Problem/ Solution
Problem- Hazel is diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer.
Solution- Doctors give Hazel Phalanxifor, which buys her a few more years.
Solution- Doctors give Hazel Phalanxifor, which buys her a few more years.
Problem- Hazel's mom thinks that she is depressed.
Solution- Hazel is sent to support group
Solution- Hazel is sent to support group
Problem- Peter Van Houten turns out to be an angry drunk who doesn't share the information that he promised
Solution- Hazel and Augustus make the most of their trip to Amsterdam and have an amazing trip.
Solution- Hazel and Augustus make the most of their trip to Amsterdam and have an amazing trip.
Vocab
Phalanxifor- a drug that helped Hazel live.
Preternaturally- outside of nature; supernatural.
Myriad- a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
Osteosarcoma- a malignant tumor of the bone.
Sobriquet- a nick name.
Contemporaneity- living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
Bacchanalia- a festival in honor of Bacchus.
Impotent- utterly unable (to do something).
Hamartia- tragic flaw.
Solace-comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
Existential- pertaining to existence.
Martyrs- a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering.
Brethren- fellow members.
Oncogene- any gene that is a causative factor in the initiation of cancerous growth.
Commiserate- to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
Insufferable- not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable.
Unconscionable- not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
Monolith- a single block or piece of stone of considerable size, especially when used in architecture or sculpture.
Voracious- exceedingly eager or avid.
Intubated- to treat by inserting a tube, as into the larynx.
Preternaturally- outside of nature; supernatural.
Myriad- a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
Osteosarcoma- a malignant tumor of the bone.
Sobriquet- a nick name.
Contemporaneity- living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
Bacchanalia- a festival in honor of Bacchus.
Impotent- utterly unable (to do something).
Hamartia- tragic flaw.
Solace-comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
Existential- pertaining to existence.
Martyrs- a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering.
Brethren- fellow members.
Oncogene- any gene that is a causative factor in the initiation of cancerous growth.
Commiserate- to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
Insufferable- not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable.
Unconscionable- not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
Monolith- a single block or piece of stone of considerable size, especially when used in architecture or sculpture.
Voracious- exceedingly eager or avid.
Intubated- to treat by inserting a tube, as into the larynx.