If I Stay Final

The summary

This book is about a girl named Mia that just got into a car accident with her parents while driving to see her grandparents. Then they end up getting into this terrible car accident that killed her parents and her younger brother Teddy. After what I read about Adam, Mia's boyfriend visiting her at the hospital there was a problem once Adam got to the hospital. Since Mia's sprit is out of her body, she can go walk around the hospital until she decides to wake up. When Adam got to the hospital, Mia ran to the door but the nurses didn't let Adam see Mia because they said only family members could go in. After that Adam did everything he could to see his girlfriend, but nothing changed. Except for the fact that Mia kept trying to think about staying more with Adam or just giving up and leaving everyone and going to see her parents and little brother. It was between the love of her life or the love of the people who gave her life. The way I saw these things is good or bad either way, there isn't a win win or loose loose. The reason I say this is because Mia either goes with her parents and is happy there but then she leaves her best friend and boyfriend which makes them live without her. Then the other thing is stay with her boyfriend and best friend and any other family but then lives with the fact that she'll never see her parents again, well at least while the time she's living. If I was in Mia's shoes Im not sure what I would choose, its not just going to effect me but everyone else that I care about too. What would you do in Mia's place? You have to read the book to find out if she stays or if she leaves.


Throughout the book "If I Stay" there are so many conflicts to do with all the characters in many ways. The main conflict Mia faces is man vs. self because she has to decide weather she should stay with her boyfriend or leave (die) with the rest of her family. The reason it is man vs. self is because in the story it is telling us that if she decides to wake up and be with her bestfriend and boyfriend then she thinks she's going to have to live with gulit the rest of her life. Mia feels that if she stays she will feel gultiy because she didn't die like her parents or brother she stayed on earth. She feels that if she stays she will always be thinking about what if she left, how would life be. Then on the other hand if she dose decide to go to another life as some people think, with her parents then the people she loves, lives will change. Adam will not have a girlfriend and Mia feels that if she leaves then Adam will never forgive her for leaving him. Another conflict in the book is man vs. man, the conflict was between Adam and a nurse. What happened was that Adam wanted to go into the room where Mia was at but the nurse did not allow him to go in at first because she said that only family members could go and visit. Then when the nurse told Adam this he start yelling saying that he was family and he had a right to visit his girlfriend. But still the nurse refused to let him in. From these conflicts in the book I would say that the theme of the book "If I Stay" is that love can concur all. The reason I think this is the main theme of the book is because even though Mia just lost her parents and her brother she still thought about staying on earth because of the love she had for her boyfriend. Another reason is that even though Adam is not really family he considered himself Mia's family because of all the love he had for her. Adam would've risked anything just to see Mia one last time. Thats what love is all about, not caring about anyone else but the person you love and that can concur anything you want, just like Adam and Mia.