Book Report On If I Stay

In “You, If No One Else,” by Tino Villanueva, the speaker appears to a grownup, who either struggles with how they were raised and is trying desperately to help someone who is being raised in the same conditions. The speaker appears to be talking directly to the reader, trying to stop them from making the mistakes the speaker made. The speaker says “don't throw away/the most persistent truth,/ as our hard-headed brethren/ sometimes do./Remember well/ what your life was like.” The speaker is trying hard to hold on to that which they have themselves have already lost. We can gather this from how the speaker says “our hard-headed brethren”. The speaker speaks from experience but has a refusal to accept that everything throughout

Themes: The theme of this novel is to give a second chance in love. Mia and Adam broke up and 3 years later they met up in a concert and realized they still had feelings for each

The last engine of the plan goes out as the crew of the “superman” hurls towards the ground; “Prepare for impact” was a understatement. An american biographical war thriller book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand describes Louis Zamperini life as he grows up from getting in trouble to becoming one of the most bravest and strongest people to date. In early childhood, Louis Zamperini grew up getting in trouble as much as possible, but as he grew older he became more of a man due to his new love for running. Running became such a passion and talent it brought him to the 1936 Summer olympics; unfortunately he only came in 8th. Louis later got drafted into the army where he became part of the “superman” crew in the United States Air Forces. Through traumatic events, he gets lost at sea and eventually gets captured to be sent to a camp of war. He faces many obstacles following the rest of the

"Never Give Up" and remember the beginning is always the hardest. Imagine yourself in the middle of a world wide sickness...deadly sickness. Your mother is in horrid condition, taken from the sickness of which she now helpless. You have feed,clothe,bath, and ect to help her, would you help her? Or. Send off to a place better than the horrid acts of this world? Or just think leaving her with a doctor who wants to drain blood from her every week and just a maid. In the book Fever, 1793 it will show you to never give up. This theme is expressed through a character named Mattie and other family members. Philadelphia is hit with a horrid fever...called yellow fever. It shows no matter what gets thrown at you keep going and never give up! Fever, 1793, is a book by Laurie Halse Anderson, and has many themes, and one of the themes in the story is to Never Give Up.

For the book I was reading, it's called My story by Elizabeth Smart and Chris Stewart.

Boys and girls, husbands and wives, grown ups and kids sometimes struggle to find themselves. Some will face their problems while others will ignore them and walk away. In the short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flanenry O’Conner, a main character struggles trying to find himself and his redemtion in society. O’Conner developes three characters, a woman, her daughter, and a man, Shiftlet. The three characters are standing outside the woman’s house. Shiftlet is watching the automobile while the woman is trying to marry off her daughter. They finally come to a compromise and Shiftlet is given the option to stay with her and make the write decision or leave her and make the wrong. He choses the wrong decision and abandons her. The reader is not given what happens to Shiftlet, and is left wondering how he ends up. An important theme of the story that O’Conner developes focuses in on the idea of redemption and that humans have the option to save themselves. The author claims you are always given the option to choose good or bad, resulting in concequenses. In Flannery O’Conner’s story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, she developes biblical allusions and symbolism to make her claim of redemption and you can save yourself.

something she does not want to do. Guerra writes, “The music sounds crazy, but it's not. I

Those who take the time to fully examine the Holocaust, and its exemplary survivors deal with the unsettling knowledge that those before them over looked. Between the years of 1933 to 1947, the Holocaust prospered through many countries in Europe, including the proximity of one survivor’s homeland, Poland. Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman is historically famous for it’s shocking relevance throughout its background. It has also been infamous for its brutal unvarnished truth by well-known book reviews, but overall it’s cultural impact on the world has shown it is a lesson that should be known by all.

One example of her good details was in part V when she talked about what happened to most of the POWs after the war. She said, “A 1954 study found that in the first two postwar years, former Pacific POWs died at almost four times the expected rate for men of their age…” (p. 354). This quote shows that Hillenbrand payed attention to detail and made sure to include facts to support her ideas. However, Hillenbrand sometimes included too many facts and information so it started to distract from the story. One example is when Louie first meets the Bird at camp Omori, but then Hillenbrand started to talk about one time that the Bird went to beat another prisoner when she should have been talking about how the Bird was treating Louie because it is his story. There were only a couple of times that happened though and for the most part the facts and extra information did not detract from the story at all. Although Hillenbrand sometimes may have added too much information, the rest of the time, the facts and other stories enhanced the story and helped to set the tone. Hillenbrand’s idea of focusing on resilience and all of her details and facts all helped to convey the message of Louie’s experience and to readers and in made the story more valid and intriguing because of some of the odds that

Gayle Forman is a young adult author, who was born in Los Angeles, but now lives in New York with her husband Nick, and her two daughters (famous birthdays). Forman adopted her one daughter from Ethiopia (bookseriesinorder). She began writing at a very young age just for fun, but she got into writing more after college when she became a journalist (Gayle Forman). Forman is most know for her novel “If I Stay” which she wrote in 2009 (Famous Birthdays). Forman is also well-known for her work as a journalist. “Forman is also a journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and Elle”(teen reads). One of her most recent books, “If I Stay” was turned into a movie, which was a huge hit for teenage

Gone is the first book in the Gone Series by Michael Grant. In the first book, everyone over fifteen disappears, and the city they live in, Perdido Beach, is enclosed by a barrier. Kids begin to develop powers, and some are beginning to go crazy. It’s known as Fallout Alley Youth Zone, or the FAYZ. Sam helps lead the scared kids. Students from the prestigious Coates Academy, where your rich parents sent you when you were ‘difficult,’ arrive. Diana is able to gauge powers; Caine and Sam are the only level fours, the highest she’s seen. Caine, a student at Coates, tries to take over, and Sam tries to stop him. A war breaks out between Sam’s side and Caine’s side and normals and freaks. Sam’s group eventually wins, but this war is far from over. To make matters worse, they’re still trapped in this barrier. But don’t worry, it’s only a FAYZ.

“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” This is my favorite quote from the popular book written by Galye Foreman in 2009, and then later created into a movie in 2014 called if I stay. The story about Mia, the 17 year old high school student who plays the cello and is totally obsessed with classical music. After a tragic car accident, she gets the rare opportunity to reflect on her entire life. Mia begins to have an out-of-body experience where she becomes separated from her body and is conscious to hear and see everything going on around her. As each event unfolds, Mia reflects on the past’s years with her family. Eventually, Mia’s projected body grows weary and she knows it’s time to make a decision. Return to her body and fight, or let herself slip away

From Sorrow to Delight In 2009, Gayle Forman bursted into the young adult category with her best selling book, If I Stay. Forman is an up and coming writer who has made a name for herself recently by topping New York Times charts. In two of her top selling books, Leave Me and Where She Went, she uses her unique style to entertain her audience, and keep them interested. Throughout her books Forman uses the same motifs, and techniques to develop characters.

Something wasn't right, and that something was staring me right in the face, literally. I looked down at the book in my hands to be greeted with a creepy image of a cracked mask, which appeared to be blinking with its two misshapen eyes. One of the eyes was short and wide, while the other was tall and skinny. Out of fear, I quickly turned the page to find out that the words had turned into symbols.

Have you ever wondered what you’d do if there was no one left in your family but you? In If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Mia has to face the greatest man vs. self conflict wondering if she should stay or go after being left appalled when her whole family died in a car accident except for her. The Protagonist, Mia has a special bond with her family and friends over different kinds of music. She is filled with temerity and always tries her best to succeed in everything she does. This novel is young adult fiction and it takes place in Portland Oregon.