ORIENTATION: A Walk To Remember is an American romantic

melodrama movie directed by Adam Shankman. The story is based on

1999 novel by Nicholas Sparks with the same title. The film casts
Mandy Moore and Shane West as main leads. The film released on 25
January 2002.

INTERPRETATIVE: The story begins in Beaufort, North Carolina,

when a popular and rebellious teenager Landon Carter (Shane West)
and his friends have partaken in underage drinking on school grounds.
They lure a new student, Clay Gephardt, to a factory in the hopes of
pranking him, with the façade that this is an initiation task into their
friendship group. However, Clay becomes seriously injured, which is
brought to the attention of the school principal through law
enforcement. In an effort to avoid law involvement, the school
principal gives Landon the choice of being expelled from the school or
completing several service projects which include weekend tutoring,
janitorial duties, and participation in the school play. Choosing the
latter, Landon is further acquainted with Jamie Sullivan (Mandy
Moore), the local minister's daughter. He never befriended her due to
the status quo at the high school, though he has known her most of his
life.

Landon begins to struggle with the play and reluctantly seeks

guidance from Jamie, who agrees to help him on the condition that he
won't fall in love with her, but Landon dismisses it as a foolish idea.
They begin practising together at her house after school. A bond
begins to form between the two until Jamie realizes that Landon wants
to keep their friendship a secret from others, so she decides to distance
herself from him.

On the opening night of the play, Jamie astounds Landon and the
audience with her voice and beauty. When Jamie finishes singing
towards the end, Landon kisses her. Afterwards, Jamie avoids Landon
until his friends play a cruel prank on her. In opposition to his friends,
he defends her and she eventually warms up to him again. Landon asks
Jamie to go on a date, to which Jamie reveals that she's not allowed to
date. Landon visits the church in order to ask her father for
permission. Jamie's father is initially hesitant but agrees.
 Their first date is a huge success, and leads to another. Their
relationship strengthens, and all seems well. During a date, however,
Jamie confesses that she isn't making any plans for the future because
she has leukemia and hasn't been responding to treatment. Jamie's
condition grows worse and she gets sent to the hospital. While she is
admitted, Jamie gives Landon a book that once belonged to her
deceased mother and tells him that Landon is her angel. Unbeknownst
to Landon, Jamie is given private home care by Landon's estranged
father to relieve her father's financial burden.

Landon builds a telescope for Jamie to see a one-time comet in the

springtime. Jamie's father helps him get it finished in time she gets a
beautiful view of the comet. It is then that Landon asks her to marry
him. Jamie tearfully accepts, and they get married in the church where
her mother was married. Landon reflects that their very last summer
together was spent as man and wife, and that she had passed away
soon after.

Years later, Landon returns to Beaufort to visit Jamie's father,

revealing that he had been accepted into medical school. Landon
laments that Jamie was never able to witness a miracle, to which
Jamie's father replied that the miracle was Landon himself. Hereafter,
Landon expresses sorrow over Jamie's passing, but describes their love
like the wind; he can't see it, but he can feel it.

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