A Walk to Remember: Author, Story And Characters

Author’s Background

As a youngster, Nicholas Sparks lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, at last settling in Fair Oaks, California at eight years old. His dad was a teacher, his mom a homemaker, at that point optometrist’s partner. He lived in Fair Oaks through secondary school, graduate valedictorian in 1984, and got a donation to the University of Notre Dame.

His more young sister influenced the story. The character Jamie Sullivan for him is his sister for they are particularly identical from numerous points of view, her attributes, character, frame of mind and characteristics. Much the same as the character in the story, she had a similar adversity of having an disease that drove her to her died. He said that the story isn’t just about her sister, yet in addition about the stunning things that her man did for her.

Story

The story occurred in the city of Beaufort, North Carolina. A community with chapels, for the most part Baptist, in each corner and pretty much every individuals in the town are buddy with everybody. It was the sort of spot where the clamminess so high in the late spring that exiting to get the mail made an individual as though he required a shower, and children shuffled around shoeless from April through October underneath oak trees hung in Spanish greenery. The entirety of the youngsters around the local area go to a similar school, which isn’t generally that numerous individuals. The story for the most part happens when Landon is run to Jamie home or at school. There is additionally a central house that Jamie for the most part visits the kids she adores and thinks about.

The story starts with Landon Carter narrated his town, that is has numerous holy places both Christian and Baptist. Their lives were focused on the houses of worship. Landon is a seventeen years of age senior in Beaufort High School. Consistently they put on their Christmas play that was composed by Hegbert Sullivan, a Baptist serve in their town and the dad of Jamie Sullivan. Landon narrated him as an exceptionally elderly person and he and his buddys used to call him names and offend him at whatever point they see him when they were more childish.

Back to the story, the play was motivated by the very good story A Christmas Carol. He needed to give another curve on the play so he made his own, an account of a dad who is so depressed suffering over the passing of his significant other that he isn’t a lot of a dad to his kid. A blessed messenger appears to the man, and she advises him to be a superior father; she additionally plays out a minor act of God for the family on Christmas morning. The play, performed in the nearby playhouse, highlights seniors from the secondary school.

Like Hegbert, he raised Jamie by his own since his women passed on while bringing her. He and his girl were so close. In view of her dad, Jamie was misjudged by different classmates in their school for she generally convey a book of bible that they thought was typical for her since she is a girl of a priest. Other than conveying a book of bible, she generally wears her dark colored coat at whatever point she’s in school and has an unattractive hairdo that makes her ugly to other people.

Landon was chosen as body president and due to this he was required to go to the school’s homecoming move. He scanned their year-book for young ladies he would take to the move however it leaves him no decision yet to go with Jamie Sullivan. He knew her since kid yet their family doesn’t get along well in view of some issue with respect to his grand dad and Hegbert. He went to her home and asked her to the move. She was appreciative about him asking her to the move and wound up cleaning and dealing with Landon’s ex since she was excessively ruined.

As a result of Landon’s support to Jamie about the move, half a month later, Jamie inquired as to whether he could fill the role of the dad in their play since they had no way out who’s going to assume the job. Landon hesitantly concurred. Jamie filled the role of the blessed messenger. In view of this occasion, they turned out to be near one another despite the fact that Landon does so just out of commitment. Landon finds that Jamie needed to get hitched and doesn’t plan to go to school.

They visited a central house and wished-for to give the youngsters a unique present on Christmas. As days passed, Landon appeared to be baffled about their fellowship and said that he wouldn’t like to be with her any longer additionally in light of friend pressure. He burst out furiously at her the night prior to their play as he was runing her to her home, she was harmed yet wouldn’t like to show him however apologizes before their play.

During the scene where the dad, played via Landon, should see the heavenly girl, played by Jamie, he was astounded by how lovely Jamie was with her holy messenger as one. Indeed, even different classmates were stunned about her appearance. That somewhat influences his sentiments with her.

Jamie purchased presents for the homeless person on Christmas day from the cash she has gathered through each container she has putted around the town and Landon helped her gather it. Be that as it may, as he gave the aggregate sum, it was insufficient for the present for the homeless person so he added his reserve funds to it and offered it to Jamie without advising to her what he did. What’s more, his show made it feasible for Jamie’s arrangement to be effective.

While at the central house, Landon gave Jamie a blessing, another coat however with a similar shading she wears without fail. Jamie likewise gave Landon a blessing yet it was her book of bible that was imperative to her. Landon is profoundly moved by both the obviousness of the homeless person’s environment and by the profound association Jamie shares with the homeless persons. He is additionally amazed by how excellent she looks; he can’t take his eyes off her. Landon before long acknowledges he has begun to look all starry eyed at Jamie.

A while later they see each other normally. They had their first kiss, and they start dating. Landon then notification that she was getting more skinny and starts to have wound on her skin. He overlooks these things in any case. He at that point revealed to her his actual sentiments; that he has become hopelessly love her. Jamie felt the need that she should educate him concerning her sickness and has a couple of months to live. Landon was crushed. He attempted to adapt up to his anger and anxiety and appealed to God for a supernatural occurrence. He all of a sudden understood his motivation throughout everyday life and job about Jamie’s ailment and ought to take care of business. Before long he found that reason and requested that her wedding with him even in her harmed state. He looks for consent with Jamie’s dad and concurs. Furthermore, similarly as in her vision of her big day, many visitors show up for her wedding. Jamie’s moderate, walk down the passageway is, undoubtedly, ‘a walk to remember.’

Toward the start of the story Landon Carter mirrors the occasions that happened quite a while from now since he is as of now 57 years of age. He said that his story couldn’t be summarized with a couple of sentences and gets him. Regardless he lives in his town. He regularly remember that year in his brain and breathes life into it back however consistently make him feel both misery and satisfaction. He leaves his home and glances around and shuts his eyes and things appear to invert back in time. He saw his hair change its shading, the roads back to they were utilized to be and he winds up remaining in outside the Baptist church and once he was again seventeen. Toward the finish of the story regardless he mirrors their wedding and has not off his wedding ring and said that he currently accepted that supernatural power occur.

Characters

Landon Carter

The fifty multi year elderly person who portrays his story through flashbacks. He experiences the years throughout his life, the years that transformed him. He is the child of Worth Carter, a congressman in their town yet was not frequently home so they hadn’t built up a decent association with one another.

He is a unique character since he began to be an rascal and one of the student who doesn’t care for Jamie Sullivan. Be that as it may, as the story went on, he became hopelessly love with Jamie and realized what his motivation throughout everyday life.

Jamie Sullivan

The multi year old young lady Landon became hopelessly love with. She is a sort hearted individual, delicate, and consistently carry out beneficial things to her friends and the individuals around her. She is the little girl of the town’s Hegbert Sullivan. She generally conveys a book of bible with her and wears her dark colored coat that gives her the impression of a failure in their school.

She is a static character since she kept up her qualities, and character from the earliest starting point until the end. Other than changing her physical appearance, she is as yet the equivalent Jamie whom Landon met the absolute first time.

Hegbert Sullivan

He is the Baptist serve and the dad of Jamie Sullivan. He raised her alone on the grounds that his better half kicked the bucket bringing forth Jamie. He is additionally the person who composed the play ‘The Christmas Angel’ which was played each year at their nearby playhouse.

He is a unique character in light of the fact that toward the start of the story, he harmed the childlike couple from being as one and beginning to look all starry eyed at however later on couldn’t upset God’s arrangement.

Worth Carter

He is the dad of Landon Carter and the congressman of their town. He is only from time to time home so he and Landon haven’t a lot of a relationship. He helped Jamie by giving the essential hardware to Jamie to be out of the emergency clinic and sent home.

Landon’s Mother

She fills in as Landon’s quality at whatever point he needs her. She urges Landon to take Jamie to unique spots for him to her his sentiments. She is exceptionally warm towards Jamie and is a decent mother to Landon. She is a static character since she remained the equivalent all through the story. She stayed strong to her child until they got hitched.

Miss Garber

She is their dramatization instructor. She is huge and overweighed. She helped in the school play The Christmas Angel.

Eric Hunter

He is Landon’s closest buddy and the most well known kid in school. He is likewise the star of their football crew and frequently bully Landon about his closeness with Jamie. He is additionally a unique character in light of the fact that toward the end when he realized that Jamie has a sickness, he is sorry to her and must deal with the manner in which he had constantly treated Jamie.

Issue

The story has both inside and outer issue. The inside issue of the novel would be when Landon was battling with himself whether he should take Jamie to the prom due to what individuals would state about him. And furthermore in light of the fact that he realized his buddy’s would bully him about it in the event that he took her.

One outer issue from the novel would be that Landon and his buddy’s were continually opposing on the grounds that they would consistently bully him since he loved Jamie. Another outside issue from the novel would be that Jamie’s dad doesn’t care for Landon, and he and her dad don’t generally agree with things. With the goal that’s an issue in light of the fact that Landon likes Jamie however he needs to get her dad’s support first.

Landon fills in as the hero such that he attempts to conquer two contradicting power, it is possible that he ought to pursue his emotions with Jamie or take his buddy’s bullying. Then again he is additionally the opponent since he is likewise at war with himself and needs to discover what his identity is and his motivation throughout everyday life. Jamie helped him in discovering answers to his own issues. She caused him to understand that he could be the best individual he could be.

Principally the topic of the story is whether you ought to pursue your heart or your psyche. Landon knew Jamie since they were kid. From that point forward, he saw Jamie as a young lady in their school who is ugly and nobody would ever take to be with on the grounds that she generally conveys a book of bible and has an old design style. At the point when they turned out to be close, Landon imagined that she is awful picture for him and his buudys bother him on account of their harmony.

The more they have been as one, the more Landon’s sentiments create. Simply then he understood that he ought to pursue his heart and educate Jamie regarding his actual sentiments disregarding what his companions would state. At the point when he found out about Jamie’s sickness, he believed that he couldn’t successfully change her destiny. In any case, he at that point confides in his heart and accepted that there can be supernatural occurrences. His heart revealed to him the things that he ought to do and his motivation for Jamie, and that is to adore her and wed her.

Jamie Sullivan

She is an intricate character who resists stereotyping. She is likewise the genuine heavenly attendant of the story other than assuming the job of the holy messenger in their school play, she fundamentally gave expectation the characters in the story She made Landon transform into a man in his seventeen years old, she made Landon and his dad together once more, and caused her dad to understand that it was God’s arrangement for her to be cheerful.