She is worried as to what happens to her parents after she dies just like the reader is left wondering what happens to the other characters of the novel after Ana dies.
THE ENDING: The end of An Imperial Affliction actually ends mid-sentence because the narrator, Ana, dies from cancer. THE ACTUAL BOOK: The actual book is a symbol for the Bible, see above. However, if the Dutch Tulip Man was the real symbol for God, then Van Houten could possibly be a symbol for a prophet. PETER VAN HOUTEN: The author of An Imperial Affliction is also a symbol for God, because Hazel claims, "the book that was as close a thing as I had to a Bible" (13). Peter Van Houten also claims that the Dutch Tulip Man is a metaphor for God. There is not much said about the Dutch Tulip Man either, and there is much mystery with him. This could be interpreted instead of the Dutch Tulip Man and his money, but God and His power. For example, Augustus says, "Not a con man, but not as rich as he was letting on" (235). Augustus and Hazel often discussed the Dutch Tulip Man as if they were discussing God. THE DUTCH TULIP MAN: John Green intended for the character of the Dutch Tulip Man to be a symbol for God. There were many aspects of An Imperial Affliction that were symbolic. God knows that's what everyone else does "(13). And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it. There is time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be a time after. Maybe that time is coming soon and maybe it is millions of years away, but even if we survive the collapse of our sun, we will not survive forever. Everything that we did and built and wrote and thought and discovered will be forgotten and all of this. There will be no one left to remember Aristotle or Cleopatra, let alone you. There will come a time where there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species did anything.
In the beginning of the novel, Augustus admits that he is afraid of oblivion, but Hazel responds with, "There will come a time.when all of us are dead. Both discuss time frequently in the novel, specifically infinities and how some people's infinities are longer than others. Both Hazel and Augustus know that their time is running out, so they decide to make the most of what they have left. Time is also very important in the novel.
She finds that out for herself at the end of The Fault in Our Stars. Lastly, it is also a revelator, because those who do look beyond her disabilities and truly get to know her discover that she is a strong person who can overcome the sadness the sickness brings. The water in her lungs is also a concealer because since Hazel is incapable to doing many social activities that others are able to perform, so it, in a way, conceals who Hazel really is from people who do not know her. It is a rejoinder because many people ask why she must carry her oxygen tank, and it is a poisoner because without the oxygen tank, it will kill her. The liquid in Hazel's lungs are all of these things: a conjoiner, because due to the fact that she has to attend the support group as a result of having the liquid in her lungs, she and Augustus meet and develop a relationship. The Dutchman describes water as being a "conjoiner, rejoinder, poisoner, concealer, revelator". Hazel's lungs "suck at being lungs." They are filled with water, and thus, she has to carry around an oxygen tank to allow her to breathe. The purpose of an epigraph is set the general tone of the novel, and this particular epigraph fulfills its purpose. The above quote from the book was placed at the very beginning of John Green's novel as the epigraph. An Imperial Affliction, an imaginary book by the made-up Peter Van Houten, is Hazel, and later, Augustus's, favorite novel and plays a key role in The Fault in Our Stars.
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