Nicholas Sparks’ A Walk to Remember draws out many emotional responses two of which are happiness and sadness. The happiness didn’t just come from various instances in the story, but came from the story as a whole. When Landon says, “It was, I remember, the most wonderful moment of my life”(240), it brings back to your memory the ups and downs that Landon and Jamie had throughout the story. You realize the maturing that …showed first 75 words of 771 total…

…showed last 75 words of 771 total…he wanted it. Nicholas Sparks wants us to believe that Landon is doing this for Jamie, but if you look at it close enough he’s doing it for himself. He wants to feel like he’s doing the right thing without thinking about the consequences, which is flat out childish. Landon did make some growth in this novel, but I don’t believe that he grew as much as Nicholas Sparks believes he grew.