![]() ![]() “I wasn’t into Chaucer or Proust or Dostoevsky or any of those other dead guys,” he has John, his narrator, remark. In case you haven’t guessed, Dear John will probably never be taught in a college literature course. As the title suggests, Savannah breaks off their engagement, by mail, just as John’s infantry battalion is about to go under fire.Įventually, on leave, he tracks Savannah back to her hometown in the North Carolina mountains, where he finds she’s literally married the boy next door.Ī few other things happen but, in the end, John commits an act of sacrifice that makes Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities look like a piker by comparison. The Army pulls them apart, however, and instead of heading home, John re-enlists right after 9/11. For some reason, John falls in love with her. ![]()
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