A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks

The novel I read is “A Walk To Remember” by Nicholas Sparks. The main character in this novel is Jamie Sullivan. Her mother died during giving birth to her and her father raised her all by himself. Jamie is a very kind hearted person as she loves to help the orphans. She also loved to read her bible which was left by her mother. Jamie always had a wish to marry in the church where her parents got married. She was also a very attentive student as she always had best grades in her studies. Moreover, she didn’t spend time going to ‘slumber parties’ with the other girls in her school and she was not one of the popular student in the school.              

         One day,  Landon , the student body president asked Jamie as his date to attend the school dance. Jamie was not the popular student in the school and  she was a very religious person and her father was the Beaufort church minister, Hergbert Sullivan. Landon, one of the popular students had to ask her even though he was reluctant to go to the dance with someone like her. She agreed to go for the school dance with him.

         A few days later, Jamie asked Landon to join the school drama. Landon agreed to be part of it even though he had no interest in it. Some days, Landon was even walking Jamie home after the drama rehearsal as he’s home was on the way to hers. Landon felt embarrassed as he was teased by his friends for spending time with Jamie as she was not one of the popular girls in the school. After some time, Landon enjoyed spending time with her even though it felt strange. Finally, as Landon and Jamie started to spend more time together, they fell in love with each other. 

        One day, Jamie insisted that Landon cannot be in love with her. As Landon demanded an explanation, it was revealed that she’s got leukemia and she was in the final stage of leukemia. Landon was devastated.  As days passed, Jamie was getting weaker. So, she had to stay in the hospital. Landon was always by her side. One day, while sitting next to Jamie while she slept, Landon came up with an idea to fulfill her wish. He ran to the church to find Hegbert and asked him for permission to marry Jamie. While Hegbert is reluctant, his refusal to deny Landon's request is seen by Landon as approval. Landon ran back to Jamie's side and asks, "Will you marry me?". Finally, Landon married Jamie in the church where her parents got married and she died soon after. Jamie was always a strong girl and that is why I love her character. 

" You're a wonderful person, Jamie. You're beautiful, you're kind,  you're gentle ...  you're everything I'd like to be. "  Landon said this when he first confessed his love to Jamie…

Loshini Sivaraja

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31 January 2014