In an attempt to outline and summarize the part read yesterday, I would chunk the whole thing into three main ideas:
I. Hazel and Augustus' second phone call
1- The anxiety of taking the initiative.
2- Augustus' discovery of Mr. Peter Van Houten's secretary's email and his reply.
II. Isaac's surgery
1- Isaac's unexpected reaction
III. Hazel and Augustus' picnic.
Summary:
A feeling of anxiety, fear of being forgotten, and a sense of longing haunted over Hazel as she was waiting for Augustus to call her. Later, as the story goes, Augustus called. He had an exciting news to tell Hazel. He uncovered a way to talk to Hazel's most appreciated and admired writer. Augustus told her his part of the story and how he contacted Mr. Peter Van Houten; and thus by giving her the email address he allowed her to have her story with Mr. Houten too. Isaac, Hazel and Augustus' friend, had an eye-surgery he was said to have in order to get rid of his eye-cancer. Ironically it was described as a procedure that went well though the man went blind ! The focus then shifted to shed some more light on Hazel and Augustus' relation. A picnic was planned ... to be continued
Response:
Hazel's addiction to Augustus is so pronounced in this part. I actually loved how the feeling of suspense of waiting for a phone-call was put. The description of how Hazel was constantly "holding her phone in her sweaty hand all day," and how she kept"staring at it" as she was "waiting for her gentleman caller to live up to his sobriquet" is so catching. "Transmitting items from her plate into her mouth with a speed and ferocity" when she heard the cell-phone rings, is another indication of how strongly addicted she is turning out to be towards her boyfriend, Augustus.
