What Is The Moral Of The Novel If I Stay

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In the Novel ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman. When I was reading the novel I felt sad that a 17-year-old girl lost her family from a terrible car accidentIt made me realize that some people around me is having a hard time facing society. It showed me how hard it must be a teenager to lose their family from a terrible accident.Mia is in a coma after the accident and she is having out of body experience and when she found out her Mum, Dad and little brother are dead, she is heartbroken and Mia had two choices whether to die and be with her family or be with her Boyfriend Adam ”If I stay. If I live. It's up to me”.

Overall In the novel, Mia did the right thing, even though her family is gone, she still has her boyfriend Adam that loves her more

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