Choose a Line- A Walk to Remember

     I am currently reading the novel A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. The story takes places in North Carolina in the 1950's. 17 year old "bad boy" Landon Carter learns to live life differently when he meets the local preacher's daughter Jamie Sullivan. Landon is the type of guy who is very self-concious of what others think of him, but when Jamie enters the picture he soon realizes that all he wants is to be with her. Jamie changes Landon's life forever.
     "By the next morning everyone at school knew I was walking Jamie home, and this started up a new round of speculation about the two of us. This time it was even worse than before. It was so bad that I had to spend my lunch break in the library just to get away from it all." (P. 156)
      In these set of lines, Nicholas Sparks wants the reader to see that Landon is always afraid of what others think of him. He is trying to place the image that students are talking about what Jamie and Landon have got going on. Landon does not like to be talked about, where as Jamie goes about her own business and pays no attention to the others. When Landon mentions that he now goes to the library, it's almost as if he wants to hide what he has with Jamie just so he does not get judged. Jamie doesn't really understand the reactions of the students. Landon is very self-concious and hates being the center of attention.
    So far I rate this novel an 8/10.