Compare And Contrast A Walk To Remember Book And Movie

Picking up a good book to read or watching a movie can both be enjoyable, however, when reading a book that was made into a movie you can come across some similarities and differences between the two. The book and book A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks have details that are very similar and those that contrast with each other. The plot, theme, and characters from the book are both different and similar to the movie.

The novel a A Walk To Remember is narrated by Landon Carter one of the main characters in the novel. Landon is fifty-seven years old, however he describes the time of his life when he was seventeen and a senior. Landon was a popular kid in school, and was elected for class president. As class president Landon must attend the …show more content…
One significant theme in both the movie and the book is that love is power powerful or as most people say love conquers all. The true love that Jamie and Landon had for each other helped them get through everything such as the hardships with Leukemia and the fear they had of what they 're friends might think of them. Another theme is get to know a person instead of just judging them. In the opening Landon doesn 't think much of Jamie especially in the movie he thinks that she is just someone that 's not good enough for him or, in other words, someone that 's not cool. Later however he falls in love with her and realizes that she 's not what he thought she would be like she 's actually a nice,kindhearted,and heartwarming girl. COming of age is also a theme especially as we see Jamie and Landon grow. Lastly another major theme in this novel and in this movie is you shouldn 't let other around you choose who you hangout with,or what you should be like, you should do what makes you happy. Landon always listened to his father to be class president join and do school activities he also listened to his friends who influenced him to only hang out with them and other people who THEY liked. Landon wasn 't happy with that, he was happy when he chose what he wanted to do and hangout with Jamie. A Walk To Remember has many very outstanding themes in …show more content…
Landon Carter is one of the main characters. Landon is the narrator of novel and tells about a past time in his life.He is one of the more immature popular kids in school and believes he can do anything with his life but as the book goes on he became student body president joins the drama club and becomes a better person and really sets to care for others more than for himself after meeting Jamie. Jamie Sullivan is another main character in the story she is the total opposite of Landon. Jamie is a religious, happy, selfless and warm hearted girl. Jamie stays like this throughout the whole story her kind personality doesn 't change. Jamie 's father Hegbert Sullivan is the minister at the local church. Is it over protective over his daughter and doesn 't like the idea of her hanging out with Landon, however, Landon shows him that he really cares about Jamie and he eases off on him a little. Landon’s parents ,on the other hand, are very rich and more sophisticated people also they really don 't spend time with him as much. Another character that is not one of the main but is important is Landon 's friend Eric Hunter. In the beginning and he teases him for hanging out with Jamie but towards the end he becomes a more better character and donates to the orphanages and apologizes for the way he acted. Every Character plays a significant role in A Walk To