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.
A Frightening Diagnosis. Stage 4 cancer is a condition in which cancer has spread (metastasized) from its original location to other organs in the body. Metastatic cancer is what claimed the life of Elizabeth Edwards nearly four years after it was first diagnosed. Frightening Diagnosis. Stage 4 cancer is a condition in which cancer has spread (metastasized) from its original location to other organs in the body. Metastatic cancer is what claimed the life of Elizabeth Edwards nearly four years after it was first diagnosed.