I. Title: Dear John
II. Author: Nicholas Sparks
III. Classification of Fiction: Romance Fiction
IV. Point of View: First Person
V. General Setting
Place – Germany , Lenoir and North Carolina, Wilmington
Time- Year 2000 - 2007
Weather Conditions- Autumn , Spring , Summer and Winter
Social Conditions- John Tyree is an Army, and Savannah Lynn Curtis is a Teacher
VI. Characters
Main Characters: John Tyree and Savannah Lynn Curtis
Minor/Supporting Characters: Tim, Randy, Susan, Brad, Jill, Lucy, Alan, Tony, Mr. Tyree
VII. Brief summary
Introduction
He lived only with his father because his mother left them after he was born. John’s father likes to collect the coins, but as John growing up, he didn’t like what his father did and even shouted to his father. When he was a teenager, he used to hung out with his friends every day.
He even didn’t know what to do with his future, but he still pretended everything was okay. However, after Lucy who has been his girlfriend departed him, he faced the music and thought more about the future. Then, he enlisted in the army. He spent two weeks vacation at Wilmington to visit his dad and at the same time enjoyed surfing at the beach which was one of his favorite hobbies. When Savannah and her friends went to the beach and accidentally her purse fell in the water, suddenly John Tyree offer a hand and helped Savannah Lynn Curtis to save her purse which was very important to Savannah. After that happened, John and Savannah became close with each other. John decided to help Savannah in some community service she conducted to help the poor, because of this John Tyree decided to asked Savannah for a friendly date, but their friendship became strong as days goes by.
Rising Action/Inciting Incident/Motivating Force
When Savannah introduced John to her friends, John met Tim, Savannah’s best friend. John noticed that Tim liked Savannah a lot, but Tim was a good man John knew that, but he can’t deny the fact that he felt jealous about what he had noticed but at the same time he knew too that he have no right to be jealous about Tim because at first Savannah and him were just friend.
Complications/Conflicts
Their attraction is mutual and they quickly fall in love. John and Savannah became lovers. John Tyree introduced Savannah to his father. Savannah meets John's father, a reclusive man who seems to be obsessed with his coin collection but his genuine interest draws her, to John's surprise. Savannah knew the relationship of John to his father, John told Savannah about everything including the things that his dad always do and that is talking about coins, because of that, Savannah became interested to meet John’s father and John can’t resist to refuse Savannah’s favor. After Savannah met John’s father, she understood the situation of John’s father. Savannah mentions to John that his father, like Alan, may have autism. This upsets John, who storms off, and then gets into a fight with Savannah's friend Randy and, in the process, accidentally punches Tim, but after that John apologizes about the action he had done, and he decided to talk to Savannah to make things right before he leave for his job in the army.
Climax/Turning Point
John left Wilmington once again, at the same time he left Savannah and his dad. John and Savannah continue their relationship through letters, expecting to build a life together when he leaves the army. John was based on different countries, he doesn’t know what to think about the situation he had. John and Savannah sent each other letter every month, but as months goes by John noticed that the letter from Savannah had changed a lot, but he tried to be positive even though he knew what was happening. Months goes by, John never receive letter from Savannah, John can’t understand why it was happening, until a letter from Savannah arrived and inside the letter are words of goodbye that made John hurt and upset. John tried to never think of Savannah and just focus on his job as an army, John received different compliments because of his determination, and he became a higher officer leading his battalion. But everything started to fall apart again, he received the news that his dad suffered from a heart attack, he decided to go home to Wilmington and be with his dad for the remaining months of his leave. John’s father died and it made John feel more sad and lonely. As he went back to Wilmington, John met Savannah. This time John goes to visit Savannah and is shocked to find that she has married Tim and is living with him, but Tim was suffering from a condition called melanoma. John knows that he is still in love with Savannah, Savannah and him talked about what happened between the two of them and Savannah can’t hide anymore the truth that she was hurt about what he did and what had happened in their story. The love is still present in both of them, but John made a decision that for him was the right thing to do. He decided to never be with Savannah again, even if Tim told him that Savannah will be happier if she will be with his arms again. John chose to respect Tim and Alan (Tim’s Brother) he know that Alan need a guardian like Savannah that would help him gets through all the pains he was experiencing.
Falling Action
Before John leaves to go back Iraq, he decided to offer all the money he got from the coin collection of his dad. He offered the money to Tim’s operation but he decided to hide his identity especially to Savannah. Tim get better, John knew that it was the biggest choice he had ever made. He knew that Tim loves Savannah as much as he loves Savannah. It’s the full moon that time and he needs to see something. Although he knows she won’t come out him as to see. Staring at the door, it opens and savannah steps out. She moves to the middle of the yard and to john's surprise, he thinks that she can see him. The full moon is when they both remembered their time shared together. And as savannah looks up at the moon, John knows that she still loves him.
Conclusion
John made the biggest choice of his life and that was to set Savannah free and let Savannah be with Tim, but John’s love to Savannah never fade, for him Savannah will always be the first girl he loved the most, the girl who made him once complete, the girl he knows he’ll never forget. It was easy to tell that they still loved each other but it wasn’t enough. When John decided to give the money from his Dad’s collection to Tim, I was so upset, but I realized that he was only doing that because of his love for Savannah. John only wanted her to be happy so that made sense. I wasn’t happy with the ending because I wanted to get back together, but it’s okay.
VIII. Lesson
Loving someone is one of the best feelings in this world. There are people who walk into our lives and change it in ways we could have never imagined but they can't stay with us forever. Dear John teaches us to treasure what we have because one day we could lose it all.
IX. Theme
Unconditional LOVE.
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