The book If I Stay is about a girl, Mia who is in a coma. Throughout the book as Mia is in a coma, she watches what's happening around her. She sees as her family and friends come in and out of the hospital to see how she is doing. Mia watches them suffer because of her condition. She watches them as they weep over the loos of her parents and younger brother Teddy. While Mia sees all these people she starts to think about herself. Mia starts to think about her two true loves.
Mia's first love in the book is Music. Growing up she saw that her mom and her dad were also into music. The music they were interested in was rock, and Mia was into classical music. "Then, in third grade, I'd wandered over to the cello in music class- it looked almost human to me. It looked like if you played it, it would tell you secrets, so I started playing." Mia is describing why she was attracted to the cello. she describes the cello as if it were a human being. This is explaining Mia's attraction towards the cello and classical music. Because of her interest in the cello and classical music, music then became Mia's first true love.
Later on when Mia meets Adam, he becomes her true love. Even though they are both opposite they still mange to fall in love. Mia is interested in classical music and Adam like rock music, he even is in a rock band. " I've never seen anyone get into music as you do. It's why I like to watch you practice." Adam is trying to say that Mia's dedication to her music was what he admired of her. He is telling her why he likes her. He says this even though he knows she plays classical music. Adam admires how she is working on her music most of the time. Later on once Mia realizes that Adam does like her she gives him a chance, and Adam becomes her true love.
Overall, throughout the book Mia finds her two true loves. She fall in love with the cello for its human like features. Then she falls in love with Adam for his reasons of bring with her, and not caring about her differences.
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