Augustus no longer is able to be a superhuman, he can't even provide for his own life, let alone inspire ours, his dignity is stripped and as readers we can understand how sucky seriously ill people are. ... An Imperial Affliction is not only Haze's favourite novel, but it is a symbol of her own life. Like Anna, the main character of An Imperial Affliction, Hazel is terminally ill, and as Hazel says, "it's not a cancer book, because cancer books suck.... " Also, in An Imperial Affliction, the novel ends mid-sentence, making it unclear whether Anna has died or become ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate