The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. If i stay is a really well written book and like all books portrayed on screen, the movie and the book had some differences as well as similarities. If you were a story book character, what character would you be. Though, she and mia did not get along at the beginning of their friendship, they became inseparable and were known as dark and studious.
Complete list of characters in gayle formans if i stay. Mias brother teddy and her father, a middleschool english teacher, also. Pdf if i stay by gayle forman read online book download. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she graduates from high school.
See more ideas about book characters dress up, character dress up and book character costumes. Dads parents are the closest blood relatives mia has after the accident. The people you meet along the way will stick with you forever, whether its harry potter, huckleberry finn, frodo or any of the other countless classic characters. Mia is our celloplaying, recordcollecting, girlfriendinacoma protagonist. This character is the 17yearold protagonist and narrator of if i stay. Her choices become a reflection of her true character. Asked in the twilight saga are they going to have the same characters for the whole. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. If i stay summary if i stay begins with seventeenyearold cellist mia hall waking to a thin layer of snow on her lawn. The character of mia hall in if i stay from litcharts the. She is the only one of her family to survive the car accident that begins the book. The book is about a girl mia hall who gets into a car crash and has to make a decision that will change her life.
In this novel there are 8 main characters who takes place in the book. If i stay summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. The character of mia hall in if i stay from litcharts. If i stay characters from litcharts the creators of. Shes a musical prodigy with a chance of getting into julliard. 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. Gayle forman has won many awards since she started writing. 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.
Mia feels that she doesnt quite belong to her family. The line i ve gotta think twice, before i give my heart away shows that adam believes that his relationship with mia will last even though she is in a coma, and he really wants her to wake up so he doesnt have to move on. If i stay is a pageturner, save the moments when reflection is required. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she read full character analysis. The narrator the nameless protagonist of the novel. Formans next book, if i stay, was published in 2009. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, mias story will stay with you for a long, long time. At the beginning of the story mia wanted to be with her family in heaven. Scout finch, atticus finch, jem finch, arthur boo radley, bob ewell, charles baker dill harris, miss maudie atkinson, calpurnia, aunt alexandra, mayella ewell, tom robinson, link deas, mrs. Please use the character template when adding new pages fandom.
Henry lafayette dubose, nathan radley, heck tate, mr. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. Throughout the book, mia worries the most about teddy, as it is unclear at first. Gayle forman, if i stay people think i like chick flicks, and i always have good excuses for reading books that are apparently, chick flicks. 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. Mia likes her because she doesnt follow the rules and because she allows adam to visit her when the rules dont allow it. Mia is the female protagonist in the novel if i stay. If i stay study guide contains a biography of gayle forman, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes. Love can decide between life and death is a constant theme that occurs thoughout the entire story. She won the naiba book of the year awards 2009 and indie choice honor award winner 2010 for if i stay. Parents need to know that this is a book for teens about a girl who loses her family in a car accident and is now in a coma. Mias parents are the friendsfirst type, liberals who dont mind if their daughter takes a boy.
When he finally met up with mia again by accident, suddenly he was the adam that i loved from if i stay. I am very very late in reading this book as all the hype was last year. Gayle forman, if i stay definitions if i stay follows the story of seventeen year old mia hall who is extremely talented at playing the cello and has to make a huge decision. I immediately went to the library and picked up stay. If you actually watch this movie and dont cry, you have no soul. To never read teddy another chapter of harry potter.
The story follows one day in the life of seventeenyearold mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. As a character i really liked that mia was different from the stereotypical ya heroine with a passion for. A horrible car accident that kills almost the entire family instantly. I am really looking forward to reading where she went. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off. 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.
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. If i stay is a book series written by gayle forman. Mia is faced with the choice of a lifetime when she experiences a car crash with her family. In a fairly slim volume, author gayle forman manages to create a believable and virtually blameless character in mia. Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. The book was being published in 30 different countries around the world. She scans the morning paper looking for news about her boyfriend adam and his musical band. If i stay 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. If i stay, a beautiful romance novel written by gayle forman, is a captivating story about a seventeenyearold gifted cellist named mia hall. These are all crazy thoughts but i love a book that really makes me think about what i would do if i was in that particular situation.
According to goodreads, i first read this book in october of 2011. While the rest of her immediate family decided what they could do with this free time mia already has other plans. If you go into this book expecting not to cry, you are a fool. Mia has a heart breaking decision to make after going into a self induced coma, from a horrible car crash. Because her life before the accident was so average and so devoid of loss or suffering, mia has no previous experience she can draw on to help her navigate this trauma and her intense internal conflict between staying and going. So after i watched if i stay and i ugly cried for about 20 30 minutes i decided i was going to read the book. If i stay wiki is a wiki for the young adult fiction gayle forman. Buy the paperback book if i stay by gayle forman at indigo. The characters that are involved in her making her choice are all her family, adam, and kim. Mia hall mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. It is an emotional book that includes emotions such as, sadness, happiness, and depression. Learn everything you need to know about mia hall, adam wilde, and more in if i stay.
Mia, the book s main character, is a seventeenyearold high school senior. I chose the song faith by george michael to represent adam because he needs to have lots of faith in his relationship with mia. But as the story progressed, i liked him more and more, and i understood why he was acting in a reckless, uncaring way. Please notice that there may be some either big or small spoilers and although we cannnot stop.
There are two themes in if i s tay that really stick out. Summary in the hours after a devastating car accident, teen cellist mia hall must. I m not sure which book i loved more i adored the characters in this book from van to alex to louis and especially joe, the german. I read it again last august before the movie came out in theaters, and again last friday. One theme is love can decide between life and death. Key characters theme setting the book that i chose for the.
A list of readalikes and books to read after if i stay. A list of all the characters in to kill a mockingbird. The book is about a girl mia that likes a boy adam. Who are the main characters in if i stay by gayle forman. Throughout the time that she is in the coma, her feelings towards he boyfriend change drastically. Seventeen yearold mia has no memory of the accident. Kim stays as herself and never changes through the story. Towards the end she changes her mind and stays in the world.
They are the two most important people in her life besides her. Mia hall mia is the seventeenyearold protagonist and narrator of if i stay. This 37page guide for if i stay by gayle forman includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 17 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of. In the past year the band has become more successful than ever imagined, and is expected to become even more popular in the years to come. I love the characters and everything about the book is just wonderful and beautifully written. Readers will find themselves drawn to empathize with mia and nearly all of the other characters at some point. If i stay is one of those great rare books with a deeply authentic voice that can speak for and move a generation. If i stay is written in the first person from the point of view of mia, the main character. The to kill a mockingbird characters covered include. Nothing seems wrong with her life, considering she has a happy family, a rocker boyfriend. Pdf if i stay by gayle forman read online book download online.
These books are aimed at young readers as they tell us a story of 17yearold mia hall and the way she deals with the aftermath of a car accident her family got in. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. If i stay summary seventeenyearold mia hall lives in a small town in oregon with her mom kat, dad denny, and eightyearold brother, teddy. First is mias immediate family, her mother,father and younger brother,teddy. She used them to exaggerate her descriptions and characteristics. I was talking to liz and she said maybe coming back to your old life would be too painful, that maybe itd be easier for you to erase us.
I will go with you to new york and get an apartment with you and we can be together. In oregon, this small amount of snow is enough to cause school closures. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. If i stay summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Aug 17, 2018 in if i stay our seventeenyearold mia wakes during a snowing morning, her parents and other family are busy celebrating the holiday with chocolate chip pancakes. She reassures mias grandparents and helps adam find mia. Oct, 2014 gayle forman, if i stay people think i like chick flicks, and i always have good excuses for reading books that are apparently, chick flicks. She reassures mias grandparents and helps adam find. If i stay is a book that seemed simple when i read the synopsis but within the first few pages i realised that this would be a book that i loved mias family are simply fantastic, and i loved that she wanted to be with them as much as possible. Not since twilight have we seen as emotionally moving a book for a youth audience with this kind of crossover appeal. This is a quiz about the wonderful book, if i stay. To never stand next to mom quietly talking as we do the dishes. 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. If i stay by gayle forman original publishing date.
I know i always say that its important to read the book before watching the movie, and trust me. A black man in 1930s america, the narrator considers himself invisible because people never see his true self beneath the roles that stereotype and racial prejudice compel him to play. Mia looked at him and all she saw was a white glow. Yes, there is a movie adaptation of if i stay by gayle forman. The novel starts with mias family sharing a pancake breakfast on a snowy oregon morning. In if i s tay our seventeenyearold mia wakes during a snowing morning, her parents and other family are busy celebrating the holiday with chocolate chip pancakes. Where she went is an emotional, moving book, just like the first in the series. I first discovered allie larkin via her 2019 release, swimming for sunlight, and fell in love with her writing style and storytelling and love of dogs. Mia hall mia is the female protagonist in the novel if i stay. If i stay characters from litcharts the creators of sparknotes.
The second theme is reflecting on the past can change the future. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. She is a cellist, loves classical music, and dates a guitarist for a punk band. If i stay collection by gayle forman, paperback barnes. Mia experiences a life changing car accident that makes her reflect of her early life. The characters all play an important part in mias story. The further she goes into exaggeration, the better image youll have, makes it easier to connect with the characters. Mia hall is the main character in if i stay by gayle forman. Mia and her family get to enjoy a snow day at the beginning of if i stay. She experiences a tragic car crash that makes her reflect on her early life. Need help on characters in gayle formans if i stay. Mia, the protagonist, is a 17year old high school senior and music prodigy.
Jan 24, 2019 the world of literature is bursting with incredible stories, jawdropping twists and turns, and unforgettable environments but what stands out among the rest. Adam wilde is mias boyfriend adam is the lead singer and guitar player in his band shooting star. Both the book and the movie take you on a torturous journey into mias past to show her backstory, and then continue reading if i stay movie vs book. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book.
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