Carly

__**A Walk to Remember**__ Nicholas Sparks 4/29/10
 * Pages:** 0-60


 * Title:** Never Doubt the Power of Words


 * Significant Quote:** "I'm not exactly a dimwit, you know. I do know how to pin on a corsage."(p52)
 * Explanation:** Everyone always thought of Jamie as a shy, quiet nobody. When Landon asked her to the homecoming dance he worried that she would wear the wrong thing, wouldn't know how to dance, or anyhing about going to a dance. Landon gave her the corsage and expected she wouldn't know what to do with it, so he told her he would show her how. But Jamie was smarter than everyone thought,as shown in the quote above, she suprised Landon and showed she was not clueless. Jamie shocked Landon and proved she wasn't just a shy, quiet nobody. For the first time someone saw Jamie for the smart, wity girl she was. Landon had a whole new perspective about Jamie, one that nobody else had ever had.


 * HOTQ:** What were your thoughts about how Jamie stopped Lew from beating up Landon?
 * Answer:** When Jamie stopped Lew from beating up Landon i was shocked. Lew was very angry and heated when he was about to beat up Landon. I thought that there was nothing that could stop him in tim of rage. But Jamie stepped in, out of nowhere, and distracted Lew from the whole situation. She simply asked him how his grandmother was, and he walked away. Jamie knew the exact right thing to stay in order to prevent the violence. She was smart and cunning, which no one expected from Jamie, the ministers daughter.


 * Connecton:** Landon had decided to take Jame to the dance and was a nervous wreck about asking her. This is shown in the following quote, "I barely slept that night, I tell you, which was just about the strangest thing I'd ever experienced. I don't think anyone ever fretted about asking Jamie out before."(p 37) He was so nervouse he couldn't even sleep. I too, have had such a nervous feeling that i couldn't sleep. One night before a very big cheerleading competition, i was very nervous. My mind couldn't stop thinkng about the competition, there was no way i could ge any sleep. I had the same feeling of nervousness that Landon had.