Going on without her.
Like the movie, in the novel A Walk to Remember the story of young, true love ended with Landon and how he felt about living life without Jamie after she left the world. When he was talking about Jamie though there was a few differences between the movie and the book. In the novel, Landon was 57 years old, and in the movie he was in his 20's and in college. In the film, it was not mentioned if Landon was remarried but in Nicholas Sparks' piece of writing, he made it clear that Landon found no reason to remove his wedding band that Jamie gave him because he was still in love with her, 40 years later.
Also, in the film it was Jamie's father, Mr. Sullivan that told Landon that he was Jamie's miracle while in the novel, Landon was the one who said he believes in miracle.
Below is the last two paragraphs of the novel, that just blew my mind away. You see, Landon was a person who didn't have faith, didn't have anything to believe in until Jamie came in his life.
"It is now forty years later, and I can still remember everything from that day. I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I've never removed my ring. In all these years, I've never felt the desire to do so. "
"I breathe deeply, taking in the fresh spring air. Though Beaufort has changed and I have changed, the air itself has not. It's still the air of my childhood, the air of my seventeenth year, and when I finally exhale, I'm fifty-seven once more. But this is okay. I smile slightly, looking toward the sky, knowing there's one thing I still haven't told you: I now believe, by the way, that miracles can happen."
While I was searching through videos about the movie, I came across the one below. It wasn't featured in the movie, but it was a music video off of Mandy Moore's (she plays the role of Jamie in the movie) cd. I think it goes well with the book because it showed how hard it was for Landon, who was played by Shane West, to live the years he did without his wife.
Also, in the film it was Jamie's father, Mr. Sullivan that told Landon that he was Jamie's miracle while in the novel, Landon was the one who said he believes in miracle.
Below is the last two paragraphs of the novel, that just blew my mind away. You see, Landon was a person who didn't have faith, didn't have anything to believe in until Jamie came in his life.
"It is now forty years later, and I can still remember everything from that day. I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I've never removed my ring. In all these years, I've never felt the desire to do so. "
"I breathe deeply, taking in the fresh spring air. Though Beaufort has changed and I have changed, the air itself has not. It's still the air of my childhood, the air of my seventeenth year, and when I finally exhale, I'm fifty-seven once more. But this is okay. I smile slightly, looking toward the sky, knowing there's one thing I still haven't told you: I now believe, by the way, that miracles can happen."
While I was searching through videos about the movie, I came across the one below. It wasn't featured in the movie, but it was a music video off of Mandy Moore's (she plays the role of Jamie in the movie) cd. I think it goes well with the book because it showed how hard it was for Landon, who was played by Shane West, to live the years he did without his wife.
posted by Arifa. @ 7:18 AM
1 Comments:
At April 6, 2008 at 9:05 PM ,
Goyal said...
hey, I just wanted to say that this was a really good blog. I liked the way that you compared and contrasted the book and the movie. I saw it once, and I don't remember seeing a 57 version of Landon at all. You really seemed to like the book, and paid attention to the small details. Great job, keep it up
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