sober up and write another book. Eventually Hazel learns that Augustus sent
the pages to Van Houten because he wanted Van Houten to use the pages to compose
a well-written eulogy about Hazel as she did for him. Lidewij forces Van Houten
to read the pages and sends them to Hazel. Hazel reads Augustus's words. He
says getting hurt in this world is inevitable, but we do get to choose who we
allow to hurt us, and that he is happy with his choice. He hopes she likes her
choice too. Hazel states she does.
My Synopsis
Hazel Grace attends a cancer patients' support group. She is thyroid
cancer patient who need an oxygen tank to breathe. In one of the meetings she concern
a teenage boy, name Augustus Waters, he is a patient of osteosarcoma. He's
there to support their mutual friend, name Isaac. He had a tumour in one eye
that had been removed. After
the meeting ends, Augustus approaches invites Hazel to his house to watch the
movie and discuss their experiences with cancer. They like to discuss about the
novels. Augustus tracked down Van Houten's assistant, name Lidewij, and he
starts an email correspondence with the reclusive author. He shares Van
Houten's letter with Haze. She devises a list of questions to Van Houten and
trying to clear up the novel’s ambiguous conclusion. An Houten replies. In one of the picnic, Hazel realizes
that she likes Augustus. But she is hesitant about
that when she dies in cancer will hurt Augustus. Hazel suffers a serious episode in
which her lungs fill with fluid and she goes to the ICU. She is released after
a period of days and she knows that Augustus never left the hospital’s waiting
room during her stupor. He
delivers Hazel another letter from Van Houten. After reading the letter, Hazel is wanted
to go to Amsterdam. But her parent and doctor do not allow her to do that.
Until one of the physicians most familiar with her case, she convinces Hazel’s parents
for let her go. The plans are made for Augustus, Hazel, and Hazel's mother to
go to Amsterdam. The two leave Van Houten’s in utter disappointment since they
know Van Houten is a mean-spirited drunk who claims he cannot answer any of
Hazel’s questions. They tour Anne Frank’s house, at the end they fall in love
together. Augustus had a body scan which revealed his cancer has returned.
Hazel never gives up to him. Augustus’s condition deteriorates quickly. Finally Augustus passes away. Augustus
dies eight days later. Hazel is Van Houten at the funeral. Hazel knows that
Augustus sent the pages to Van Houten because he wanted Van Houten to use the
pages to compose a well-written eulogy about Hazel.
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