Use Of Flashback In If I Stay

n the second quarter of Three Day Road, some crucial flashbacks are brought up from both Niska's and Xavier's point of view. The first part, however, is from Xavier's perspective, in a flashback from war, where they are fighting in a place called White Horse Cellars. Xavier spots the movement of soldiers, and Elijah guns them down. Thomson, impressed with Elijah and Xavier's teamwork, is told by Elijah that they both have been hunting their entire lives. Xavier knows this isn't true, but keeps it to himself. After this, Elijah sneaks out at night and suffocates a suffering German soldier. Elijah is starting to gain some respect. Soon after, as a British officer is talking to their battalion, the 48th Highlanders, about a shooting competition.

During the weeks Molly spends with Vivian, she learns a lot from Vivian. Most important, she realizes that Vivian also had a difficult childhood but was able to overcome her bad experiences and lead a happy life. Molly’s realization reflects the theme of the book: learning about the experiences

Being stuck in the past can have negative effect on your outlook on life. In this case it causes Leah to hold herself back, “‘Will I

The passage is significant for a several of different reasons. First of all, the passage gives the reader a mental image of the car accident, as the reader can picture Libby trying to free herself from what perhaps may be a broken car part pinning her down. Flashback is used when Libby recalls the scene of the incident through her nightmare. In addition, the passage gives a clue to the reader; when Libby mentions the person she hit is someone old.

It was the driver of the car as well, her boyfriend, who was next to her during that turning point in her life. Together, they were driving towards a new place, a place where they could start a new beginning: "Your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder." For the first time after her mother had left the family, it was somebody else that took care of her and not the other way around. She had somebody besides her that supported and protected her. For the first time after a long while, she felt being loved.

This technique helps to convey the difference in the way Francesca’s family functions now that Mia, is bed-ridden with depression, which is possibly for the better. This becomes unmistakeable in Francesca’s memory flashback: “Their bedroom has always been our sanctuary. Sometimes at night we'll end up on their bed just talking. My dad will be snoring and Mia will say, "Turn around, Bobby, you're snoring,"(P130). However now Francesca says, “But their room isn’t Grand Central Station anymore. It’s a room my mum won’t leave and I don’t understand why” (P19). Her dad cooks, cleans and now makes all the decisions, when from Francesca’s point of view her mother was always the strongest member of the family who made all the decisions. It is to be noted that first person narrative perspective can often be misleading as the reader can only judge the other characters by what Francesca is saying about them. This can also mean that her memories may also be misleading. However, Marchetta has selected flashbacks spoken in first person narrative perspective to present the audience the change in family dynamics due to

The Flashbacks are used to recount the events that happened before the opening sequence of the film where Joel awakes and has no memory of Clementine, the flashbacks fill in the crucial backstory for us the viewer, The story is told from the most recent occurrences, then through past memory’s and pivotal moments of the relationship then back to the first day Joel and Clementine met.

When Ally was confronted with Noah’s presence in her life again, she decided to go back to him. If she had chosen to stay with Lon, they would not have shared the long life that they did or even started a family. They were only able to shape their future by refusing to let societal prejudices determine the course their lives would take. The viewer sees their character evolve from young impressionable teenagers to a mature married couple in their old age. Besides, the audience get to know how they develop through the sequence of their life stages (Hutchison, 2015). Flashback is used to develop the characters from a young age to maturity (Keller,

Through the use of flashbacks in the story the intended audience is able engage and link the motives behind the Brennan families move from Mumbilli to Coghill. Also, the flashbacks in the novel assist to strengthen Tom’s image and revel his pain and confusion along with his struggle to find his way back to the life he once knew, that he never thought would be taken away from him. Through weaving parts of the past into the present in the form of flashbacks, I was able to let the audience link the story together to compare Tom’s emotional state, investigate the ways that Australian individuals grow when they are taken out of their comfort and venture into new experiences.

One example that demonstrates this theme is on pages 2-4, “ Erik. He tried to kill me.’ Mom and Dad let go of my shoulders and stepped back. They looked at each other, puzzled. Then Dad raised his arm up and pointed to the right, into the dining room. There was Erik. He was sitting at the dining-room table. He was doing his homework… I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won’t. ” This flashback shows how Paul thought that Eric was trying to kill him with a baseball bat. Thanks. Also, on page 263, “I remember Erik prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.” This is also an example of Erik’s dark side. Flashbacks enhance the story because they help provide answers to questions that were kept secrets from Paul and shows how Erik is not the “perfect kid” as his parents imagine him to be. As you can see, using flashbacks can show previous events that contribute as a whole to revealing the truth of someone or

“I realize now that dying is easy, living is hard” (Forman 175). This quote is so much more than just words; it represents a choice, Mia’s choice between life and death. Stuck outside her lifeless body, Mia is presented with the choice of staying and living with what she has left on this earth, or leaving and joining her deceased family. With her loved ones watching over her, Mia reminisces about her life and the possibilities of her future, as she is faced with this powerful decision. In the end, Mia decides she has so much more reasons to stay, than leave.

The author writes about young romance, the deteriorating love of Allie and Leah’s parents, and, in my opinion the most important, the sisterly love between Allie and Leah. The two sisters thought life would be so unbearable without each other, that if they were going to die, they had to do it together. Another factor to remember is that sisters fight. I am not even talking about the you-ruined-my-favorite-shirt argument. In this book, something-went-so-wrong-I-went-back-on-our-suicide-pact is far more accurate. Everything is far more spread out for the reader. In fact, the book’s first line already speaks of Leah’s death: “The last thing we did as a family was bury my sister.” (Ramey 1). The reader cannot fully understand Leah and Allie’s relationship until the end of the book. The reader gets small little pieces to try and figure out along with Alie the complex and despairing death of her sister. As for the other love subplots, I feel as the reader does not get enough background information on Allie’s parents to fully scrutinize the situation. As for the romance in Allie’s life, it is a very minor part of the plot that has not developed yet, but I hope the main focus will still be on the love between Allie and

The story is told from his point of view thus allowing one to see how he talks about Christina and Stella to his ex-wife and "She," the paramour whom he now lives with.

Then, the story flashes back to several months prior. This time Anna is in Nantucket trying to collect herself after leaving her husband. The back-story to their affair is given in the explanation of how they met and how they spend their time. The chronology is again thrown out as the storyline makes a jump forward to what was supposed to be their last meeting. Anna expects her lover to understand that she must go back to her secluded world and he must go back to his, but he doesn't seem to want that for them. Anna, since the start of this affair, has been indecisive and confused, but as the story moves she grows out of touch with herself and the rest of the world. She alarms herself when she looks in the mirror. "She returned to her husband and saw that another woman, a shadow woman had taken her place" (181). In contrast, the final even takes place in perfect sequential order, and as a consequence Anna leaves the event with a clearer understanding of herself and the way she relates to the rest of the world. When she leaves her lover for the final time, she is content and no longer confused, she even seems happy. "Suddenly, joyfully, she felt miraculously calm" (190). The confusing sequence of events is wrapped up nicely with the sequential order of the ending, which culminates with a clearer minded Anna.

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