In the original book, Shawenna married Tim not suddenly, Shawenna also loved Tim at the same time, but there was no lightning bolt like she did to John. Tim is Savannah's neighbor and grew up together. Tim has always been Savannah's harbour, especially during her emotional lows. (And Ellen is not Tim's son, but his younger brother. Savannah fell in love with Tim after a car accident that took the lives of Tim's parents. Just a few months after Savannah sent that breakup letter .)
If the protagonist is Tim, then the story becomes a boy next door who silently sacrifices to the heroine. After more than ten years of dedication, he finally gains his heart and even gets the approval of his rival. In this way, John became the fireworks that dazzled in Savannah's life, and Tim was the ever-lasting light.
But the protagonist is John, and the focus becomes the sincere emotion of choosing to leave for true love. In the novel Nicholas Sparks (nun shit *Starbucks) writes about knowing that leaving is true love, and expresses this subject through the letting go of two men. Before, it was Tim who even matched Savannah and John for the happiness of Savannah, and then begged John and Savannah to continue when he was dying. John learned that Savannah also loves Tim, and he didn't want to use a misfortune to rush back to his relationship with Savannah. After going through so much, John didn't want to see Savannah lose her lover again, so he chose to sell all the coins his father had collected to help Tim heal. This is John's letting go. Tim and John love by leaving at key moments. Although there are sacrifices, Tim's approach will be accepted by most people, and John's departure will be something that most people can't do. It is a sublimation of the subject of "leaving is true love". This makes the subject that the novel wants to express hierarchical. These backgrounds in the film are not mentioned at all, making the subject relatively thin.
The novel ends with Tim being cured. Savannah, Tim, and Ellen return to their normal lives. On a bright night, Savannah stepped out of the shelter of the eaves. She seemed to see something, but she looked around for a while but found nothing. In this quiet night, only the light of the full moon was clean. When Savannah stared at the full moon with her arms folded, another person was actually staring at her. -Finish-
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