Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Choice; Nicholas Sparks

The Choice begins with Travis Parker, a carefree single man, loving and living the life. He lives on the water in North Carolina. He hangs out with his buddies and is a veternarian. One day his dog and his neighbor's dog have a run in with eachother. His neighbor, Gabby Holland, yells at him for his dog in her yard because her dog is pregnant from his. Gabby is a physician's assistant and has been in a relationship with her boyfriend, Kevin, for a long time. Gabby and Travis begin to get to know eachother and their chemistry is undeniable. Kevin isn't always around and this makes it harder for Gabby to decide what she wants. She ends up with Travis. They get married and everything is perfect. They have a child but ten years after they meet, there is a terrible accident. Travis and Gabby are driving and Travis gets into a car accident. He is fine but Gabby suffers and is in a coma. She is in the coma for months, and the doctors think she won't make it. The choice for Travis is to let his wife go or hold onto hope?

1. If you were Travis, would you keep your hope or let go?
2. How would you feel if you were responsible for causing somone else pain? Like how Travis feels guilty for getting in the car accident.

7 comments:

Sevgim A.1-2 said...

2. I would feel terrible if I caused someone else pain like Travis did when he caused the car accident.

Monica J. 1-2 said...

1. I would always keep the hope.
2. I would feel horrible and sickly with guilt.

Avi D. 7/8 said...

1. I would wait exactly 1 year before giving up hope and moving on.
2. I agree with Monica and Sevgim, I would feel guilty and probably blame myself for the rest of my life. I would never move on.

Laura P 7-8 said...

1.) I agree with Monica, I would always stay hopeful.

Sydney M 7-8 said...

1. I agree with you you Sev. I would feel so awful and take so much blame for the car accident.

Sydney M 7-8 said...

I agree with you Avi, I feel like after a certain amount of time, you would lose hope and give up.

Madi Y 7-8 said...

2. If I made someone feel pain, I think I would feel really terrible. The way I was brought up by my parents I don't like to see anyone hurt, even if it's not even my fault.