But, while the author tells the story chronologically in these 16 chapters, there is a few separated chapters which displays the events in the past.
When Mom had Teddy, Dad was still playing drums in the same band he’s been in since college. They’d released a couple of CDs; they’d gone
on a tour every summer. The band was by no means big, but they had a following in the Northwest and in various college towns between here
and Chicago. If I Stay, page 182
And finally, after a long fight, Mia gets her life back. She chooses to stay alive with their loving people, like her boyfriend, Adam and her bestfriend, Kim.
But then I feel Adam’s hand. Not sense it, but feel it. I’m not sitting huddled in the chair anymore. I’m lying on my back in the hospital bed,
one again with my body. If I Stay, page 233
3.3 The Analysis of Character
We usually will face several characters that are appeared in a story. But each character has different role. Based on “If I Stay” novel, these are the main
characters. Main Characters
There are three main characters found in “If I Stay” novel. They are Mia Hall, Adam Wilde, and Kim Schein.
3.3.1 Mia Hall
Mia Hall is a teenager who is quiet and very musically gifted. She plays cello and loves classical music.
I played my first recital when I was ten. I’d been playing cello for two years at that point. At first, just at school, as part of the music program.
It was a fluke that they even had a cello; they’re very expensive and fragile. But some old literature professor from the university had died
and bequeathed his Hamburg to our school. It mostly sat in the corner.
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Most kids wanted to learn to play guitar or saxophone. If I Stay, page 22
The audition was grueling. I had to play five pieces: a Shostakovich concerto, two Bach suites, all Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo capriccioso, which
was next to impossible, and a movement from Ennio Morricone’s The Mission, a fun but risky choice because Yo Yo Ma had covered this and
everyone would compare. If I Stay, page 50 And it wasn’t like I was a dork, either. I have friends and a bestfriend to
sit with at lunch. I have other good friends at the music conservatory camp. I went to in the summer. People liked me well enough, but they
also didn’t really know me. I was quiet in class. I didn’t raise my hands a lot or sass the teachers. If I Stay, page 34
3.3.2 Adam Wilde
Adam is Mia’s boyfriend. He is very handsome and loves music. He plays guitar and sings for his band, “Shooting Star.”
Still, his attention baffled me. It wasn’t that Adam was such a popular guy. He wasn’t a jock or a most-likely-to-succeed sort. But he was cool.
Cool in that he played in a band with people who went to the college in town. Cool in that he has his own rockery style, procured from thrift
stores and garage sales, not from Urban Outfitters knockoffs. Cool in that he seemed totally happy to sit in the lunchroom absorbed in a book, not
just pretending to read because he didn’t have anywhere to sit or anyone to sit with. That wasn’t the case at all. He has a small group of friends
and a large group of admirers If I Stay, page 33 The club where Shooting Star was playing was packed. Everyone was in
costume, most of the girls in the kinds of racy getups---cleaveage-baring Frenchs maids. When Adam finished his set, I was as painting and
sweaty as he was. I didn’t go backstage to greet him before everyone else got to him. I waited for him to go to the floor of the club, to meet his
public like he did at the end of every show. If I Stay, page 97-98
3.3.3 Kim Schein
