Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Dear John

I read the book Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. I think the title of the book relates to a love story, or relationship book. The picture on the front cover looks like two people John and Savannah are in love, sitting on the beach. It is about the two falling in love in just two weeks. Their both sitting on the beach because everyday John and Savannah would go to the beach. They would either surf, or just lay their at watch the sunset go down. In Those two weeks were the best days of each others life, the only thing that the both of them didn't want to happen was John going back to Germany. After a few days going by Savannah knew it was going to be hard to not see John everyday. She didn't think it was so hard to say good bye to someone. John, wishes he wasn't in the army because he would rather be living each and every day with Savannah.
 John in highschool was the type of boy who did not care about anything besides partying and going out with friends. The group of boys he hung out with were the exact same way that is why John is this way. He barely passed highschool with low grades. I would consider John laid back. Once John went into the army, everything changed. He wasn't the boy he used to be in highschool. He respected everyone around him and made himself a better person.
 Savannah is the type of girl who is always working hard for what she wants. She is very open, and outgoing. In highschool, she was the valedictorian. Savannah went off to college to figure out what she wanted to be in the future. She wanted to teach the disabled kids to relate to horses. Savannah is worthy of critism, if she is told something she will respect what is being said and try something new.
 Two weeks, that's all it took for me to fall in love with you. This sentence is my favorite sentence because it sums up alot of the book. John never thought he would meet a girl and fall in love within the two weeks he was with her. He instantly knew that Savannah was the girl of his dreams. She was the one who he wanted to marry, spend the rest of his life with. He wanted to come home to Savannah at the end of every day. Savannah was the exact same way. She said he made her the happiest girl and everyday with him felt just right. John was important to her, and she wanted him to know that. The only thing Savannah didn't like was John leaving for the Army. It was the worse part for her. They wrote letters, talked on the phone for hours. But, it wasn't the same as seeing eachother in person. She cried everyday hoping he would come back one day. Savannah could barely do anything without thinking about John. I feel that sentence made the whole book feel like it was true love.

2 comments:

  1. Katie, What a sad story! Because you don't want to summarize too much in your blog posts, make sure to tie all of your ideas back to your main idea (the title). Also, have you ever heard of a "Dear John" letter?

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  2. i was looking through my posts and seen you commented on this, sorry! but no i haven't!

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