Hazel and her parents attend Augustus´s funeral,
which is held near to the place, where Support Group meets. Hazel
offers her condolences to Augustus´s parents and Augustus´s mother
tells her, how much he loved her.
Before the ceremony begins, Hazel removes her oxygen
tank and went to Augustus´s casket. His face looks like plastic and
he wears the same suit he wore at Oranjee.
Hazel says “OKAY” a number of times, before she
throws a pack of Caramel Lights into the casket.
The funeral starts and the minister talks about
Augustus´s courage and how he´s an inspiration. Van Houten whispers
in Hazels ear, that the word from the minister are a load of “horse
crap”.
As the funereal continues, Isaac and Hazel give
eulogies. Isaac is serious and tells a story about Augustus visiting
him after he had his eye removed.
Hazel begins her eulogies with a quote. She doesn´t
tell about the rest of her eulogy, except to say it was full of
encouragements for the living.
Following the burial, Van Houten requests to ride
back with Hazel and her parents. After making introductions, Van
Houten says he used the Internet to keep tabs on Indianapolis
maintained correspondence throughout Augustus´s final days.
Augustus intimated that Van Houten could make amends
for is behaviour in Amsterdam if he were to come to Augustus´s
funeral and tell Hazel the fate of Anna´s mother. He reveals the
fate as “Omnis celula e cellula”, which means “All cells come
from cells”.
When asked if she would like a further explanation,
Hazel declines and instead calls Van Houten a pathetic drunk before
kicking him out of the car.
That evening back at home Hazels father comes into
her room ans says sorry, that Augustus died and that it´s all total
bullshit.
