Wednesday, October 18, 2006

A Walk to Remember


The movie revolves around the lives of two very different Beaufort High School teenagers: the daughter of a Baptist Minister, Jamie Sullivan and a jaded, aimless high school senior, Landon Carter.
When a prank on a fellow high-school student goes wrong, Landon is punished with mandatory participation in various after-school activities, such as tutoring to younger disadvantaged children at their sister school and acting in the drama club's final production, the spring play. At these functions he is forced to interact with Jamie Sullivan, but does not befriend her immediately. When Landon realizes that he needs help learning his lines for the production, he asks Jamie to assist him. She agrees to help him if he promises not to fall in love with her, to which he responds by saying, "That's not a problem."
Eventually, Landon is intrigued by Jamie's positive attitude, forgiving nature, and overwhelming faith.Landon falls in love with Jamie even though she had previously told him not to. Jamie finally tells Landon that she has terminal leukemia and has stopped responding to treatments. As Jamie is hospitalized, Landon fulfills various wishes on Jamie's "Before I Die" list, such as build her a telescope so she can see a comet. Through this process, Landon and Jamie learn more about nature and love. The movie ends with Jamie's death, but only after the couple are married in the same chapel as was Jamie's deceased mother, the event that topped Jamie's wish list. Landon himself becomes a better person through Jamie's memory, achieving the goals that he set out to do, like she did.
Although Landon knows Jamie will die, he still chooses to love her and get hurt rather than leave her. This is what true love is about, sacrifice.

Attached is a link to one of my favorite clips of "A Walk to Remember".

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