At its simplest level, the word pas means a step or pace. However, you may be more familiar with the word as a way to form a negative sentence or phrase. To negate a sentence (the equivalent of English don't, doesn't, didn't etc), the word pas is placed after the verb.
Character List. Hazel Grace Lancaster - The novelâs narrator and 16-year-old protagonist. An astute and remarkably conscientious girl, Hazel was diagnosed at age thirteen with a terminal form of thyroid cancer that has since spread to her lungs.
Lacey Dietz went from tumbling cheerleader and active teenager to cancer patient at John's Hopkins All Children's Hospital in the blink of an eye. Lacey was diagnosed with lymphoma in May 2015 and has endured grueling treatments ever since, but her parents and doctors said she hasn't given up hope. For Lacey, cancer treatments are just something she has to do when she's not planning to go to college and become a coach or therapist.