Mia has a decision to make, should she stay or should she decide to join her parents and brother in death? It is this question that plagues her throughout the book and movie, If I Stay. A car accident kills Mia’s parents and her brother, but Mia survives. While in a coma, Mia is outside her body observing the various reactions to her condition and contemplating her choice. The characters are basically the same, but the book and the movie explore these relationships differently. The differences in how the relationships are expressed is what makes the book better than the movie.
Mia’s relationship with Kim is not portrayed in the movie as in depth as in the book. Kim is Mia’s best friend in the book, but the closeness of that relationship
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Gran is the driving force behind Mia applying to Juilliard. She is the one who spoke to Professor Christie about Mia auditioning (pg 48). This is glossed over in the movie. In the book, the social worker brings Gran and Gramps to see Mia (pg 80). It is after this visit, that Gran and Gramps have a discussion about whether Mia decides if she stays (pg 86,87). This moment is missing from the movie. This moment is key to understanding what is happening in Mia’s mind. In the movie, Willow brings a bunch of people to see Mia, but Gramp’s is the only one to talk to Mia and he tells her it's ok to go. In the book, Willow brings Gran and Gramps in to talk to Mia (pg 176). Gran believes in angels and signs of an afterlife (pg 87). She talks to Mia about the bird that visited that she thinks represents her Aunt Glo (pg 177). It is this moment that leads into Gramps into telling Mia it is okay if she wants to leave. In the book, Gran is instrumental in all the key decisions, but is virtually left out in the movie. Another character who presents differently in the movie verses the book is Mia’s boyfriend, …show more content…
In the book, Adam asks Mia to a Yo Yo Ma concert for their first date (page 35) and breaks her coma with a heart wrenching speech followed by playing her Yo Yo Ma on an IPod and she squeezes his hand (pg 229-234). In the movie, they see a cello concert and he wakes her up by playing her a song her wrote for her after he says he’ll move to boston if she’ll stay and she wakes up. The connection of the first date to the breaking of the coma by Adam in the book is extremely emotional and direct. It brings their relationship full circle. In the movie, there is a scene where Mia asks Adam why he hasn’t written a song about her and he replies she’d have to cheat on him for that. For the movie to end with him waking her up with a song he wrote for her just doesn’t make sense. It leaves you with more questions than answers. When Mia and Adam have their “Play Me” moment in the book, it is in her room after a family dinner (pg 59). The moment is intimate and romantic. It is her first time. In the movie, their moment is after Adam’s Band’s Halloween show, Mia is dressed up like a rocker chic and she’s been drinking. She asks Adam if he likes her better that way and he says he likes HER. They have a their cliched moment in the boathouse. The romance is missing. When Mia tells Adam about Juilliard in the book, he looks awestruck, gives a sad smile and says “Yo Mama better watch his back.” (pg 49) It is a bittersweet
However, there are just as many differences between the novel and the film. For example, at the end of the novel, Melinda tells Mr. Freeman about what happened to her. In the movie, she tells her mother about the incident. This affected the relationship between Melinda and her mother as portrayed in the novel. Their relationship in the novel was not very close at all. It would’ve been very shocking if at the end of the novel, Melinda told her mother about how she was raped.
A difference in the movie and the book is when Cassie was beating up Lillian Jean. This took place in the middle of “Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry” book. In the movie they did not show it as being an important event. At the end they showed a little flashback of Cassie beating up Lillian Jean. At the beginning
One of the major similarities between the two plots is the existence of outstandingly powerful family connections. These ties differentiate from other kinds of relationships as they play a unique role in the characters’ lives. Marie-Laure is profoundly close with her father
Then Dally ends up getting himself killed because of that.They both have a lot differences too. One difference is where they lived they lived.In the movie they lived on the north and south side while in the book they lived in the east and west.
She wanted to learn more about how to shoot a gun. She wanted to be like one of the guys. The novel installs all these ideas, but it also allows the reader to use their creativity. It also gives more emphasis on little traits of the character that make the character more unique. Therefore, due to the film's inability to give audiences more information about the characters, their role and their emotions, the novel is much more informative.
There are innumerable ways that the movie and the book are similar. The whole idea of the story is the same in both. Rachel is a complete drunk, who went though a divorce. Rachel is trying to investigate about what had happened to Megan. She interrogates Dr. Abdic because she mistakenly thought Megan and the doctor were smooching on the balcony. On her own, she discovers what truly happened to Megan. Anna, the girl Tom left Rachel for, recognized Tom was manipulative when Rachel was explaining to Anna what truly happened. They both ended up working together to kill Tom in the end. The majority of the book and
Seeing no other alternative, the US declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, and so the entered the conflict of World War I. Fear quickly flooded the West and Southwest regions, people from Texas to California began to fear an imminent invasion which would cause the loss of their land conquered by the soldiers of Mexico and Japan. Speculation that the Germans might seize Canada from Britain in the event they won the war fanned the flames of American fears. It became apparent that the war no longer only concerned events happening in Europe. It was now about threats to America itself. (MEMORIAL)
The actor choices from the film compare to what the book envisioned, but also contrast. The character of Daisy is not similar in the film to what the book
The novel and the movie were both very suspenseful. The main characters are both the same in the book and in the movie but are a little bit different then their counter partners in the novel/movie. In both the movie and
On of the first things I would like to elaborate on the book Asher was a going to be assigned the Director or Recreations. Fiona was suppose to be the one who took care of the old. whereas in the movie they both don't get those roles. Fiona is taking care of babies. Asher is a Pilot . The movie is completely wrong in this part. Not only do I think the book fit their roles a little bit better
Sports hold tremendous value in American society and all athletes have at least one thing in common: the risk of getting a concussion. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that results from a direct/indirect action or force that causes the brain to shake rapidly within the skull (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016). This injury can mildly or severely affect the brain’s function by damaging brain cells and producing chemical alterations (CDC, 2016). Throughout the years, concussions have been more prevalent not only in professional sports, but among youth, college, and recreational sports as well. Despite the remarkably high statistics on concussions in the U.S., many cases still go unreported (Groce & Urankar, 2016, p. 22). Sustaining this injury can significantly set a person back physically, mentally, and emotionally. Due to the risks and health issues associated with concussions doctors, athletic trainers, coaches, and lawmakers are getting involved to protect athletes of all levels from receiving concussions.
One difference is the appeal and image of the characters. For example, in the book Andy has blond hair and lives with her boyfriend named Alex Fineman. Later in the story, Alex breaks up with Andy. In contrast, Andy has brown hair in the movie. Also the boyfriend’s name is Nate Cooper, instead of Alex Fineman. Another difference in characters is
Each is about a couple that falls in love, and how different situations break them apart, but ultimately they come back to each other. While the movies are romances, there are also numerous romantic gestures these couples share. One of which is letter writing. In The Longest Ride, letters were shared between Ira and Ruth to communicate while Ira was at war. In The Notebook, Noah wrote Allie a letter everyday for 365 days while he was also at the war. In both of these movies the letters were one of the biggest details to the plot, along with both men going to WWII. Ultimately both couples loving each other unconditionally and eventually finding their ways back to each other through writing letters, and past the hardship of the war, is what makes them so much alike.
Currently, D.C. has been on a national scope for their intense corruption in the handling and management of finances; falsified graduation rates; and the clogged competitive lottery process. Democratic Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has witnessed the outrage of the community in respect to Antwan Wilson, chancellor of D.C. schools, using his influences to bypass the city’s lottery system and place his child at Wilson High School. This instance of corruption along with the “FBI, U.S. Education Department, and D.C. Office of the Inspector General investigating the school system” would influence her to support the use of auditing (Jamison and Nirappil, 2018).Moreover, this provision is directed to allocate taxpayers local funds to the appropriate places,
Mia is the central character of this story. She is kind, musically gifted, and quiet. She cares a lot about her family and friends and also, she possesses a deep love for her cello. Mia