Mia Hall (Chlo Grace Moretz) and her family are getting ready to

go on with their normal day activities when it is announced on the

radio that school has been canceled. Mia's dad Denny (Joshua
Leonard) is a teacher and as a result of the snow day does not
have to go to work. Mia's mom Kat (Mireille Enos), a travel agent,
decides to call in sick and along with her family get on the road to
visit Mia's grandparents who live on a farm. It is also revealed that
Mia is dating an older, popular up-and-coming rock-star named
Adam Wilde (Jamie Blackley).
The story flashes back to Mia's early life with a rocker dad and an
inexperienced mom; one day they take Mia to a music class
where Mia decides that she wants to start playing the cello. After
her parents see that Mia is passionate about the cello they hire a
teacher to help her play. Kat is shown pregnant with Teddy (Jakob
Davies) whom Mia thinks is the reason for her father's departure
from his band.
Years later, an adolescent Mia is still passionate about the cello
and is playing at school in the band room where Adam peeks in on
her playing, seeing her for the first time, leading him to ask Kim
(Liana Liberato), Mia's best friend, about her. Adam then asks Mia
out on a date to a cello recital, where they show mutual affection
towards one another.
The story flashes back to current time with the family driving to
the grandparents' farm when their car collides with an oncoming
truck. Mia appears to have an out-of-body experience where she
finds herself barefoot and sees her body lying on the road while
paramedics are trying to help her and her family. Mia tries to ask
a paramedic what is happening, but realizes that no one can see
or hear her. Mia, now in the hospital, panics as she does not know
the current status of any of her family members when they take
her in for surgery. A sympathetic nurse (Aisha Hinds) tells Mia

her physical body, not Mia's spirit, which apparently she cannot
see eitherthat it is up to her whether or not she wants to stay.
The story flashes back once again to Mia attending one of Adam's
concerts with his band Willamette Stone, where she doesn't seem
to fit in. Adam's band is steadily gaining more recognition and
gets signed to a label, which starts to put a strain on their
relationship due to the travel schedule. While at dinner, Mia's
Grandpa (Stacy Keach) suggests that she should apply to Juilliard,
an idea which she initially rebuffs, but later further researches.
She eventually lands an audition in San Francisco. It takes a while
for Mia to tell Adam about her audition and when she does he
becomes upset and leaves for a week-long gig.
In the present day, Mia undergoes surgery. She sees a doctor
speaking with her grandparents who are standing outside of a
pediatric room where Teddy lies in a coma-like state. Adam comes
to the hospital to see Mia, but is not allowed in as he is not an
immediate family member. It is then revealed that Mia's mom Kat
was pronounced dead on arrival, and her dad Denny died on the
operating table. She later finds out that Teddy has died from
an epidural hematoma. Grandpa talks to Mia, revealing that her
father gave up being in a band because he wanted to give her a
better life and be a better father. He also, tearfully, gives Mia
permission to move on from this life if she wants, which influences
Mia to decide that she wants to die so that she can join her family
on the other side.
The story flashes back to Mia at her audition for Juilliard, where
she plays the best she has ever played, leading her to think that if
accepted she will go. After a reconciliation with Adam, they talk
about the huge possibility of her going to Juilliard, which
ultimately leads to them breaking up and going their separate
ways.

After some time, Mia seems stable enough to receive more

visitors. Mia is shown symbolically about to let go when she hears
the music performed at the cello recital that she attended with
Adam. It is revealed that Adam has come to see Mia and that he is
playing his iPod for her. He brings with him a letter Mia has
received from Juilliard saying that she has been accepted, and
lets her know that he will do whatever she wants if she stays. He
begins to play the song he has finally written about her. Mia, after
flashing back through all the happy moments in her life, squeezes
Adam's hand and opens her eyes, and sees Adam as he hovers
over her and says, "Mia?"

Title : If I stay
Directed by : R.J. Cutler
Setting : If I Stay live in a small town near Portland, Oregon. The
accident takes place on a rural road outside the town. Mia's
reflections on her life bring in a number of other locations within
the vicinity.

Characters :

Chlo Grace Moretz as Mia Hall

Jamie Blackley as Adam Wilde

Mireille Enos as Kathleen "Kat" Hall

Joshua Leonard as Dennis "Denny" Hall

Stacy Keach as Grandpa

Aisha Hinds as Nurse Ramirez

Lauren Lee Smith as Willow

Liana Liberato as Kim Schein

Aliyah O'Brien as EMT

Jakob Davies as Theodore "Teddy" Hall

Introduction :

 Mia has a heart breaking decision to make after going into a

self induced coma, from a horrible car crash. she get's the
decision to stay or go and cant make up her mind because if
she leaves she leaves everyone behind
(Gram,Gramps,Adam, Aunty and Uncle, her Bestfriend) but if
she wakes up, she wakes up an orphan because her parents
and brother passed away in the car crash.

Conclusion : Never take anything for granted because in just

one second everything can change. A life has a beginning
and an end it is nothing like a whole life. And if all your loved
ones were gone, would life be worth living? Life is not the
amount of breaths you take , It is the moments tat take you
breath away.

Analysis : Mia
Mia, the protagonist, is a 17-year old high school senior and music
prodigy.She barely survives thecar accident that kills her mother,
father, and younger brother, Teddy. Lying in a coma in hospital,
the choice to live or die is ultimately hers and this decision is
central to the plots development.
While Mia enjoys a remarkably close relationship with her family,
she is nonetheless the square-peg in a family of round holes.
Unlike her unconventional punk-rocker parents, Mia is
conservative and understated, preferring the symphony to the
rock concert. Though Mia is a typical Oregon teenager in many
waysshe lives with her nuclear family, has a boyfriend, looks

after her adorable younger brother, goes to the local high school,
and faces typical adolescent anxieties and challengesMia is
extraordinary in two ways. :
First of all, she is a dedicated cello prodigy who is on the verge of
gaining admission into Julliard, one of the worlds most prestigious
music schools. Unlike most adolescents, Mia is able to sacrifice
personal and leisure time to perfect her craft as a cellist. She
aspires to be a professional cellist like her idol, Yo-Yo Ma, and to
join a prestigious symphony orchestra like the New York
Philharmonic. Her devotion to classical music is also somewhat
unique, since she prefers the music of Mozart and Beethoven to
the modern pop and rock that appeals to most teens.
Secondly, the car accident puts Mia in the exceptional position of
having to decide her own fatewhether to live in spite of the loss
of her family, or to leave the world and her remaining loved ones
and personal ambitions behind. Mias questionIf I stay?creates
an agonizing tension between the sweetness of her past and the
bitterness of her present. Because her life before the accident was
so average and so devoid of loss or suffering, Mia has no previous
experience she can draw on to help her navigate this trauma and
her intense internal conflict between staying and going.
While Mia has no experience that could have prepared her the
sudden loss of her family, she does have a strong support
system

Conclusion : Never take anything for granted because in just one

second everything can change. A life has a beginning and an end
it is nothing like a whole life. And if all your loved ones were gone,

would life be worth living? Life is not the amount of breaths you
take , It is the moments tat take you breath away.