If I Stay is a short novel by author Gayle Forman. The story follows the day that changed Mia’s life forever. One day in the life of eighteen-year-old Mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents. As Mia has an out-of-body experience that enables her to observe all that is happening around her, she reflects on her. She is faced with the decision of whether she wants to fight to live or let go.
As the hours pass, Mia goes back and forth between observing what is happening around her and reflecting on her life up to this point. Her memories include being present at the birth of her brother, her father's transformation from a hard rocker to a teacher, her friendship with Kim, her love for music and the
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She than tells them that everything is going to be alright and that she's going to take care of them. After two weeks in the hospital they were released but before they were released a police officer came in and told them that due to that fact the car accident killed their parents that they will receive one million dollars and mia had to legally adopt teddy to avoid him from going to a foster home. They decided to move to new york so Mia can go to her favorite school that she only dreamed of going to Juilliard. It has been a year since the accident and one the anniversary of their death of their parents so they decided to go out to park and while they were at the park Mia felt like they were being followed so she turned around and she saw……..nothing. When they were leaving the park a black van came up and they were thrown in and the people that were in the van they were the agents from the FBI.
For two days they were asked questions about their parents apparently they were wanted for kidnap and murder, and the money they got was from their parents. They soon released them and when they got home they got a phone call, and it was their parents telling them that they need to see them so they packed up and they were on their way to …….
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
When they pulled up to Mia's house Erik walked her the door and kissed her goodbye. Mia walked into a dark as the house not being able to see anything. As she turned around she saw her mother turn on the lamp. "Mom you frightened me, Mia said." "Where have you been young lady, Sheila asked?" "I was out with dad and the others, she responded. Right then and there Mia saw something different in her mom that she never saw before. She knew that her mom was a different person than who she was
Mia see how to Kim start an argument with her mother, after that Kim leaves her in the waiting room and go to the ICU to see Mia, but she saw Mia´s family and she go to a little chapel while her mother is talking with the family.
Next, the sleuths called Katie in and started asking her many questions. They started with “Where were you the night of the murder?” Katie looked to the left and then to the right and answered “I was at my friend, Alyssa Lynn Bunches’ house.” The investigators had no reason not to believe her except for the fact that they found out that she lives on the other side of the country. They knew she had to of made up the friend, but they didn’t want her to know they knew the friend was fake. They sent Katie home and brought in her brother in
The girls are allowed record video on DVDs to their family. They really have a rough time trying to survive. The kidnappers have guns and are not right in the head. Amy really begins to freak out. She tries to save her and Kendra’s life with all they have. One night Amy tries for the escape. She grabs Kendra and runs for it. She has some troubles and does not succeed. Meanwhile, the police try to investigate the clues, but they are running out of
Soon after that, the girls decided to go to a general store not far by. Amy wanted to get some coloring books, Meg wanted better school supplies, Jo wanted Undine and Sintram, the book she had been wanting, and Beth wanted some new music sheets. Their was a mysterious man in front of them who looked very suspicious. He looked like he was in a rush. As soon as he was about to pay for his items, he pulled out a gun and told the lady to give him all the money they had. All four girls ran to the isles to hide. Once he got the money, he took off and jumped into a white van.
The cops came and they arrested the guy the guy but the guy was strange he was mental or something they said he didn’t have drugs but he was going to rob them untill that he seen that they were just kids. They went both went home and told their moms what happened.
What would you choose? Would you stay or go? Well, that's what Mia is facing. Mia is a 17 year old cello player who had an audition to Juilliard, a rock star boyfriend, a future ahead of her. That was until she was in a car accident. Now she has lost her mom, dad, and brother. She doesn't know whether to stay or go at this point. The main character's in the book is Mia, Adam(Mia's boyfriend), Kim(Mia's best friend), Mia’s mom, dad, brother Teddy, and her gramps. Although there are major differences between the book and the movie, each equally enjoyable. For various reasons I like the book and the movie equally because it shows the relationships with the characters differently.
If I Stay Choices are big parts of people's life. They decide on everything and it is not always easy. In the story if i stay for Mia she has to make the hardest choice of her life. Mia is faced with the most important decision she will ever have to make whether to give in to her injuries or fight to stay alive. The author Gayle Forman uses techniques such as revinling the actions, inner thinking , and tone to set support the theme: That not everything in life is easy.
The next section talks about Mia’s life starting to dramatically change very quickly as she begins to fulfill her duty as the princess while attempting to
if i stay is by Gayle Forman is a book and movie about a young girl Mia that has a loving family and amazing friends and a boyfriend but she loses it all. Mia and her family got into a car crash on a snow day on their way to Mia’s grandparents. Mother and Father killed instantly, her younger brother Teddy left in critical condition while mia is left in a coma. While Mia is having an out of body experience watching everything that goes on in the hospital, she is forced to choose between the unthinkable; to live or to die.
The novel “If I Stay” has a theme of decisions and choice. In the beginning of this novel, Mia applies at Julliard, which is Mia’s dream school and also a place where not many students can get in unless they are like virtuosos. Once Mia tells Adam that she put in an application to Julliard, Adam becomes furious
Loie Bryce is the narrator and best friend in the novel. Her parents died in a tragic accident when she was very little and lives with her grandma, Winnie. She is described as an eternal sidekick extraordinaire to Mia. In the novel, Loie finds out the truth about her family and who she really is. She is actually a Winterborne. Her parents did not die in a tragic accident, but are still alive. Her father, George Winterborne, switched both Mia and Loie when they were born. She felt ecstatic and very powerful to find out that she was the one that posses superpowers.
If I Stay is a fiction book, written by Gayle Forman. The title says it all about the theme, the theme of If I Stay is Choice. If I Stay is about Mia, Mia’s family has just gotten into a car crash, and again the title says it all, Mia has to decide if she wants to say or go. While Mia is in a coma, her grandparents, friends, parents, and finally her boyfriend try to convince Mia to stay. An important passage in If I Stay is "It's the hardest thing I will ever have to do. I summon all the love I have ever felt, I summon all the strength that Gran and Gramps and Kim and the nurses and Willow have given me. I summon all the breath that Mom, and Dad, and Teddy would fill me with if they could. I summon all my own strength, focus it like a laser
The love story between two different teenagers that come from completely different worlds is the most remarkable. The Notebook is about two young teenagers who fell head over heels with each other. They got separated by Allie’s upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn’t right for her. But that obstacle didn’t stop these two young lovers from being together even if it took years. This beautiful tale has a special meaning to an older gentleman who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging wife to help her remember what they went through and that the story that he’s reading to her was their love story. The story he reads follows two young