Dear John; Book vs. Movie Author Nicholas Sparks added to his list of best sellers with the novel Dear John. Dear John is a love story‚ love stories make big money in movie form‚ so the novels are popular to make into a movie. Books and movies are two forms of entertainment that are closely related and we overlook the differences among them. There are many similarities between the two‚ but there are also major differences. If one has never read a novel and then watched the movie version of
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Dear John is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks. Published on August 7th‚ 2007‚ with over 3 million books sold‚ Sony Pictures turned Dear John into a movie starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Dear John takes place in the year 2000 to 2006‚ after John re-enlists after 9/11. Dear John takes place in Charleston‚ South Carolina; a small‚ rural town‚ with many ethnic groups. Charleston is known for their sports‚ the beach‚ historic sites to see‚ hiking and biking. This is a romantic novel with
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John is a soldier in the Army that is longing for a fresh start. The conflict type in Dear John is man vs. the unknown. The “unknown” antagonist in this novel is distance. It’s distance that separates John from Savannah and its distance that separates John from having a relationship with his father. John is in Germany‚ so there is no way for him to be with the girl he loves. John’s father is autistic so there is no way for him to get close to his father. In both cases‚ distance is the problem for
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Dear John By: Alisha Wallace ENG225: Introduction to Film (GSK1249D) Instructor: Dwight Paulsen 01/18/2013 Dear John is an endemic and heartbreaking story‚ which has a fiction story based on nonfiction events. This is a love story written by Nicholas Sparks. This novel was made into a movie and was directed by Lasse Hallstorm.“Dear John” the letter read. And with those two words‚ a heart was
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Your Dad Loves You‚ I Can Tell‚ Even If You Can’t Jael Zimmerman Westmoreland County Community College Abstract Dear John by Nicholas Sparks uses two main characters‚ John’s father and Tim’s brother Alan‚ to express the symptoms and complications of the psychological disorder Asperger Syndrome. This disorder is considered a form of autism. People with this disorder will be passionate about one or more topics‚ but will struggle with daily tasks. The novel provides an extended metaphor through John’s
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THE BOOOK : Dear John NAME OF AUTHOR : Nicholas Sparks SETTINGS : Hilmington ‚ North Carolina MAIN CHARACTERS : * John Tyree * Savannah Lynn Curtis * Randy Welch * Mr. Tyree * Tim Wheddon * Noodles * Rooster * Gavin McCulley Starks * Bryce Hayes Harris (Cameo) * Braeden Reed Alan * Alan (Age 14) CHARACTER LIKED BEST & REASON : * John ‚ because John did not let go of his feelings although they are far to each other. I like John because his
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“Dear John Wayne” by Louise Erdrich is about the stereotype of the Native American‚ being a savage race on film and how the Native Americans watching the film react to those stereotypes. The Characters in the play are the movie goers who happen to be Native American and John Wayne in the movie. The movie was written for a different audience than the one watching. Let’s start at the very beginning… the name of the poem is “Dear John Wayne”‚ it occurred to me that a lot of these authors put a great
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DEAR JOHN BY NICHOLAS SPARKS MAIN CHARACTERS 1. John Tyree - is a very independent person who likes to work hard for what he does. He fell in love with Savannah. 2. Savannah Lynn Curtis – a collage student and also helping build the Habitat fr the humanity in North Carolina. 3. Tim Wheddon – Savannah’s bestfriend since childhood. 4. Mr. Tyree or Bill Tyree – John’s father who has an Asperger’s Disease. 5. Alan Wheddon – Tim’s younger brother. SETTINGS 1. Wilmington‚ North Carolina
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The Movie or the Book? Nicholas Sparks has written multiple novels that have evolved into movies‚ such as The Notebook‚ The Last Song‚ Dear John‚ Message in a Bottle‚ and A Walk to Remember. The movies previously mentioned are as equally good as the novels except for Dear John. To me‚ Dear John is one of the best books written by Nicholas Sparks‚ yet the movie is the worst. The plot is excellent‚ but it is poorly portrayed in the movie. Several literary elements are found in both the movie and the
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Nicholas Sparks Dear John Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on December 31‚ 1965‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska. He was the middle of three children. He is an internationally-bestselling American novelist‚ screenwriter and one of the world’s most loved authors. He has 15 published novels‚ with themes that include Christian faith‚ love‚ tragedy and fate. Six have been adapted to film. One of his most well-known and most heartbreaking lovestory is Dear John. It was published in 2010. At the center
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