Dear John pgs 1-67

Summary
The first section of this book is a lot different from the first section of the movie. They even start differently. The book starts off with a guy named John Tyree. He is reminiscing about time he spent six years earlier with a girl named Savannah. He then begins talking about high school and how he ended up in the position he is in in the present. He joined the army after high school and one day during his time on leave he meets Savannah. He saved her bag from ending up at the bottom of the ocean and since then they've been inseparable.

Quote
"What does it mean to truly love another?" (Sparks 1).

Reaction
This quote is also the first line in the book. It's different from the first line in the movie which talks about coins. The movie chose to begin with something that introduced the relationship between John and his father. The book begin with introducing the relationship between John and Savannah.