詹麗馨的教學天地

Dear John

   The title of the novel reminds me of the song "Dear John",
a breakup letter to end a romantic relationship. Similarly,
in the novel, John Tyree, met a girl of his dreams, Savannah Lynn Curtis on his leave from the army. They both realized they had found their true love; however, during their long separation, Savannah fell in love with someone else and wrote John a Dear John letter. 
    The novel is a heartbreaker in some ways.
   What I've learned from this novel?
   1.  A major event or an important decision can change the
       course of life forever.
   2.  A parent's love for their child/children is forgiving,
       unconditional, and unlimited. 
   3. We have to find passion in life.
       I can't agree more with what is said in the novel:
       ...the saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who
       don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and
       satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any
       happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing
       to make it last... (p.71)
   4. What true love really means:
       Love means that you care for another person's happiness
       more than your own, no matter how painful the choices 
       you face might be.  At the end of the  novel, John made
       the hardest decision in his life in the name of love.
 
      Dear John is a novel that will touch your heart.