Days in the ICU

Days in the ICU (intensive care unit)

This picture makes emphasis on  the book
 because Mia wants to go home.

Mia still hasn't heard of Teddy, and she still waits for Adam to come and see her. At first she believed that with all this mess her grand parents hadn't called anyone that is not immediate family. But then she sees her friend, Kim, and hope at the same time, she knows that Adam will come soon and that she has to make it. Through time she has figured out that although she cannot pass through doors and windows like she imagined, she can still move from side to side touching things like elevator buttons and making them work - without anyone noticing she was pushing buttons. After roaming around the ICU floor she stayed in her room to see who came, she spied a car on the front parking lot, it was a familiar car. It was one of Adam friend´s car! She was so happy, she wanted to hold him and kiss him so hard! - but, she couldn't, she couldn't even talk to him. Because all roads take you to Rome, the same dilemma arise again and again "If I stay...."

"--people called us the Groovy and the Geek." 91

 

            This part of the book made me connect to the movie by Walt Disney "The Beauty and the Beast." Because in his book Mia and Adam are 2 very different people, one loves classical music, the other is a rock lover, just as Belle and the Beast (whom is actually called Adam just as Mia´s boyfriend). Belle is a “normal girl” even though everyone else calls her weird because she likes to read, and Prince Adam is a rich prince that lives in an enchanted castle with all his servants turned to objects that have eyes, feelings, and know how to sing and cook (!) and somehow they found a way to each other. Anyhow, Mia and Adam also have many differences, there is one thing that connects them both, music, and for all those years it is what’s going to keep them together. As bad as Mia gets Adam wants to be with her, so bad that in a further part of the book he starts to dress up as a janitor, so he could get in to see Mia. This also shows the deep love and strong relationship they’ve built.


"But whatever and whoever he was early this morning, he isn't that person any longer". 119
For me Gayle used this phrase not only to say how the truck driver, although he had no apparent superficial wounds, he would NEVER be who he was in the morning. But also to say how all of humans have those days where you don't know who you are anymore. Like in Alice in Wonderland, Alice says, "I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then." (Alice in Wonderland). Everyone changes in their life, either they grow as a better person or not, but we all learn from obstacles life has putted in front of us. Because apparently that is life's job, making our life like a stair case, you cant get to the end of it in one step, you have to go through them all, even if it is jumping.