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A Walk To Remember Essay

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A walk to remember

The book that I’ve read is called A walk to remember and the authors name is Nicholas spark. You’ve probably heard of him before, because of his other well known, romantic books, such as Dear john, The lucky one and one of my favorites, The notebook. Nicholas Sparks has just turned 49 years old and he has seventeen published novels plus one none-fiction. Eight of his romantic novels have been adabted into films including, A walk to remember. Nicholas sparks is an american novelist, producer and screenwriter. His first published novel was The notebook, and it was published in october, 1996. Sparks lives in North Carolina with his wife, his three sons and his twin daughters. If you’ve read his novels and if you’ve payed attention then you can see that he names all the charachters after his kids. An example of that is the girl in A walk to remember, her name is Jamie and the boys name is landon, and so is his childrens name.

The story starts with a prologue from Landon Carter at age 57. He reminds him self of a story of him and of a girl he once knew, the story takes place back when he …show more content…

While Landon isn’t very enthusiastic about participating, he agrees to is anyway. Jamie on teh other hand, could’t be happier about her new cast mate. Landon knows that if his friends learn about his role in the play, he will be teased relentlessly so he tries to keep it as a secret. But one day, Jamie asks if Landon will walk her home, which becomes a routine. On the way home, his friends cathes him at sight with Jamie, and after that day, his friends keep mocking him for it, and so Landon becomes truly embarressed to be with Jamie. But when the day of school play comes, he catches her gaze, and he sees that she more than just one of gods miracles, and thats when their love

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