Mia mia, the protagonist, is a 17year old high school senior and music prodigy. In the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up dieing or living. 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. She barely survives thecar accident that kills her mother, father, and younger brother, teddy. In which metropolitan city mia will attend college.
Elevating that conflict in the film was a delicate balance. She was confused because she wasnt sure where their relationship was heading. If i stay characters from litcharts the creators of. Dad smokes a pipe, and mia isnt sure if his affectation is sartorial or sardonic 1. I really liked this book because it dealt with a reallife scenario without being overly explicit. In if i stay by gayle forman, what music school did mia. How my book if i stay got made into a movie in pictures. If you died i wouldnt cry cause you never loved me anyway lyrics. 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. She experiences a tragic car crash that makes her reflect on her early life. Mia is a dynamic and round character because she experiences different emotions and makes different decisions through the book. In the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up. 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.
Mias life and dreams of becoming a famous cello are shattered by one car ride gone wrong. If i stay is a short read, but there is so much detail and you can see so much of mias life without feeling overwhelmed by everything that is going on. The book is about a girl mia that likes a boy adam. In the movie if i stay 2014, mia got in car accident with her family. She told me that this was her second time reading the book because she really connected with the main character, mia, as she is a musician herself. Mia and her family get to enjoy a snow day at the beginning of if i stay. After the horrible car accident that led to the death of her family, mia is in a. If i stay follows the story of seventeen year old mia hall who is. Mia lives with her mother, father, and little brother, but she lives for playing the cello and her boyfriend adam. She is kind and quiet, but loves playing the cello.
After the horrible car accident that led to the death of her family, mia is in a coma. 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 is very good with music and tried out for julliard, a music school. 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. Mias mom decides to take the day off from her job at. These laws are set at the state level, not the federal level, and they can be found in the michigan estates code. Nov, 2017 trying to find something to talk about, i found my eyes roaming towards the book on her desk.
They largely devoured if i stay like it was a bowl of soup waiting for them on a cold and stormy evening. If i stay by gayle forman reading for a lifetime together. He is one year older than mia, and graduated from their high school the year prior. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. We as viewers should feel sympathetic when the lights go up on a few people and a sporadic smattering of applause. I dont have the book on me, and i dont remember the names of adams bandmates, so i m just going to make them up.
Adam is a genuinely nice guy who cares for every one he knows. Trying to find something to talk about, i found my eyes roaming towards the book on her desk. She pretty much could be like mia, the seven teen year old girl who was in a comma for a while. What concert does adam take mia to on their first date. Who inherits in this state depends on their relationship to the decedent. When mia is hospitalized adam is distraught, and feels the need to do anything to try and see her in the hospital. If i stay is a short read, but there is so much detail and you can see so much of mia s life without feeling overwhelmed by everything that is going on. Throughout the book, mia worries the most about teddy, as it is unclear at first to whether or not he has died alongside her parents in the accident. 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. The accident that kills mias family in if i stay is based on an accident that killed friends of. Soon to be a major motion picture, starring chloe moretz. According to the novel, mias father but youre saying only her mother was mentioned as dead, so im not 100% sure. In if i stay by gayle forman, what music school did mia audition to get into.
Adams point of view in different moments of the book. Rather, it centers around the poor attendance of mias onewoman show, so long boulder city. Mya if you died i wouldnt cry cause you never loved me anyway. Boast in the moments that leave a stable memory to scare away the remains of the devil. Aug 27, 2014 one of the themes in the book is how preaccident, mia is being pulled in two directions. Now you can turn your finished slides into an engaging, moving prezi presentation in 10 minutes or less. We saw her consciousness maybe, im confused going through stages of her life. Mia hall is the main character in if i stay by gayle forman. Mia s life and dreams of becoming a famous cello are shattered by one car ride gone wrong. A horrible car accident that kills almost the entire family instantly. Apr 04, 2015 off the album run wild, young beauty cd.
Well, she did a terrible job, because most of the family died, anyway. 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. I just finished the book if i stay today and the end really confused me. One of the themes in the book is how preaccident, mia is being pulled in two directions. Through this, she is able to watch the actions around her, as friends and family gather at the hospital where she is being treated. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she graduates from high school. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car. The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from gayle forman, author of where she went, just one day, and just one year.
I died with you break this bread like you broke his body and raise a glass above your eye level. She is close with her mom, dad, and eightyearold brother teddy, as well as with her gran and gramps, her fathers. The book centers on mia, a young cellist whose life is imperfect but. Mia and her family were heading to one of their close friends house when tragic hits. The character of mia hall in if i stay from litcharts the. Mmmmmmm oh you hurt me so bad it started out so perfect something god could only create a union of both me and you on. Gayle forman wrote if i stay and the setting for this story is mainly a hospital in portland. 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. Towards the end she changes her mind and stays in the world. As you correctly state, mias grandfather tells her she has his permission to move on from this life if thats what she wants. Mia experiences a life changing car accident that makes her reflect of her early life. Not long after her recovery and her first year at julliard, she ends her relationship with adam with no explanation, breaking his heart. However, the book doesnt give us the payoff of seeing mias choice. If i stay, a beautiful romance novel written by gayle forman, is a captivating story about a seventeenyearold gifted cellist named mia hall.
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. In fact, during one particular scene where adam declared his. My first encounter with gayle formans if i stay began like most of my romances. Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from gayle forman, author of. I dont have the book on me, and i dont remember the names of adams bandmates, so im just going to make them up. This was a charming book and i think most women will find it easy to relate.
I like to read books that are realistic and humorous, sometimes with a bit of. Mia is a seventeen year old cellist who has so much ahead of her. They take their daughter to planned parenthood for birth control. All throughout the book she has doubts about why she should even consider living and. In fact, during one particular scene where adam declared his love for mia, half the. If i stay by gayle forman overdrive rakuten overdrive. She loves her family, boyfriend, and best friend, and they all love her back. 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.
If you died i wouldnt cry cause you never loved me anyway. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she. She has many flashbacks from her childhood and her life, until adam makes her stay with a promise he isnt ready to keep. Mmmmmmm oh you hurt me so bad it started out so perfect something god could only create. Which school did mia audition for and hope to attend after she graduated from high school. Mias parents are the friendsfirst type, liberals who dont mind if their daughter takes a boy to her room with the door closed. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she read full character analysis adam is mia s boyfriend. Snow days should be less bloody, but mia doesnt have a choice yet. At the beginning of the story mia wanted to be with her family in heaven. 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.
The character of mia hall in if i stay from litcharts. 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. A books inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by focus on the family. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off. After the car crash which killed her family, she had to choose whether she wants to leave or to stay. Now that the book is on the big screen, a lot of people who may not have been avid readers or who arent as familiar with the genre whether that be contemporary, outofbody experiences, or ya may be wondering what to read next or what kind of books are like if i stay. Mia learns that her brother is dead from the visitors. Is it because of the news of her admission to juilliard. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. While mias gone to juilliard, adam is on his path to fame, with his band, shooting star. Mia is under the impression that she is dead and similar to a ghost, hovering over the scene until an emt places and oxygen mask over her.
With the film adaption taking us on a journey through the highest and lowest parts of our. I am really looking forward to reading where she went. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. If i stay trailer the antagonist death the antagonist in this book is death. 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. The bestselling author of if i stay and just one year, her followup to just. If i stay summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. We read the book in school and i have to say that this was the first time that i had to agree with the.
One snow day, mia and her family decide to drive to visit some family friends. It is clear that mia loves it and adam is anxious because it is not. It sayd that mia could hear adams words and she was lying in the hospital bed. If i stay is the international bestseller by ya author, gayle forman.
A few agents might have sent internsand, to be fair, mia does eventually get a big opportunity based on this show, thanks, we assume, to the mysteries of totally fictional moviemakingbut a packed house was never in the cards. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. 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 sense of cool, and her younger brother, teddy jakob davies. They are different types of love, but each is equally valuable to mia. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. Mia is a dynamic character because in the beginning of the book she was deeply in love with her boyfriend, and near the end she wasnt so sure if she still felt the same way. One thing i didnt expect if i stay to have is that if i stay has a lot of flashbacks in it. Emma stones mia finishes giving the performance of her life in a onewoman show thats literally about her life, and when the lights go up, theres hardly anyone in the theater, save for her friends. However, mia realizes his death when she sees willow, knowing that she would never leave teddy if he was still alive. My favorite scene happened in the middle of the book where mia and adam, her longstanding boyfriend, attend a recital. If i stay is about mia, a talented 17yearold cellist, who is somewhere between life and death after a horrible car accident. Mia tells us that mom is a protector, even in death.