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Rob
Though everyone is correct, there is no real next, the book does contain a few clear indicators of the future. First of all, Hazel will die. Well, everybody will eventually die, but Hazel is going to die before her parents, possibly in a few years, possibly later, but still young. Her cancer is inoperable. She is a grenade. Etc. It's what happens.
Second of all, her parents will be ok. Hazel spends a huge part of the novel trying to figure out if the parents in An Imperial Affliction are going to be ok, because she worries so much about What Happens Next to Them in her own lived narrative. She goes to the Anne Frank museum, and learns that Anne Frank's own father went on to do great things in her memory. She meets Van Houten, who turned out to be a terrible person, but still created great things after his daughter died, and more importantly *chose* to be such a terrible person, and continues to choose to be awful, though he starts to turn, maybe, at the novel's end, thanks to the efforts of Augustus. And then she confronts her own parents about the issue, and they tell her point blank, we will never be the same, but we will be ok, we have things going on, we are learning things and taken classes and we have plans, and like Mr. Frank we are going to help people in memory of you.
Second of all, her parents will be ok. Hazel spends a huge part of the novel trying to figure out if the parents in An Imperial Affliction are going to be ok, because she worries so much about What Happens Next to Them in her own lived narrative. She goes to the Anne Frank museum, and learns that Anne Frank's own father went on to do great things in her memory. She meets Van Houten, who turned out to be a terrible person, but still created great things after his daughter died, and more importantly *chose* to be such a terrible person, and continues to choose to be awful, though he starts to turn, maybe, at the novel's end, thanks to the efforts of Augustus. And then she confronts her own parents about the issue, and they tell her point blank, we will never be the same, but we will be ok, we have things going on, we are learning things and taken classes and we have plans, and like Mr. Frank we are going to help people in memory of you.
Stephanie
Its like the book that she read "the Imperial Affliction" there is no real ending. Its left to our imagination. Love this book and the movie...Perfect ending and I was in tears.
Ahalya P
That's the irony of the book. As Hazel complains the endings of "An Imperial Affliction", her own fate was tge same.
tan
Something that your imagination comes up with because there is no real answer. It is almost exactly like An Imperial Affliction but I am pretty sure John Green is a much more respectable person! Try coming up with something and possibly share it with people.
Felisha
this book is sort of an up to you type book, you sort of have to imagine what the ending will be, whether it be Hazel dies or lives it's really up to yourself to imagine. (The ending is the same as the ending of an imperial affliction so i highly doubt there will be a sequel or anything)
Phoebe
No idea! The book and movie don't really show what happens next, and I doubt a sequel will come.
Aman Saji
I personally feel that Hazel Grace will die ( not that I want her to die) as that would be the perfect ending because I just can't get over the fact that life can be so cruel to them . Both of them deserve each other and they will meet in heaven.
Swasthi
John said that he imagines Hazel dies maybe a year after Agustus. However, the book belongs to its readers, so, I suppose whatever you want to happen is what happens.
Michaela
It never actually says what happens to Hazel but as she has terminal cancer she will die but other wise I'm not sure
Emma
There is no second book but Hazel will die just as Rob said
Titiksha Agarwal
No,the idea rather the whole movie is same except some scens.
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