The Themes In If I Stay By Gayle Forman

Climax- As Mia is taking Adam to all sorts of places around the city she finally tells Adam the reason she had to leave was because she hated him and that she knew what he was

If I stay, which is an outstanding novel written by Gayle Forman, was published in 2009 and is an emotionally gripping story. The most interesting part of the novel starts with Mia’s life after the accident. The readers also learn about her life before the tragedy with the help of plentiful flashbacks. She recalls her colorful and vibrant family members so vividly that they could easily step off the page and break the hearts of the readers. Furthermore, her remembrances also highlight her passion for music and romance with her boyfriend. Moreover, the readers will find the entire novel very interesting and inspiring and will also find the climax of the novel very satisfying. The story revolves around seventeen year old Mia, who finds herself dealing with the aftermath of a terrible car accident which killed her entire family. During the coma, Mia goes through an out-of-the-body experience and observes all her friends and family that gather at the hospital. The memory of Mia flashes before her and she debates about whether or not she should wake up and face the grief of losing her family or, if she should die. Before summarizing the story, it is pertinent that the main characters of the story should be discussed briefly.

The unwavering amount of faith that Adam’s family had in him helped Adam to push his addiction to the side. It was not easy, however. Adam struggled with his addiction for years, but his saving grace was Kelley. Kelley provided Adam with unconditional love and gave him the strength he needed to get back to his old self. Never did she give up on Adam. She always stood by his side. Kelley helped Adam complete his American Dream. On page 98, Kelley became Adam’s loving wife. She looked after Adam and was the perfect spouse, Adam’s American Dream. Even when Adam messed up again and again, she was always there for him. Adam gave Kelley every reason to leave, to give up on him, but Kelley never felt the urge to abandon what they had. She refused to let these problems interfere with the love she had for Adam.

What is wrong with society? And what can people do about it? Society is plagued by hate, discrimination, and selfishness but it can be overcome by love, cooperation, and applying the concept of mind over matter. These questions and answers are provided by the ‘’I AM’’ documentary, where the director Tom Shadyac asked different religious leaders, authors, and historians to find solutions. Through the whole documental he uses these positive qualities of human beings as the three key themes as a cure to an unscrupulous society and to show humans have the power to change the world and make the planet a better place. The three key themes that seem to resonate throughout the documentary are the nature of humanity, the world’s ever-growing addiction to materialism, and human connections.

However Cooper’s confession clears Adam and puts the blame on O’Mally. Learning he is near death, Victoria braves a blizzard to rush to Adam’s side. She keeps a vidal speaking to him. Nearing heaven he hears her voice, and returns to his body. He begins the long road to recovery. While at his bedside Victoria realizes her deep love for Adam. Paralyzed from the waist down Adam feels he is unworthily of her love. Through the intervention of a Christian orderly he recognizes mistake. He asks her to marry him.Victoria answer is immediate and joyous. Yes she will become Mrs. Adam Wakefield.

After Cathy set fire to her parents’ house, and had a relationship with another man, she fled, and, disguised as a sick person, crawled into the Trask estate. Upon arriving, Adam welcomes her into the home and cares for her. It does not take him long to offer to marry her, due to Cathy’s overall attractiveness. Cathy accepts Adam’s offer to marriage. However, she refuses to sleep with Adam, using her “sickness” as an excuse and then putting Adam to sleep with a sedative.

One of the main things I believe happened immediately after Mia woke up, is that she grieved over her family. Mia was very close to both her parents despite how different her personality and interests were from theirs. Mia most likely had trouble with getting used to the fact that they weren’t there anymore. Them not being their for any big moments in her life, them not being there to give advice, or listen to her. I think she grieved greatly for the lose of her little brother, Teddy.

“Your touch got me looking so crazy right now”(Beyoncé (Ft. Jay Z)). This lyric relates to Adam because of the quote, “But as soon as my fingers close around Mia’s...I could linger here forever”(Forman 56). (This was a long quote, so I used an elipsus). This proves that Mia and Adam have something special and even the simplest touch of Mia’s hand makes Adam get a feeling inside him. He felt and alacrity when Mia touched his hand. He knows that he should be with her because she makes him the happiest and gives him a feeling that no one else can give him. All in all, Mia gives Adam the feeling that he is crazy in

It was a mysterious, windy, dark night. Annabel, a short young girl with jet black hair, eyelashes that reached the sky and eyes like a puppy dog, had just awoken on the floor of a cold dark forest. As she took in her surroundings and wondered how she had got there, a sudden pain appeared in her head and she had a brief flashback of painful memories of the car crash that she and her parents had just been involved in, a horrific accident; she lay there as tears slowly welled up in her eyes and rolled down her soft, pale cheeks. The thought of her deceased parents sent a shiver up her spine; she couldn’t believe they were gone.

In the town of South Lake Tahoe, children played safely outside, the sun always seemed to be shining, and laughter was a common sound. Everyone knew one another and crime ratings were close to zero. Due to the town’s “child-friendly” nature, the Dugard family called this place home (Hawkins). However, on June 10, 1991, a fiery nightmare exploded into reality for eleven year-old Jaycee Dugard. Walking towards the bus stop, Jaycee was dragged into a grey sedan (Hawkins). Jaycee’s stepfather Carl Probyn witnessed this gut-wrenching act from down the street and tried unsuccessfully to trail the car on a bike. (Tresniowski). Jaycee’s mother, Terry, lost control of her emotions after her daughter’s

As the scenes are being described, remember that Mia is not really awake and walking around, it is just her subconscious. There are two scenes in the movie that express her subconscious state dramatically in their own ways. For example, Mia is wandering the hospital halls in her subconscious state and sees family rushing from the elevator towards the nurses station to ask if Mia and her family are okay. This is when Mia finds out her brother, Teddy, has died. Mia, in shock, runs through the halls crying. The camera is rushing through the busy halls and starts to blur when Mia falls to her knees in heartbreak. Suddenly, the halls are cleared and quiet as Mia sees a white light at the end of the hallway. The empty halls indicates that Mia feels nothing but emptiness and no longer wants to fight to live because she sees the white light, indicating heaven. This all changes when she hears the elevator door open and there is Adam rushing in. In this upcoming scene, Mia follows Adam back to her room. The expression on his face shows that he is in complete shock and is heartbroken. There is a quiet tone in the room as Adam sits down next to Mia and begins to whisper. Adam talks about Mia’s dream of being accepted into Juilliard, and how of an amazing person and cello player Mia is. The camera is steady and goes back and forth between both characters

the nose-job or lake forest or your mother's maiden name? one thing you ever said to me?” and she responds by telling him her real age, mom’s name, and sign. Her reasoning for manipulating Adam was stated on page 128 where she says, “everything i did made you a more desirable person, adam. people began to notice you … take interest in you.

Climax: After Adam arrives to the hospital, he does not get the permission to go into Mia 's room because Mia 's body undergoes dangerous situation. Adam and Kim come up with a plan to get into Mia 's room, but unfortunately they get caught at the room 's door by the bodyguards where Willow, a

Adam I know who you are." (She hadn't been happier in her life, she finally found the missing piece of the puzzle which was her life, she found Adam.) They spent the whole day together before they were caught and seperated again but Eden remembered Adam and she'd never forget him. Never again.. Eden:"I have to see him, not just for now but

What if the world that one knows comes to an end? What if one day one wakes up and everything one once knew suddenly changes? “What and if two words as nonthreatening as words come But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: ‘What if?'...”(Friedman, Letters To Juliette 2006). “What” and “if” are two words that haunt Mia as she has an out-of-body experience after a terrible car accident. Published in 2009, “If I Stay” is a young adult novel written by Gayle Forman. The story follows as the 17-year-old music talented, Mia Hall experience a car accident that killed her whole family. In a coma, Mia has decision to make that would determine her fate. She has to choose whether she fights for