Rachel Lippincott: FIve Feet Apart (Drei Schritte zu Dir)

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is not very promising and due to this fact he likes to bend the rules - because an infection could lead to death, CF patients are supposed to stay at least six feet apart - Stella urges him to keep up with his regimen & he agrees if she will let him draw her they have very different approaches to deal with their illness - it's refreshing to meet someone who's been through the same struggles - they develop a strong bond and Will becomes a close confidant to Stella - the closer they become emotionally the harder it gets to stay physically apart - as Stella falls for Will she reduces the six feet into five feet they go on their first date, end up at the hospital pool revealing their scars to each other - the next day is Will's birthday: Stella throws him a surprise dinner party with the help of Poe - Poe dies in the following night: Stella realizes how he didn't get to live his life and so she decides to live hers - Stella want to see the lights" with Will - during their trip she has to make a hard decision: either she gets a new set of lungs or Will - the solid ice Stella is walking on breaks & she almost dies but will gives her mouth-to-mouth - Will's therapy isn't working for him so he decides to leave the hospital and Stella - Stella's lung transplant is successful and she's not infected after the respiration - they meet each other again eight months later at the airport ..... FIVE FEET APART Stella Grant, 17 years old - has CF, so she grew up in and out of hospitals - older sister Abby passed away a year ago - waits for a new set of lungs - very friendly & intelligent, but controlling - has a YouTube-Channel on which she documents her life with CF - eats her pills with chocolate pudding - loves to watch the babies at the neonatal care - nevertheless she's very optimistic Characters - live your life to the fullest, because you never know what might happen in the next moment - live, laugh and love in the moment, because what happens in life is not always in our control - focus on the positive The others: Stella's parents, Will's mother, nurse Barb, nurse Julie, Dr. Hamid, Mya, Camilla, Jason, Hope, Michael mouth-to-mouth. Poe Ramirez, 17 years old - has CF and has been in the Hospital for over William Newman, 17 years old - has CF and Burkolderia Cepecia - his prognosis isn't very hopeful cynic and rebel, courageous - loves cartoons, also to draw them Message and keywords a decade, just like Stella - hard background story: underage, sick & alone Style first person-point-of-view from the perspectives of two narrators: Stella and Will - book flips between her and his perspective every other chapter - writing style was easy-going: yet not too easy but the atmosphere felt right mixture of explaining all the drama and the diseases with irony and humor without the plot getting ridiculed TASK keywords: Cystic Fibrosis, hospital, love and fear, painting, sickness/illness, the lights", friendship and romance, emotional near, death, living a full life, optimism, living in the present 1. the name of the hospital the teenagers at 2. the disease they have 3. Will and Stella use this to keep the distance at their first date 4. Stella wants to see the ..." 5. Stella eats... while taking her pills 6. she loves to watch the ... at the neonatal care 7. Will likes to draw and to look at 8. the color of Poe's favorite jersey Stella walks on breaks in and due to this fact Will has to give her tr STRUCTURE VII.plot I. authors II. cover III. background IV. summary of content V. Cystic Fibrosis VI. characters VIII.message IX. keywords X. style XI. personal opinion THE AUTHORS str RACHEL LIPPINCOTT was born in Philadelphia ► grew up in Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts English Writing at University of Pittsburgh ► lives in Pittsburgh ► writes books and organize a food truck 262 MIKKI DAUGHTRY was born in Atlanta Degree in Theatre Studies from the Brenau University ( lives in Los Angeles works as screenwriter tr TOBIAS IACONIS ► was born in Landstuhl (Germany) ► studied English Literature on the Haveford College (Philadelphia) ► lives in Los Angeles ▸ works as screenwriter K (SV COVER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE #1 New York Times Bestseller FIVE FEET APART Rachael Lippincott with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias laconis See the movie in theaters everywhere! #1 New York Times Bestseller FIVE FEET APART RACHAEL LIPPINCOTT with MIKKI DAUGHTRY and TOBIAS IACONIS 22. BACKGROUND actually not based on a true story inspired by conversations director Justin Baldoni has with the YouTuber Claire Wineland she appeared in Baldoni's CW documentary ,,My Last Days" Wineland's candor inspired the germ of an idea that would become Five Feet Apart 262 192 SUMMARY OF CONTENT str HUMAN TOUCH. OUR FIRST FORM OF COMMUNICATION. SAFETY, SECURITY, COMFORT, ALL IN THE GENTLE CARESS OF A FINGER. OR THE BRUSH OF LIPS ON A SOFT CHEEK. IT CONNECTS US WHEN WE ARE HAPPY, BOLSTERS US IN TIMES OF FEAR, EXCITES US IN TIMES OF PASSION AND LOVE. WE NEED THAT TOUCH FROM THE ONE WE LOVE, ALMOST AS MUCH AS WE NEED AIR TO BREATHE. BUT I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF TOUCH. HIS TOUCH. UNTIL I COULD NOT HAVE IT. Stella Grant CAN YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU CAN NEVER TOUGH? Stella is a teenage girl with Cystic Fibrosis ► her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control she's waiting for a new set of lungs ▸ a new guy arrives at the hospital: William Newman ► he also has CF 262 they have very different approaches to deal with their illness Stella tries do to everything right and is obsessed with her routines Will does whatever he can to live fully while he's still alive ► CF patients are supposed to stay at least six feet apart ▸ but they also have very similar experiences it's refreshing to meet someone who's been through the same struggles tell each other things they could never tell their ,,sometimes-friends" at school Will becomes a close confidant for Stella they start to develop a strong bond and romantic feelings ► the closer they become emotionally, the harder it gets to stay physically apart tr CYSTIC FIBROSIS BREATHING BECOMES A CHALLENGE ► is an inherited disease glands in the body that usually produce thin, slippery secretions produce thick, sticky secretions these secretions plug up the ducts that should carry the secretions either outside of the body or into a hollow organ such as the lungs or the intestines can affect vital body functions such as breathing or digestion tr people with CF get lung infections often ► over time, they have more trouble breathing they also have digestive problems which make it hard to gain weight ► chronic disease that currently has no cure 201 Healthy lungs Airway with healthy mucus Lungs affected by CF Airway with CF mucus str FOR Lungs Healthy airway MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Cystic fibrosis -Airflow 22. CHARACTERS ► 17 262 17 years old STELLA GRANT ▸ has Cystic Fibrosis, grew up in and out of hospitals ▸ older sister passed away a year ago ▸ has a YouTube-Channel on which she documents her life with CF tr intelligent and friendly, but also very controlling has built an app to aid patients in keeping track of medications ► loves to watch the babies in the neonatal care ▸ nevertheless she's very optimistic tr JEFF AND ERIN GRANT can't speak to each other after Abby's death ▸ Stella spends significant energy trying not to burden them 201 WILLIAM (,,WILL NEWMAN ► 17 years old has Cystic Fibrosis also contracted Burkholderia Cepecia enrolled in a clinical drug trial courageous and adventurous tr likes to bend the rules wishes to travel the world when he gets cured from BC loves cartoons and drawing appears to be skilled at origami tr MEREDITH NEWMAN Will has a strandes relationship with his mother she makes him do experimental treatments for his disease she's very sympathetic tr ► 17 years old POE RAMIREZ has Cystic Fibrosis ▸ has been in the Saint Grace's Hospital for over a decade ► his parents were deported to Columbia tr he's gay ▸ has had a series of relationships go sour because he feels like he's a burden and leaves his most recent, Micheal, still loves him and stays in contact with Stella ES NURSE BARBARA („BARB‘ nurse at the hospital ▸ very cautious and worried has a strong bond to the teenagers, especially to Stella but is still strict with them always remembers them to keep the distance Three NURSE JULIE & DR. HAMID Three Women a Box va LMS. BAK LONDO LUPUS L 3 Al NDON PLOT Stella checks into the hospital for help with an infection as though it's her second home ▸ Stella's looking at a drawing of flowery lungs which was done by her older sister Abby ► her two best friends Mya and Camilla show up the medical staff are all old friends of Stella, especially Barb sw 201 Stella knows all the routines she knows what to bring for comfort: her stuffed panda, the laptop she uses for her vlog and the pictures from her wall she runs a YouTube-Channel on which she's talking about her illness and her way to deal and live with it ► awaits a lung transplant str 1 201 her best case scenario may only work for five years Stella knows her best coping mechanisms are feeling in control of her ,,regimen" of care only takes her pills with chocolate pudding loves to visit the babies in the neonatal intensive care her best Friend Poe is back in hospital with too Will, another teenage CF patient, arrives at the hospital he's there to receive an experimental drug ▸ Will is a cynic and rebel 201 Will counts the days until he gets 18 to stop all the therapies his mother makes him do ▸ Stella presses him to keep up with his regimen he agrees if she will let him draw her ▸ because of their vulnerability to infection, CF patients have to stay at least six feet apart from each other 201 201 the only way to stay alive is to stay apart: latex gloves, no touching and six feet between them at all times they start talking a lot to each other, telling each other things they never could've dreamed telling someone ► same experiences, similarities str they start to develop a strong relationship and romantic feelings for each other getting harder to stay apart from each other ,,after all CF has taken from me, I don't mind stealing one foot back": title of the book they have a date, using a five-foot pole cue to measure their distance end up at the hospital pool they strip to reveal scars from their past surgeries talk about a lot of different things ► their relationship becomes stronger and stronger 201 the next day is Wills birthday Stella wants to surprise him and pretends that she has forget his birthday and a lot of stuff to do Stella throws him a surprise dinner party with the help of Poe invites his and her friends, but Barb finds out and ruin the party w tr ► Poe dies the next day which leaves Stella devastated ▸ she pushes Will away later she realizes how Poe did not get to live his life and never will she decides to live hers as good as she can R VIIM she wants to go to see the lights" ▸ Stellas character changed Will wants to leave the hospital after Stella pushes him away meet each other at the door of the hospital 262 ▸ Stella wants to see the lights" with Will he tries to distract her from this idea because they have to walk about two miles and it's freezing Stella is sure that she's going: with or without him so he decides to go with her, loving that new part of her personality ► talks about where they want to travel: Stella wants to travel to Rome, Will wants to travel the world (e.g. Brazil) 201 they take a break ▸ Stella explores some solid ice to walk on as they walk on the solid ice, Stellas phone is ringing permanently: a new set of lungs is ready for her Stella have to decide: Will or new lungs 201 201 looking at him being happy and smiling, she decides for Will, so she puts her phone off then the ice breaks in and Stella falls into the cold water she almost dies but will gives her mouth-to-mouth and saves her life ▸ calls the emergency to pick them up 201 Blu str while Stella has her surgery, Will finds out that he hasn't infected her with B. Cepecia but later he also finds out, that the therapy isn't working for him Will decides to leave Stella due to the fact that his therapy isn't working and he's going to die earlier than he ever thought 201 201 when she wakes up she's looking for Will, but he isn't in the room ► he gave her mother the notebook with all the drawings of her and named it „FIVE FEET APART" ► then she sees him through her window he has set up a display of lights outside of her room, because she didn't get to see the lights HIP ▸ Will makes Stella close her eyes and walks away eight months later, Will is at the airport with his friend Jason: they want to travel to Rio ► he watches a video on Stellas YouTube-Channel just as the video ends, he see's Stella at the airport on her way to Rome with Mya and Camilla 201 STOP tr ▸ she approaches him, stands six feet apart from him, then five hard for her to see him sick due to the fact she has her new set of lungs and can breathe so easily ► open ending str MESSAGE 1. live life to the fullest, because you never know, what might happen in the next moment 2. live, love and laugh in the present 3. focus on the Positive KEYWORDS Cystic Fibrosis hospital ► sickness/illness friendship and romance ► death ► optimism ► love and fear painting ,,the lights" emotional near ▸ a full life ► the present Per STYLE 201 ► first person-point-of-view from the perspectives of two narrators writing style is appropriate the writing is honest and felt realistic diseases get explained, jokes are made without the plot getting ridiculed PERSONAL OPINION