If I Stay

          If I Stay takes place in a hospital in Portland and also in little glimpses of Mia's past. The scene of the car crash takes place on a snowy, winter's day. Mia's outer-body experience lasted about a day until she finally decided whether she was going to stay or go. Mia had gotten familiar with her surroundings and the people who were helping her and taking care of her within the matter of hours. She went back and forth from being with her body to being with her family and friends trying to hear some sort of news. She had visitors and she heard everything that they had said to her. At one point, she didn't know what to do and didn't want to have to make this decision. "I don't care anymore. I'm tired of this all and it will be over soon" This quote shows how Mia was getting frustrated and stressed over the whole thing and that she knew that she wanted to and was going to decide soon. This quote also shows how Mia was weakening...saying that she's tired of everything that's happened, implying that she wants to be done with the whole situation. It makes you think that she's going to end it all, join her immediate family somewhere far beyond the earth. She misleads you. I think the fact that Adam came and talked to her and practically begged her to stay because she's his everything; the fact that Kim came and told Mia that she still had family here, and that she'll miss her too much if Mia leaves; and the fact that her grandfather said that he wanted her to stay but it was okay if she left, that he understood if she did, helped her decide to stay. But I think she stayed not only because Adam, Kim, her grandparents, and everyone else wanted her to stay...I think she stayed because she knew that her parents would want her to. They'd want her to grow up and follow her dreams. They'd want her go to Julliard and make it big. And she wanted to make them proud. I think all of this is why she stayed.