Journals 8/28-31/07

D.O.L

8/28/07- Even though thier parents objected, Captain Ron took her and her friend on a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon.

8/30/07- Aunt Felicia said," Golfing is more relaxing than swimming or jogging.

8/31/07- Mark's father is an engineer at the Ace Farm Equipment Co., his mother is an illustrator at Herrara Publications Inc.

Journals

8/28/07- Will the new lunchline set-up succeed? Discuss

I think that the lunch set-up worked I just don't like it at all! It's alot shorter and I feel like I don't have enough time to eat. I hate being rushed. Now it's just like the middle school. I think we deserve a longer lunch.

8/30/07- Beans or Franks? Discuss

I like Franks better than beans. Franks are better because who doesn't like to eat something made up of mistery meat. Beans are just weird smelling and nasty.

8/31/07- What was your most memorable summer adventure?

My most memorable memory would have to be going to the beach with my whole family. One night my mom, aunt, and I stayed up all night and talked about thier mom and dad which past away when they were little. I learned things about my grandparents that I would have never Known.

Book Synopsis: A Walk To Remember

Title: A Walk To Remember
Author: Nicolas Sparks
Publication Date: October 1999
Page Count: 240
Type: Fiction
Started on: 8/30/07
Finished on: 9/10/07
Grade: A+

1. Why did I decide to read this book?
I decided to read this book because it will make you smile, laugh, and cry. I am a hopeless romantic and this is one of the best love stories ever in my opinion.

2. Plot summary (avoiding major spoilers when possible):
Jamie Sullivan was the preachers daughter, a loner who carried a bible everywhere she went. Landon Carter was popular and was a big guy on campus. But when he couldn't find a date for the dance he didn't want to be the one left cleaning the bathrooms so he asked Jamie. What he didn't know was that he would fall in love with her and his life would change forever!

3. What is the setting, and why is it important to the novel? The setting is 1958 at Beaufort, North Carolina by the ocean. A beautiful place where you have the sweet smell of pine tree and salt water. The setting is important because they witness a beautiful sunset together and the weather impacts Jamie because the colder it gets the weaker she grows.

4. Who are the main characters, and what roles do they play in the novel?
Jamie Sullivan is the sweet heart that all the partents love and the kids can't stand. She works at at the orphanage in Morehead City and reads to the children. She would give anything for anyone and she always believes everything is in the lord's plan.
Landon Carter is best friends with Eric Hunter the most popular boy at school so that makes him cool too. Him and his friends would sneak out of thier houses at night and eat boiled peanuts in the grave yard and back then it was a really bad thing to do. So to sum it up he was the bad boy in town.

5. What is/are the main conflict(s) in the novel?
Jamie makes Landon promise not to fall in love with her yet he does and then she begins to grow weak and Landon learns that she had cancer. She is dieing slowly but he knows she doesn't have that much time left and he feels thats not long enough.

6. Describe the climax of the novel.
The climax is when she finally tells why she has been sick lately and not gotten better. Then she tells him she is dieing from cancer.

7. What is the significance of the book's title? Is the title appropriate, or would I change it to something else?
A walk to remember means the long hard walk Jamie made down the aisle at thier wedding. Landon thought to himself that her walk was probably the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make because she was so sick and weak. In every way, it was a walk to remember.

8. What is my opinion about this book? Why (give specifics)?
This is the best book I have ever read in my life. I love it because it shows that there still can be love like that out in the world. It makes me hope that one day I will find someone like that and it makes me believe there are still people out there with all the love in the world in thier heart. You are a blessed person to find a special person and when you read about that kind of love it makes your heart beat fast.