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Ignorance Is Bliss For Wealth Chapter 1 Summary

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Chapters 12-13 1 Question that assesses themes and central ideas of chapter Reflect on Maslow’s pyramid (212) and what Hazel concludes about its implications for her and other people struggling with illness. What can we infer about the author’s purpose in introducing this concept? Hazel concludes that due to cancer it is not likely people with cancer will reach the top of the pyramid or they will have a much harder time reaching the top due to their illnesses. The author purpose of introducing this topic is that people with illnesses such as Hazel and Gus will struggle with personal growth more than people without illnesses. 1 Question that assesses knowledge of vocabulary Peter Van Houten turns his head “metronomically” from Augustus …show more content…

Is ignorance “bliss” for Hazel? Considering the information we gain in Chapter 13, do you agree with Hazel that, for her, ignorance was bliss? Connect this to your own life; have you ever felt that it would be better not to know something? Yes, ignorance is bliss for Hazel because she got upset and was sad when she learned that he had cancer again and that he could died she would have been happier not knowing he had it. Yes something are better to not know. 1 Question that assesses knowledge of vocabulary Hazel and Augustus discuss the concept of “nostalgia” on page 236 (chapter 16). What is “nostalgia”? What can we infer about the seriousness of Gus’s condition from this conversation? Nostalgia is a sentimental effect of something like a memory of a time or place, with happy personal associations. We can infer that Gus’s condition is very serious because Hazel and Gus agree that nostalgia is a side effect of dying, and Gus’s is dying fast due to his cancer. Chapter Summary In these chapters Hazel drives Gus and Isaac to Isaac’s ex Monica’s house where Isaac eggs the house, then Hazels and Gus’s family had dinner together. A week after their dinner Gus was taken to the ER because chest pain, his heart was working too hard because the medicine he was on because he had cancer again. Gus was put in a

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