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.
Hazel was born in Madill, Oklahoma, on October 7, 1923, to Jessie and Henry Scott Akin. They moved to Walters, Oklahoma, when she was a young child. She married Ray Barber on November 18, 1941. They were married only two months when Ray was drafted into the Army. He served four years during World War II, serving time in Germany. She always said it was like meeting each other all over again after being separated for four years at such a young age.