La Immaculada Concepcion School High School Department Third Year Level November 5, 2012

BOOK REPORT IN ENGLISH

Submitted to: Submitted by:
Mr. Cristoff Sia LIMOS, Kamille E. III- St. Lucy of Light

I. INTRODUCTION A. The Choice B. Nicholas Sparks
*Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor, and Jill Emma Marie (née Thoene) Sparks, a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (1964) and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks (1966–2000), who died at the age of 33. Sparks has said that she is the inspiration for the main character in his novel A Walk to Remember.
Sparks was raised Roman Catholic and is of German, Czech, English and Irish ancestry. He and his wife are devout Catholics and are raising their children in the Catholic faith.
His father was pursuing graduate studies, and the family moved a great deal, so by the time Sparks was 8, he had lived in Watertown, Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska. In 1974 his family settled in Fair Oaks, California, and remained there through Nicholas's high school days. He graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School, then enrolling at the University of Notre Dame, having received a full track and field scholarship. In his freshman year, his team set a record for the 4 x 800 relay. Sparks majored in business finance and graduated with honors in 1988. He also met his future wife that year, Cathy Cote from New Hampshire, while they were both on spring break. They married on July 22, 1989 and moved to New Bern, NC.
C. Overview
Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina.
In full pursuit of the good life----boating, swimming, and barbecues with his close buddies----he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the attractive red-head seems to have a grudge against him. Still, Travis can’t stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage, and family, THE CHOICE ultimately confronts us with the most heart-wrenching question of all: How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive ?...

II. BODY

Settings: A.)Time: February 2007-June 2007 B.)Place: Beaufort, North Carolina C.)Characters:

Travis Parker- a veterinarian, never fall in love so hard
Gabby Holland- a assistant in a PA School, independent type
Laird- Travis Best Friend
Allison- Laird’s wife
Megan-Joe’s wife
Joe- Travis Best Friend
Matt- Travis Best Friend
Liz- Matt’s wife
Kevin- Ex Boyfriend of Gabby Holland
Stephanie- Sister of Travis Parker
Max Parker- Travis dad
Adrian Melton- The ones who own the PA School
Mrs. Melton- Adrian Melton’s wife
Lisa- Travis and Gabby’s daughter
Christine- Travis and Gabby’s daughter
Moby (dog)
Molly (dog)

*Synopsis (Per Chapter)
PART ONE
Chapter1
Settings: Travis Parker’s House (Beaufort, North Carolina)
Summary: It was May 1996 when Travis Parker invited his friends who he treats as family, because they were childhood’s friends. They were in the deck of the house. They were seeing each other only in weekends or Friday night, because they were busy about their works. His guy’s friends were already married. Only Travis is not. His friend’s children were swimming at the pool. And the adults were on the deck. They were talking or remembering their childhood memories. Liz was Matt’s wife, Allison was Laird’s wife, and Megan was Joe’s wife. They talk about why Travis is not yet married. They talk about Travis past girlfriends. But Travis was too cool or enough for what he had now.
Gabby Holland was a physician assistant. She’s boyfriend was Kevin. She is planning to go to Beaufort to rent. And yes, she leaves Savannah, Georgia. She went to Beaufort to have a new life. But his boyfriend Kevin was miles away from their. While gabby was on the deck of her house, a dog suddenly came and attacks her. But totally attack but jump on to her. And she drops onto the ground. The dog was Moby, Travis dog. Travis came into her and say sorry about what happened. But gabby was angry, because it is her first day on Beaufort and that happened.

Chapter2
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Gabby felt conscience about how she reacted last day about Travis. But she was thinking another problem her dog Molly was pregnant; she didn’t know how she was going to do. Travis was on his deck on his house. Suddenly Gabby went to his deck too. They’d seen each other again and gabby was telling Travis that Travis dog was the reason why her dog molly was pregnant. But Travis did not believe her. So now, they start again another conversation. Travis advice her to take his dog into a vet.

Chapter3
Settings: Clinic
Summary: Gabby went to a vet to check Molly after her work. She went to a clinic and stay for a while to wait her turn. Travis was a vet on the clinic, and timing, Travis was the one who will check molly. Gabby had a surprised about that. So he ask Travis why he advice her to go to the vet. Travis answered her, that of course because he was a vet. Gabby felt conscience again, so she says sorry to Travis about what happened to them this past day.

Chapter4
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Gabby was wondering if Travis was flirting her even though Travis knows she has a boyfriend. So she is wondering if ever it is okay to have friend to Travis. Gabby thinks about Kevin. Kevin was too busy after he graduated college, so gabby thinks that Kevin has not time for her. But she love Kevin very much so she stop thinking that Kevin has no time for her. Travis thinks about his exes

Chapter5
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Gabby check molly to the garage. But molly is in danger. So gabby went to Travis house to ask for some help. Travis gets his medical bag. Molly was panting and vomiting. Travis wasn’t too late to have first aid to molly. So he cleans his hands and check molly. But gabby was in panic. But Travis was focus on molly. Molly’s uterus was in danger, so Travis checks the uterus and made it in its place. After the first aid. Travis decided that molly needs to go to the clinic so he gets molly and put it into his truck. Gabby was willing to degenerate her self but Travis tell her to stay in her house. Travis was the one who will be with molly. Because gabby had a work tomorrow so she decided not to come. Travis had a promise to be right beside molly the whole night. So gabby believed him.

Chapter6
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: At the clinic hadn’t slept yet. And timing his father Max Parker went to the clinic. He offered Travis a help so that Travis can rest. Travis believed his dad so he went back home. Timingly gabby was on her way to the office when gabby open her door, Travis was their. Travis says that molly was on a good condition. And gabby felt happy. Travis say that molly can get home maybe tomorrow or later at night. So gabby say that if she can visit molly after her work. Travis answered her yes. Gabby asks Travis if he will be back to the clinic Travis says yes, he will come to the clinic after he had a rest. Gabby says that she will go round 1 to the clinic. And suddenly Travis said that he will go to the clinic around 1 too, so that they can see each other. At office, gabby again thinking that Travis really flirting her. They’d see each other in the clinic. Travis checked molly. And said that molly was really great now. So gabby can get her tonight already.

Chapter7
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: It was Saturday morning, Gabby woke up. Molly was gave birth to her puppies. The puppies left many poops in the garage. So Gabby has a lot of thing to do. Travis was jogging in outside half naked. So she saw gabby cleaning up the poops of the puppies. Travis advice her to put the puppies into a smaller place so that they can poop at the same place. But Gabby didn’t know were would it be. Travis was the one who had molly gave birth. Travis reminded Gabby about the invitation he gave he. But Gabby was thinking not to go because of second thoughts that Travis was flirting her. But Travis was convincing her to go. But Gabby can only say was that is it not right. Travis didn’t understand her so again they start a fight conversation. But they ended up without any reason. So they think about a thing to stop their fighting’s. Now, they think that their first time seeing each other was a mess. They will now again, willing to start over. Travis introduced his self to Gabby, and Gabby introduced her self too to Travis. Travis volunteers to help Gabby about the puppies’ home. So Travis led some wood to give to Gabby.

Chapter8
Settings: Cape Lookout; Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Gabby was coming in to the invitation to her given by Travis. She came to the house of Travis early. Meanwhile the sister of Travis, Stephanie was coming in too. So while waiting for them to go. Gabby and Stephanie talk. They talk about their lives and began comforting to each other time comes that Travis friends arrived with their kids. Stephanie talks to gabby while sitting. She introduced one by one the friends of Travis. From the real friends, their wives and their kids. So when Gabby go to the friends of Travis, they will be surprised that Gabby was amazing knowing them. They now go to the ocean using a boat. Gabby was sited beside Stephanie. But Stephanie goes to Travis side for she will drive the boat. Travis let her sister do it. And sit beside Gabby. He asks Gabby is she was comfortable with his friends. Gabby says yes.

Chapter9
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Once the parachute was filled and harnesses strapped on, Joe and Megan lifted off first, followed by Allison and Laird, them matt and Liz. So when they were lose their turn. Travis asks gabby if she was ready to go on a parachute now. And Gabby answered a yes. So they were now harnessed and start their game. After that, they love it. They take their chances many times. Then, Stephanie asks Gabby about Travis. Stephanie said that Travis looks like he likes gabby. But Gabby answered her that is it not a good topic to talk about, because she has a boyfriend. But Stephanie talks more, so Gabby was irritated that she says to Stephanie that, she doesn’t know her. But Stephanie answered her that, even though she doesn’t know her on the other type. She knows her about who really she is.

Chapter10
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: While hey were on the beach. Laird and Allison said that food was ready. So the toddlers and the adults go to the table and start to eat. But Travis and Gabby decided to go to some place. They talk about some topics in their lives. Gabby shares some topics about her mom and sister while Travis shares about what was the relationship of being a brother to Stephanie. But then Travis asks gabby to share some ideas about her boyfriend, Kevin. But Gabby said that what was about that. She says that, it was not the business of Travis to know about Kevin.

Chapter11
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: By the time they finally docked back at the house of Travis. The tree toddlers were is as sleep. As they were unloaded, the couples departed one by one with their kids. Only, Stephanie, Gabby and Travis were left. Stephanie invited Gabby to take her dinner there. And Gabby says yes. So after they talk to each other, Stephanie suddenly said that she was going to leave now. Because she will be going to be with her parents today. So she said a goodbye. And said to Gabby that this is not the last time they will hang up to each other. Gabby said that, yes, it will not be. While Travis and Gabby done eating their dinner. Travis invited Gabby for tomorrow. If it is okay for her to come and ride with Travis tomorrow. And Gabby says that it is okay. As they wait to the night, they go to the tub and sit there. And when gabby recognize that it was late at night that she probably has to go. Travis let her and offered a hand. But then, Travis pulled her close to him, touches her hips and kissed her! Gabby was not with herself to stop it. It takes a minute for her to realize it. So she pulled away Travis from her and took a step backward. Travis felt sorry for what he had done. It wasn’t his attention to do that. But then, gabby said that it was okay. And took the step to go to her house.

Chapter12
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: It was morning then. Travis woke up, thinking about what happened last night; he stood up and decided to take a jog for a minute.
Gabby woke up to and takes a bath to take ready for the invitation given to her by Travis. But she was thinking about what happened too last night. But again, she thinks about Kevin. Kevin called her last night, and knowing that Kevin was on a club last night. So they understand each other, and decided to talk to him this morning. And unfortunately, Kevin called her. Saying sorry about last night, he didn’t mean to go to the club. And then, gabby answered back that it is okay. While they were talking to the phone. Travis knocked the door to fetch gabby. But then, gabby was talking to Kevin, so Travis gets a sit to the living room. Waited, and waited and waited. It took some minute. So when gabby ended up talking to Kevin. She say sorry about Kevin. But Travis says sorry too about last night kiss. But gabby answered him that it was fine.
So now, they took a ride using a motorcycle to go to the surprised place, Travis was mentioning a while a go. After crossing the highway in Beaufort. Travis decided to teach gabby a ride using a motorcycle. And then, ending in up the lesson. Gabby now knows how to ride alone using a motorcycle now. Then, they go to the surprised place Travis was talking about. It was a empty lot in beaufort that he brought long time ago. He felt comfortable to it so he brought gabby in their. They took their lunch their. And ended up, they decided to go home already. After they get back home. Travis asks gabby if it is okay for him to invite gabby for a dinner tomorrow. But gabby say that it is better if Travis will took his dinner with her to her house tonight. And Travis answered her yes.

Chapter13
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: In the next day, it was still early when Travis woke up. He washed Moby after Moby go play with the dead fish on the floor, Moby likes doing that. After Moby was clean, Travis tied Moby in the garage. While Gabby woke up, she first think about what she was cooking for tonight’s dinner with Travis. So she decided to take a bath a go to the grocery store. She picked pasta, beans, and some fruits for the salad, a breast chicken and a wine. After she returned to her house, she cooks now the foods she’d brought. While she was cooking, Travis knocked down to her door. Gabby asks Travis to take a seat first. And after she finished cooking. She asks Travis if he was hungry. But Travis refused it, so Gabby just gave a glass to Travis and the wine she had brought to the grocery. They talk much about their lives. And after that they went to the kitchen and start to eat. It was delicious, Travis said. After that they go back to the deck of the house of Gabby. And start a conversation, but during their conversation. They’ve been quiet for a second. Travis faced Gabby, holds her hands and said “I love you, Gabby Holland”. Gabby was then answered that “I love you, too, Travis Parker”. And they start to kiss, and went to the bedroom.

Chapter14
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Travis ang Gabby spent every free moment together. On Monday, they had lunch together, and that evening, they took both dogs for a walk on the beach. On Tuesday morning, Gabby woke up, and beside her a fresh coffee and a cinnamon roll. On Tuesday evening, Travis took Gabby out on boat. They start a conversation about, what was Gabby would tell to Kevin? Kevin was important to her, because they make loved for almost 3 years. But she loved Travis too. Even though they were just met. So Travis ask her to who will she was going to choose with? Gabby answered him that this was a tough choice to do.

PART TWO
Chapter15
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: It was February 2007, Travis tried to shake free of those memories from nearly eleven years ago. There was a question on Travis mind. Travis question would be this: how far should a person go in the name of true love. He had asked many people to that question, and answered him with different answers. But his answer was, sometimes it meant a person should lie. Travis visit Gabby at the hospital and after that got home to checked his daughters. Lisa and Christine, Lisa was six and Christine was 8.
Travis arrived home seeing gabby was crying, he ask gabby what did happened? Gabby answered him that, Adrian Melton, kisses her at the parking lot. Travis just said that, he will fix this. Travis went to Melton’s house. Travis fist crashed into Adrian’s jaw. Melton hit the floor. When the police arrived at the house, Travis was arrested first and only time in his life. He brought to the station. When Travis called her sister, Stephanie. Stephanie went to the station and found Travis sitting in a single cell, deep in discussion with the sheriff. While Stephanie was talking to the sheriff. Adrian Melton visited Travis. Adrian promptly dropped the charges, despite protests from Mrs. Melton. A few weeks later, Dr. Furman called gabby into the office and suggested that she consider trying to find another place to work, because of Mr. Adrian Melton.

Chapter16
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: Marrying gabby was the nicest and best thing Travis have done. He’d been happy everyday waking up seeing gabby was beside her. Traveling with gabby and the most precious thing are when gabby was pregnant, he wished for that. Having a family with gabby. And thinking about the memories they have this past years. When they first saw, and now. They had a family. He couldn’t imagine life without gabby.

Chapter17
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: While Travis was visiting gabby in the hospital. He talks about the kids, he say that they were fine and good. Gabby doesn’t have time bonding with the kids because her work was hard. She stays in the hospital for almost whole day. So Travis set a side that he should just visit gabby when he has free periods and talk about something about the kids.

Chapter18
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: The house gabby and Travis built was the kind of place in which Travis could imagine spending the rest of his life. But then that night had come. When Travis and gabby was driving home after watching a concert. They suddenly bumped into a truck. While it was happening gabby was sleeping. Travis was injured but then cured for how many days. But gabby, was now in coma. Travis felt sad about what happened. He didn’t know what is life without gabby beside him. And what about their kids? He didn’t know how to be a mother and a father to their kids. But then, he should continue life even gabby was in coma.

Chapter19
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: His friends had reacted to the accident as he’d expected. Allison, Megan and Liz prepared dinners in shifts for the first six weeks. Over the years, they’d grown close to gabby. They were particularly good with Lisa and Christine. In the beginning, they often held the girls as they cried, and Christine grew especially fond of Liz. Liz braided her hair. Lisa on the other hand was closer to Megan. On the downside, since the accident, he’d left little time for Joe, laird, and matt. But Travis decided that, Allison, matt, Liz, Megan, laird, and Joe should give them a time to be alone. So now and then, gradually their visits became shorter and more infrequent.

Chapter20
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: The neurologist would tell Travis that because there was nothing more the hospital could do for gabby, she would have to be transferred to a nursing room. Travis will decide whether to accept that gabby would be transferred to the nursing room or she would stay at the hospital. But because of what he had promised to gabby. He didn’t know what to do. And there is another problem to do. The tube connected to gabby was about to change a minute later. If he will decide to take that off connecting to gabby, she would be dying. But the fact that, Travis really loves gabby, he didn’t know what to do or what to said. While he was beside gabby, Stephanie went along. Visiting gabby. She talked to Travis that, his boyfriend for 2 years, Brett Whitney. Again proposed to her for the second time. But again Stephanie answered him the same thing she said before. Stephanie wanted to visit too the kids in the house, but Travis told her that the kids were going to come home late. But Stephanie said that “if it is okay if I stay in your house to wait?” Travis answered her yes. so then, Stephanie went out to the room. While walking, he heard Travis saying that “how far should you go in the name of love?” Stephanie went back to Travis and said the she answered that question to her already, but Stephanie said that “I don’t know trav, what do you think it means?”

Chapter21
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: As flashback. Travis remembered when gabby shared a topic to him about Kenneth baker. His wife was been coma for almost 6 years. Kevin was losing hope. Gabby suddenly asked Travis. If gabby was in the way Kevin’s wife was. What he would do? Travis answered her that he would visit her all the time. But gabby made him a promised; gabby said that “I want you to promise that if anything ever does happen to me, you’ll let me die.” Travis didn’t know what to answer, but he just say that “it will never happen to us”. Stephanie was just the one who knows the promise Travis gave to gabby. And while they were talking, Travis asks Stephanie, “If you were on my position, what would you do?” Stephanie answered him, “I don’t know” “but I know you made a right choice”. Travis said that “I miss her”. Stephanie answered back”yah. I miss her too”

Chapter22
Settings: Beaufort, North Carolina
Summary: How far should a person go in the name of love? Travis was still turning this question over his mind. When Travis goes out to his car he saw Stephanie’s car parked on the parking lot. Stephanie was in their house to visit him and the kids. After Travis went inside the house. He found Stephanie in there. Stephanie said that the kids were on the school, they will be getting late to come home. Stephanie asks Travis if gabby was fine in the nurse house. Travis answered her that gabby was doing fine. But he ask Stephanie is what he had chosen was right for all of them. Was his choice was going to be the solution for gabby to woke up after her come? He really didn’t know the answered but Stephanie approached him and said that the choice he made was absolutely fine. Even though he didn’t think the promise he gave to gabby, at least he just do that in the name of love.
Epilogue:
June 2007, when it was Saturday morning. Lisa, Christine and Travis was bonding and playing on the tire swing that Travis hung up the week before. They were doing fine right now. Getting used of what is happening. Lisa and Christine was still studying, and Travis was now working again in the clinic almost 4 days a week and his father would fill the days he was not there. While he was on the clinic, there were many animals that were there to check up. There’s a cat in the first room, a dog in the second room and many more. While checking up the animals, his assistant interrupts what he was doing. There’s a call from Elliot Harris, he said that Travis should go to the nurse house as fast as he could. So he let his assistant finish what he had started at the clinic and go went to the nurse house. While he is in his car, he doesn’t know what to think about what is the reason for Harris to call and said he should come to the house. Just a blank mind. While he was reaching the nurse house. And go down, he saw many people whispering after he came. He didn’t know what is the commotion was about. He saw Gretchen went out from gabby’s room. After that he went in to gabby’s room. He says “gabby” and a voice answered him “Travis?” it sounded like gabby, but again he repeat what he just say a seconds ago “Gabby”. Gabby answered him “Travis, where are you?” it was not a dream, it is true. Gabby was just waked up after her coma. Travis was speechless, he don’t know how would he reacted about it. After gabby was now wake, he takes her to their house, and gabby started to therapy. While in their house, Lisa and Christine was not yet comfortable with their mom. Think they are not used to their mom. But then day’s pasts. They get along with their mother. And the day come that, it was a day in which everything was exactly the way it should be.

III. Conclusion/ Opinion
a. Is the book exciting or boring? It was exciting, because you didn’t know what would happen next. If it would be like this or not.
b. Is there a character that interests you more than all the others in the story? I think they were all interesting. Most of all, Travis and gabby.
c. Is one part of the book better than another? Yes. The Part 2 was more beautiful or better that the Part 1. Because it is happening in the day, or it is not just a flashback.
d. Did you learn something from the book that you hadn’t known before? Yes. It taught me how to love forever with only one person. It taught me to how miracles happen. How to believe in God. And do what you had promised.

IV. Recommendation
For me, you should read this book too. It shows how to believe and wait for something. The story was amazing; it has a story that can happen to our real life.

V. Theme
Love and Sacrifice