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.
Doctors: As in Jimmy Carterâs case, cancer can spread from skin to brain. Melanoma starts on the skin, and the cancer often spreads to organs. Former President Jimmy Carter has a good chance of getting cancer-free, some doctors say.