Dear John: pages 1-99

A young soldier boy named John tended to get in trouble when he was an adolescent boy. His mother ended up leaving his father and himself when he was young. He has had problems ever since. John when he got out of school, went into the army. He was afraid to leave his father because the way he his. John's father was focused on one thing, coins. That is basically all he could talk about and think about coins. So when John was growing up, him and his father would go around the world searching for a specific coin together. This passion of Johns ended once he became a teenager and wanted other things. John started to part away from his father talking about nothing at the dinner table every night.
As I said, John went off to war after he left High School, we went to bootcamp and thought it was the hardest thing considering his actions during High School (drinking and smoking). After bootcamp, John and his fellow soldiers were sent off to Germany were they were told to keep peace. There was not a lot of action going on there, but John returned to the States once his leave had started.
John's passion was to go surfing. When back in the States, John barely visited his father and was always on the water. There is where he met Savannah. She was with a whole bunch of friends on a pier when her purse fell into the water. Neither of the boys with her would retrieve the purse for her and she needed it badly. Then all of a sudden, this muscular man, John, came over and dove into the deep ocean to get it for her. Even though everything was extremely wet, she was still thankful. Over a period of time, John learned that Savannah was there for a mission trip to build houses. John and Savannah started to become real close over the two week leave that John had. But as we all know, all time has to end.

Reflection
I know people may watch the movie and think it is good or bad, but it is different from the book. The book gets more in depth and is better at explaining the details. I have seen the movie if anyone was wondering and if anyone asked, I do like the book better. The movie is just not as interesting as the book. All of the emotional roller coasters that soldiers go through. I enjoy reading books like this because I imagine in my head what is going on. The real world around me is just invisible to me and the only thing I can imagine is what is going on in the book. So far, this book is great and is keeping me interested in what is coming next.