Mrs. Lancaster Character Analysis in The Fault in Our Stars

Hazel’s mother, Mrs. Lancaster is dedicated and loving. She exerts most of her energy caring for Hazel and learning everything she can about Hazel’s cancer. Mrs. Lancaster wants her daughter to have a normal teenage life, but is also protective and at times overbearing. Hazel fears that her death will have a devastating effect on her mother, but is relieved once she finds out that her mother has been secretly studying to become a social worker.

Mrs. Lancaster Quotes in The Fault in Our Stars

The The Fault in Our Stars quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Lancaster or refer to Mrs. Lancaster. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time thinking about death.

Related Characters: Hazel Grace Lancaster (speaker), Mrs. Lancaster

Page Number and Citation: 3

Explanation and Analysis:

I liked my mom, but her perpetual nearness sometimes made me feel weirdly nervous. And I liked Kaitlyn, too. I really did. But three years removed from proper full-time schoolic exposure to my peers, I felt a certain unbridgeable distance between us.

Related Characters: Hazel Grace Lancaster (speaker), Mrs. Lancaster, Kaitlyn

Page Number and Citation: 45

Explanation and Analysis:

“I’m like. Like. I’m like a grenade, Mom. I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, Okay…I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because there is nothing I can do about hurting you; you’re too invested, so just please let me do that, okay?”

Related Characters: Hazel Grace Lancaster (speaker), Mrs. Lancaster

Related Symbols: Grenade

Page Number and Citation: 99

Explanation and Analysis:

Mrs. Lancaster Character Timeline in The Fault in Our Stars

The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Lancaster appears in The Fault in Our Stars. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...marathon, Hazel attempts to get out of going to group. She argues with her mom. Mrs. Lancaster explains that she wants Hazel to make friends and be a normal teenager. Eventually, she... (full context)

...late reading the book Augustus had given her, which is particularly violent, but somehow enjoyable. Mrs. Lancaster says she knows that Hazel likes Augustus and she knew the support group would pay... (full context)

...about the letter and invitation to Amsterdam, her mother says they don’t have the money. Mrs. Lancaster , knowing how important it is to her, offers to talk to her father about... (full context)

...Augustus and Mr. Lancaster begin talking about basketball and Hazel goes inside with her mother. Mrs. Lancaster asks Hazel if she wants to put the flowers in a vase, but Hazel wants... (full context)

...too concerned with her health to engage with them. Hazel is short with them, and Mrs. Lancaster says she is acting very “teenagery”. Hazel responds by saying that is what her mother... (full context)

...and notes that someone’s kid had died. She calls the nurse who lets Mr. Lancasterand Mrs. Lancaster in. They hug and kiss her, assuring her that she does not have a brain... (full context)

The nurse asks Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster to leave because they pose an infection risk. She feeds Hazel crushed ice and tells... (full context)

...an existentialist experiment in delayed gratification. When Dr. Maria tells Hazel she can go home, Mrs. Lancaster pulls out a pair of clothes from her purse for Hazel to wear on the... (full context)

...decision to minimize the pain she inflicts upon others. After reading the letter, Hazel asks Mrs. Lancaster to check with Dr. Maria about whether she will still be able to travel to... (full context)

...and her mother was telling her it was alright to let go. She remembers hearing Mrs. Lancaster sobbing into Mr. Lancaster’s chest, saying, “I won’t be a mom anymore.” (full context)

...Hazel is shocked, but Augustus ensures her that it is just friendly. He then kisses Mrs. Lancaster on the cheek, and says, see it’s just friendly. (full context)

...their trip to Amsterdam was all set up. Hazel calls her mother into the room. Mrs. Lancaster appears wearing a towel, and says that she was just trying to take a bath... (full context)

Mrs. Lancaster wakes Hazel up five thirty, even though the plane does not leave until noon. She... (full context)

...Before they can knock, they hear someone crying inside. Hazel realizes it is Augustus, and Mrs. Lancaster immediately turns her back toward the car. Hazel texts Augustus, who texts back that he... (full context)

At the gate, Augustus notes that Mrs. Lancaster is a particularly punctual person. She tells Augustus that she isn’t very busy, so that... (full context)

Augustus takes the window seat, while hazel sits in the middle with Mrs. Lancaster in the isle. Augustus says that eggs are in some way sacred because they have... (full context)

Hazel and Augustus stay awake while Mrs. Lancaster falls asleep. They admire the beauty of the sky as the sun sets. Augustus quotes... (full context)

...from the hotel. She falls asleep, and wakes up a few hours later. She finds Mrs. Lancaster sitting in a chair across from the bed. Hazel asks her mother how the park... (full context)

...but can’t get the words out of her mouth. Finally she says she feels underdressed. Mrs. Lancaster then tells Augustus he looks extremely handsome. (full context)

...not a pipe), which is referenced multiple times in An Imperial affliction. The shirt confuses Mrs. Lancaster . Hazel explains that all representations of a thing are inherently abstract. (full context)

The following day, Hazel, Mrs. Lancaster , and Augustus go to a café where Hazel and Augustus reenact their incident with... (full context)

Mrs. Lancaster then leaves abruptly, saying that she is going to give them some time to talk.... (full context)

...experience they had in Amsterdam. As the conversation goes around the table, Mr. Lancaster and Mrs. Lancaster finish each other’s sentences, and Hazel and Augustus find themselves doing the same thing. (full context)

...a hold of her wrist, which makes her feel like a two-year-old. She argues that Mrs. Lancaster was the one who didn't want her to be a homebody. She tells her mother... (full context)

...she says it feels like stabbing and being stabbed. When Augustus’ parents begin talking to Mrs. Lancaster and Mr. Lancaster, Hazel decides to go to Augustus’ coffin. (full context)

...Augustus parents in pain, or her own parents knowing that they will bury her someday. Mrs. Lancaster , however, insists they go. (full context)

When Hazel gets home from the support group she argues with her mother about eating. Mrs. Lancaster says she can’t just stop eating because Augustus died. She tries to walk away, but... (full context)

While Hazel is pondering these ideas, Mrs. Lancaster comes into the room and tells her that it’s Bastille Day. She pulls two French... (full context)

The day is beautiful, and Hazel and Mrs. Lancaster meet Mr. Lancaster at the park. They sit beside “the ruins”, a rectangular model of... (full context)