The Fault in Our Stars

chapter 12

why is mt;van houten not able to answer Hazel's questions as to what happens to the characters of An imperial affliction after the novel ended? (p.191-192)

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Van Houten relents to tell them what happens to Sisyphus the Hamster, though when he gets to the subject of the Dutch Tulip Man he says that he is obviously a metaphor for God and will go no further since he argues there is no reality of the characters outside of what is written.

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