Her mother, kat, and her father, denny, were very young when they had her, but denny said i dont like calling her girlfriend. It is an emotional book that includes emotions such. Mia s fierce protectiveness is shown immediately after the accident. Mia s mom jokes that teddy imprinted on mia, since mia has a motherlike connection and influence over teddy. Towards the end she changes her mind and stays in the world. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. Mia loves adams music, and loves him, but she hates the loud obnoxious screaming, as well as the crowds. The book if i stay is about a girl named mia who is in a car crash and ends up in a coma. Mia hall character analysis in if i stay litcharts. Mia thought the biggest choice she would have to make was to go to juilliard for college but, this choice is bigger. If i stay, a beautiful romance novel written by gayle forman, is a captivating story about a seventeenyearold gifted cellist named mia hall. A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make and the choices that, ultimately, make us. However, the book doesnt give us the payoff of seeing mias choice.
She summons the strength to decide to stay, and squeezes adams hand, indicating that she has woken up from her coma, and has decided to live. For example, mias parents, her boyfriend adam, her best friend kim, and the vast majority of her familys close friends have an affinity for rock music. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. In if i stay by gayle forman, what music school did mia. Now, she is trapped between life and death, witnessing everything happening to the her in the coma. Aug 22, 2014 the movie follows mia hall chloe grace moretz, a cellist prodigy as she faces the biggest decision of her teenage life, does she stay with punk rock family and boyfriend in portland or head east to attend school at the esteemed juilliard.
This was a charming book and i think most women will find it easy to relate. She is very shy and not very outgoing, so she doesnt want to associate with random crazy, drunk people she doesnt know. Teddy loves eightyearold things such as spongebob and banging on drum sets. They take their daughter to planned parenthood for birth control. It is an emotional book that includes emotions such as, sadness, happiness, and depression. Or does she not have the choice to stay or leave because in the beginning the nurse tells her that its only she mia who controls everything and if she want to live she better start fighting. By a lot, i mean that more than 70% of the book is focused on flashbacks, giving us information on mias life before the accident. Firstly, the movies ending was a departure from the book, where it is heavily implied she.
About mia hall mia hall is the female protagonist in the book if i stay. My first encounter with gayle formans if i stay began like most of my romances. Adam dresses up as mozart, and mia decides to dress up as a rock chick. Mia was present at his birth, and she was the first person he every laid eyes on. If i stay is the movie adaptation of gayle formans popular ya novel of the same. Mia, the book s main character, is a seventeenyearold high school senior. Dad smokes a pipe, and mia isnt sure if his affectation is sartorial or sardonic 1. If i stay is a good book that forces you to think as the. In the book if i stay, why does mia hate adams shows. Adam is a genuinely nice guy who cares for every one he knows. How my book if i stay got made into a movie in pictures. They are different types of love, but each is equally valuable to mia. In fact, during one particular scene where adam declared his love for mia, half the.
The character of teddy hall in if i stay from litcharts. The decision isnt as easy as it seems because she has to make it while watching herself and her. She is kind and quiet, but loves playing the cello. Seventeenyearold mia hall lives in a small town in oregon with her mom kat, dad denny, and eightyearold brother, teddy.
Mia s parents are the friendsfirst type, liberals who dont mind if their daughter takes a boy to her room with the door closed. What concert does adam take mia to on their first date. It sayd that mia could hear adams words and she was lying in the hospital bed. Mia sees her body taken to the hospital after the accident. We saw her consciousness maybe, i m confused going through stages of her life. In if i stay by gayle forman, what music school did mia audition to get into. Mia s mom, a former rock chick, takes mia thriftstore shopping for the perfect. Copy of if i stay timeline by emily cantales on prezi. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. Mia is very good with music and tried out for julliard, a music school. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Is it because of the news of her admission to juilliard.
Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. Mias grandfather stacy keach reflects on the sacrifices his son, mias father, made for mia chloe grace moretz and tells her that it is okay for. As you correctly state, mia s grandfather tells her she has his permission to move on from this life if thats what she wants. If i stay is a tearjerker that will illicit emotions about things buried deep inside you. Not long after her recovery and her first year at julliard, she ends her relationship with adam with no explanation, breaking his heart. Mia experiences a life changing car accident that makes her reflect of her early life. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Follow report log in to add a comment answer expert verified 1.
Aug 26, 2010 in the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up dieing or living. Gayle forman saves that for the sequelalthough the fact that mia returns to her body only she hears cello music playing should give you a hint as to what she will choose. I i stay is the account of mia, a teenage girl on the verge of becoming an adult, recovering and deciding if she will survive a traumatic event in her life. While this occurs, she has flashbacks of the love of her life, adam. In the movie if i stay 2014, mia got in car accident with her family. Before she makes any decision, mia wants to see adam. One of the themes in the book is how preaccident, mia is being pulled in two directions.
Its ultimately this realisation that makes her stay. The book is about a girl mia that likes a boy adam. May 04, 2012 where she went, the sequel to if i stay, is narrated by mias boyfriend adam, and picks up three years after mia decided to stay in this world, despite the loss of her family. When mia is hospitalized adam is distraught, and feels the. In the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up dieing or living. My favorite scene happened in the middle of the book where mia and adam, her longstanding boyfriend, attend a recital. If i stay follows the story of seventeen year old mia hall who is. Overuse of flashback makes if i stay a tedious journey.
A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she graduates from high school. Although smart, mia doesnt quite realize shes a ghostlike figure. It was first recorded by the folk group peter, paul and mary in 1966. The reader meets the main character in the book, 17 year old mia. If i stay has a strong pagan worldview mixed with romantic elements, lots of foul language and implied teenage fornication. She always stays in the back of the clubs, because they are lonely.
As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is happening around her, she reflects on her. She is close with her mom, dad, and eightyearold brother teddy, as well as with her gran and gramps, her fathers. Mia is faced with the choice of a lifetime when she experiences a car crash with her family. We saw her consciousness maybe, im confused going through stages of her life. Mia is extremely fond of teddy, saying he is like her own child. She pretty much could be like mia, the seven teen year old girl who was in a comma for a while. Adam comes to see mia, puts headphones on her ears, and plays her the cello music of yoyo ma. Music as a dividing and uniting power music functions paradoxically in gayle formans if i stay, dividing the characters along lines of personal taste, personality, and worldview. This study guide consists of approximately 23 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of if i stay.
Though its clear that her mother and fathers deaths affect her a great deal. At the beginning of the story mia wanted to be with her family in heaven. She is close with her mom, dad, and eightyearold brother teddy, as well as with her gran and gramps, her fathers parents who live nearby. A novel paperback july 26, 2011 by allie larkin author visit amazons allie larkin page. Then mia has to make the biggest decision of her life. This all changes when her family gets into a car crash. The book centers on mia, a young cellist whose life is imperfect but. Trapped between life and death writer kaleb nation admits that he buys books for their covers thats why he first picked up gayle formans if i stay. Jun 09, 2016 if i stay is the international bestseller by ya author, gayle forman. She has lost both of her parents and her brother in this crash, but she is stuck in a world where she has the choice to live or go with her parents.
Perhaps some of the situations are old and have been tried in other tellings, but the approach in this book, is fresh and has a nice combination of the themes with a bit of a twist. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. If i stay summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. I really liked this book because it dealt with a reallife scenario without being overly explicit. As you correctly state, mias grandfather tells her she has his permission to move on from this life if thats what she wants. There are so many words i could use to describe this story. Work from home more effectively with video conferences and updates. The whole book was from mias point of view, and i feel like the author is trying to. Nyro released her own version on her debut album more than a new discovery in february 1967. They largely devoured if i stay like it was a bowl of soup waiting for them on a cold and stormy evening. One thing i didnt expect if i stay to have is that if i stay has a lot of flashbacks in it. In which metropolitan city mia will attend college. Authors purpose literary analysis the reasons why she decided to write fiction stories was because she was at a tight spot at one point she became desperate about getting money so she came up with fiction stories and not much later she was known for her talent.
The reason why is because when she had her first child she didnt want to leave anywhere to explore like she did before being a parent so it can relate because since mia was alive but couldnt open her eyes it felt the same towards forman. Mia faces many difficult choices, she can follow her love of music and go to juilliard university to accomplish her cellist dreams, or. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. Elevating that conflict in the film was a delicate balance. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. Mias parents are the friendsfirst type, liberals who dont mind if their daughter takes a boy to her room with the door closed. Schools are closed because of snow and there is a chance of a blizzard. Aug 27, 2014 one of the themes in the book is how preaccident, mia is being pulled in two directions. Mia, her parents mireille enos and joshua leonard and younger brother jakob davies were all involved and yet, were only following mia. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car. She lives with her younger brother, teddy, and her mom and dad. Throughout this story there are flashbacks and memories that help mia realize what the best choice for. Caught between life and death, mia sees what is happening.
It is clear that mia loves it and adam is anxious because it is not. The story follows one day in the life of seventeenyearold mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents and younger brother. If i stay is also adapted from a bestselling ya novel, this one by gayle forman, and if it isnt technically sicklit, it does aim for the same weepy sweet spot of young people having to. Mia faces many difficult choices, she can follow her love of music and go to juilliard university to accomplish her cellist dreams, or she can stay with her family and the people she loves. In the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up. Mia hall is the main character in if i stay by gayle forman. Adam has loved mia for a long time, and they have a stereotypical relationship but they love each other more than most people as young as they are. Which school did mia audition for and hope to attend after she graduated from high school. Once she does, she has to fight deathbut in between flashbacks, of course. I just finished the book if i stay today and the end really confused me. If i stay by gayle forman if i stay is about mia hall, an up and coming cellist with a charmed life. Mia hall is the female protagonist in the book if i stay if i stay edit.
Mia is a gifted cellist from oregon, from a family of punkists. Mia, a cello prodigy with dreams of attending juilliard, is enjoying a snowy morning with her mother and father mireille enos and joshua leonard, former rock n rollers whove toned it down but maintained an irreverent. With the film adaption taking us on a journey through the highest and lowest parts of our. Sep 24, 2010 i just finished the book if i stay today and the end really confused me.
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