Its ultimately this realisation that makes her stay. Schools are closed because of snow and there is a chance of a blizzard. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car. She is kind and quiet, but loves playing the cello. In which metropolitan city mia will attend college. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. They largely devoured if i stay like it was a bowl of soup waiting for them on a cold and stormy evening. Jun 09, 2016 if i stay is the international bestseller by ya author, gayle forman. In the movie if i stay 2014, mia got in car accident with her family.
Throughout this story there are flashbacks and memories that help mia realize what the best choice for. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. 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. It sayd that mia could hear adams words and she was lying in the hospital bed. They are different types of love, but each is equally valuable to mia. Teddy loves eightyearold things such as spongebob and banging on drum sets. Adam is a genuinely nice guy who cares for every one he knows. 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. I really liked this book because it dealt with a reallife scenario without being overly explicit.
Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. In the book if i stay, why does mia hate adams shows. Mia thought the biggest choice she would have to make was to go to juilliard for college but, this choice is bigger. While this occurs, she has flashbacks of the love of her life, adam. 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. Seventeenyearold mia hall lives in a small town in oregon with her mom kat, dad denny, and eightyearold brother, teddy. Mia is very good with music and tried out for julliard, a music school. 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. In the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up dieing or living.
About mia hall mia hall is the female protagonist in the book if i stay. If i stay is a good book that forces you to think as the. Mia, her parents mireille enos and joshua leonard and younger brother jakob davies were all involved and yet, were only following mia. As you correctly state, mia s grandfather tells her she has his permission to move on from this life if thats what she wants. Is it because of the news of her admission to juilliard.
The character of teddy hall in if i stay from litcharts. Mia hall character analysis in if i stay litcharts. One thing i didnt expect if i stay to have is that if i stay has a lot of flashbacks in it. Towards the end she changes her mind and stays in the world. She lives with her younger brother, teddy, and her mom and dad. Adam dresses up as mozart, and mia decides to dress up as a rock chick. I just finished the book if i stay today and the end really confused me. Overuse of flashback makes if i stay a tedious journey.
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. Firstly, the movies ending was a departure from the book, where it is heavily implied she. If i stay by gayle forman if i stay is about mia hall, an up and coming cellist with a charmed life. 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. Mia hall is the female protagonist in the book if i stay if i stay edit. Before she makes any decision, mia wants to see adam. 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. The book centers on mia, a young cellist whose life is imperfect but. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. Work from home more effectively with video conferences and updates. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she graduates from high school.
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. Adam comes to see mia, puts headphones on her ears, and plays her the cello music of yoyo ma. Mia is a dynamic and round character because she experiences different emotions and makes different decisions through the book. 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. The music brings up emotions and memories for mia, both from the past and the future. If i stay is a tearjerker that will illicit emotions about things buried deep inside you. It is clear that mia loves it and adam is anxious because it is not. Copy of if i stay timeline by emily cantales on prezi. Mia is extremely fond of teddy, saying he is like her own child. One of the themes in the book is how preaccident, mia is being pulled in two directions. Aug 26, 2010 in the book,if i stay by gayle forman, does mia end up dieing or living. My first encounter with gayle formans if i stay began like most of my romances. Review of if i stay and where she went by gayle forman. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel.
Mia faces many difficult choices, she can follow her love of music and go to juilliard university to accomplish her cellist dreams, or. Mias parents are the friendsfirst type, liberals who dont mind if their daughter takes a boy to her room with the door closed. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It is an emotional book that includes emotions such as, sadness, happiness, and depression. Which school did mia audition for and hope to attend after she graduated from high school.
At the beginning of the story mia wanted to be with her family in heaven. Mia s mom, a former rock chick, takes mia thriftstore shopping for the perfect. 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. The reader meets the main character in the book, 17 year old mia. Aug 27, 2014 one of the themes in the book is how preaccident, mia is being pulled in two directions. We saw her consciousness maybe, im confused going through stages of her life. 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. The book if i stay is about a girl named mia who is in a car crash and ends up in a coma. If i stay has a strong pagan worldview mixed with romantic elements, lots of foul language and implied teenage fornication.
If i stay is the international bestseller by ya author, gayle forman. 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. Mia is a gifted cellist from oregon, from a family of punkists. If i stay is the movie adaptation of gayle formans popular ya novel of the same. Nyro released her own version on her debut album more than a new discovery in february 1967. When mia is hospitalized adam is distraught, and feels the. Though its clear that her mother and fathers deaths affect her a great deal. If i stay follows the story of seventeen year old mia hall who is.
Although smart, mia doesnt quite realize shes a ghostlike figure. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The relationship between mia and teddy is much closer than the average brothersister relationship. It was first recorded by the folk group peter, paul and mary in 1966.
Sep 24, 2010 i just finished the book if i stay today and the end really confused me. 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. How my book if i stay got made into a movie in pictures. We saw her consciousness maybe, i m confused going through stages of her life. The whole book was from mias point of view, and i feel like the author is trying to. Mia was present at his birth, and she was the first person he every laid eyes on. As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is happening around her, she reflects on her. Dad smokes a pipe, and mia isnt sure if his affectation is sartorial or sardonic 1.
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. She always stays in the back of the clubs, because they are lonely. 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. Mia is faced with the choice of a lifetime when she experiences a car crash with her family. 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 all changes when her family gets into a car crash. Mia s parents are the friendsfirst type, liberals who dont mind if their daughter takes a boy to her room with the door closed. She pretty much could be like mia, the seven teen year old girl who was in a comma for a while. Then mia has to make the biggest decision of her life. Mia, the book s main character, is a seventeenyearold high school senior. She is close with her mom, dad, and eightyearold brother teddy, as well as with her gran and gramps, her fathers. 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. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off.
In fact, during one particular scene where adam declared his love for mia, half the. In if i stay by gayle forman, what music school did mia audition to get into. This was a charming book and i think most women will find it easy to relate. A novel paperback july 26, 2011 by allie larkin author visit amazons allie larkin page. Caught between life and death, mia sees what is happening. Now, she is trapped between life and death, witnessing everything happening to the her in the coma. Her mother, kat, and her father, denny, were very young when they had her, but denny said i dont like calling her girlfriend. My favorite scene happened in the middle of the book where mia and adam, her longstanding boyfriend, attend a recital. Once she does, she has to fight deathbut in between flashbacks, of course. Mia experiences a life changing car accident that makes her reflect of her early life.
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. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. If i stay, a beautiful romance novel written by gayle forman, is a captivating story about a seventeenyearold gifted cellist named mia hall. There are so many words i could use to describe this story.
However, the book doesnt give us the payoff of seeing mias choice. 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. 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. 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.
What concert does adam take mia to on their first date. 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. The book is about a girl mia that likes a boy adam. Not long after her recovery and her first year at julliard, she ends her relationship with adam with no explanation, breaking his heart. Follow report log in to add a comment answer expert verified 1. If i stay summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. With the film adaption taking us on a journey through the highest and lowest parts of our. Mia s mom jokes that teddy imprinted on mia, since mia has a motherlike connection and influence over teddy. Mia hall is the main character in if i stay by gayle forman. They take their daughter to planned parenthood for birth control. She is very shy and not very outgoing, so she doesnt want to associate with random crazy, drunk people she doesnt know. 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. As you correctly state, mias grandfather tells her she has his permission to move on from this life if thats what she wants. It is an emotional book that includes emotions such.