A Walk To Remember

A Walk To Remember is about a popular high school student, Landon Carter, who pulls a prank with his friends and gets caught and is in deed of facing the consequences. He has to do community service and has to participate in his school play which brings him closer to Jamie Sullivan, a shy, conservative, religious girl. Landon faces the humiliation amongst his peers of the fact that he is hanging out with Jamie, but they end up falling in love with each other.

The first theory that best represent the love story of A Walk To Remember is Attachment Theory- Avoidant Style. Jamie is shy and uncomfortable being close to others. She gave Landon a hard time when he asked for her help with memorizing lines for the school play. She has a difficult time trusting others and letting them in. Jamie did everything she could to avoid from romance until it became impossible to deny. We also see this in Landon. He doesn't trust others because of what happened between his parents. They got a divorce, so Landon feels that if he lets them in that they will end up leaving like his father did.

The second theory is Lee's Style of Loving: Agape which is portrayed between Jamie and Landon. They both were kind and patient towards each other. When Landon found out that Jamie had cancer and was dying, he sacrificed his life and did everything that she wanted to do before she passed away. Jamie was kind and patient with Landon when he needed help.