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If I Stay Gayle Forman Analysis

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Have you gone through something hard and in the end learned something valuable. Life is full of hard, difficulties circumstances that bring us pain. Yet, in my opinion, these hard times bring people together. Mia is one that went through a hard time of losing her mom, dad and only brother. Yet in the struggling time her friends and relives where there for her and helped her through the hard time. Throughout the story, If I Stay, Gayle Forman, Mia realizes her family and friends are there for her, and staying with those dear to her outweighs the pain of being an orphan; it’s time to be there for them. During the story, Friends and relatives are there for Mia influencing her choice of staying or leaving. Her mom, dad and brother are gone never …show more content…

Mia, through all of this, learns a valuable lesson. “‘There’s no good side. But there is something to live for.’”(230) This is what life is about: there is a lot of pain and losses, but in the end there is something to live for. Her family was gone and the ones that were there for her are the ones that are her new family. "And suddenly I just need to hold his hand more than I’ve ever needed anything in this world. Not just be held by it, but hold it back.” (234) Mia now there for her family that ‘adopted’ her and now means the world to her. Through a struggle insights on what in important are given to us. Throughout the story, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Mia realizes her family and friends are there for her, and staying with those dear to her outweighs the pain of being an orphan; it’s time to be there for them. The things that Mia learned in the book are important lessons in our life to day. Family, friends, choices, and love are something that we all go through and have lessons to learn as we speed through life. Staying there, and being there for the people that are important to your life is being a true friend, most importantly in the hard times of our

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