Philippine Normal University

The National Center for Teacher Education

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BANTOG, Clarisse S. IV-13 BECED February 2017

Dear John

Story Map
After high school, John enlists in the army. While home on a leave, John meets Savannah
who is in North Carolina doing mission work. Their attraction is mutual and they quickly
fall in love. John has to leave two weeks after they met to go back to the army.
Savannah agreed that she would wait for him to finish his tour of duty. They write letters
to each other and picked up where they left off when he comes back on another leave.
However they start to drift apart when 9-11 occurs and John is forced to re-enlist in the
army. They begin to grow apart and eventually Savannah sends him a letter that says she
is in love with someone else. John was heartbroken and stops communicating with her.
It turns out that Savannah married her best friend she grew up with, Tim, who John
became friends with when he met Savannah. Tim has Melanoma and there is nothing the
doctors can do anymore. Savannah wants to send him to a better hospital that can run
experiments and tests on him but she can't afford it.
Before John leaves to go back to Iraq, he donates all the money his father's coin
collection was worth to Tim's fund. He never spoke to Savannah again and goes on living
his life in the army.
Character Sketch
John Tyree - hero and gentleman, kind and honest
Savannah Lynn Curtis has a big heart
Tim Wheddon - a good man, sweet and patient

Theory
Psychoanalytic Analysis
Id Johns rebellion reached a high point; he just wants to date dozens of women and
drink beer.
Superego occurs when John actually thought about what he was doing with his life, and
he wondered whether he should take his dads advice and get a college degree.
Ego when John joined the military.

Conflict
Differences between John and his father
Johns rebellion
Savannah think that Johns father might have Aspergers
9/11 happens and John feels obligated to reenlist
letters from Savannah began to change
Savannah fall in love with someone else
Savannah married Tim
Tim got melanoma
John has to leave to fight in Iraq

Theme
Selfless love
Love meant that you care for another persons happiness more than your own, no matter
how painful the choices you face might be.