Landon Personal Identity

A major component of a person is their personal identity. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, personal identity is the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person normally attested by continuity of memory with present consciousness. In other words, when a person finds their “true self”. When thinking about what makes up a person’s life, there are many aspects, some are interests, family, friends, religion, and beliefs. It is an important part in a person’s life to truly find out who they are deep inside, in order for them to discover their identity. Many times people are challenged by other people’s views and opinions. To overcome these challenges one has to accept that not everyone is the same. Every person has different …show more content…
Instead of expelling Landon, the principal makes him help the janitors, tutor on Saturdays and be in the school play. It is while attending these functions that Landon recognizes Jamie Sullivan, who is the local minister’s daughter, which he has known since kindergarten. Considering Landon is part of the popular group, he rarely pays attention to Jamie who always wears modest dresses, makes no attempt to wear any make up and only owns one sweater. When Landon starts to struggle with learning his lines for the play, he asks Jamie for help, who is also in the play. Jamie agrees to help him on one condition that he promises not to fall in love with her. After practicing together for a while, a spark rises between them and on the opening night of the play, Landon kisses Jamie (which was not part of the play). After the play Jamie avoided Landon and doesn’t warm up to him again until Landon’s friends play a cruel prank on Jamie and Landon sticks up for her. Landon then asks Jamie on a date, but she says I can’t my father doesn’t allow me to date. Reluctant at first Jamie’s father accepts Landon’s request to date his daughter. Prior to their date Landon learned about a list that Jamie had made of things she wanted to do in her lifetime. On their first date, Landon helped Jamie to achieve some of those goals, like be in two places at once and get a tattoo. At the end of their first date they go to the docks and Jamie tells Landon how she experiences belief and how it's like the wind, then he asked her to kiss him. On another date Landon asks Jamie about goals she has for her future, when she responds that she doesn’t have any goals. Here Landon learns that Jamie has Leukemia and isn’t responding well to the treatments, so she doesn’t know how long she has to live. Landon’s friends slowly start to find out