“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.”(Forman G , “If I Stay”, 2014,Chapter 13) In this essay we are going to talk about the theme of “If I stay” by Gayle Forman. We choose either “life” or death. Why would Mia want to die and why would she want to live? Is it worth the pain of living without a family? These are the questions that we will answer in the essay.
Gayle Forman was born in 1970 in Los Angeles, California. Now she lives in New York. “If I Stay” came from a very personal place. She went into a lot of detail about the behind story that is found in the extra bonus material in the paperback. She met a 17 year old girl who was a cello player. She had no relation whatsoever to the people Gayle knew. The minute Gayle met this 17 year old …show more content…
You would think that everybody has reasons to enjoy life; for example, your family, your friends, your school. Now, think that you lost everything you care about. How would you feel? Would it be easy staying alive? Would you rather fight on or just die?
Mia was a girl who had everything. Her life was perfect. She had a nice family, played the cello, her boyfriend adored her, and had good grades in school. Despite the fact that she had everything something went wrong. There was a car accident where her family died and her life changed completely. Now it is up to her to decide if she wakes up from the coma or she dies with them. As a result of the car accident, she starts to remember her memories. Some of her memories are good like the best day of her life; labor day. During Labor Day, people kept coming up, all of her dad’s old friends and the new ones of Adam. When it started to get dark someone had the bright idea to start a bonfire. Her family had a party where she played with Adam in a duet of the cello and the guitar. She also began to remember the bad memories; including her fights with
Gayle Forman was born in 1970 in Los Angeles, California. Now she lives in New York. “If I Stay” came from a very personal place. She went into a lot of detail about the behind story that is found in the extra bonus material in the paperback. She met a 17 year old girl who was a cello player. She had no relation whatsoever to the people Gayle knew. The minute Gayle met this 17 year old …show more content…
You would think that everybody has reasons to enjoy life; for example, your family, your friends, your school. Now, think that you lost everything you care about. How would you feel? Would it be easy staying alive? Would you rather fight on or just die?
Mia was a girl who had everything. Her life was perfect. She had a nice family, played the cello, her boyfriend adored her, and had good grades in school. Despite the fact that she had everything something went wrong. There was a car accident where her family died and her life changed completely. Now it is up to her to decide if she wakes up from the coma or she dies with them. As a result of the car accident, she starts to remember her memories. Some of her memories are good like the best day of her life; labor day. During Labor Day, people kept coming up, all of her dad’s old friends and the new ones of Adam. When it started to get dark someone had the bright idea to start a bonfire. Her family had a party where she played with Adam in a duet of the cello and the guitar. She also began to remember the bad memories; including her fights with