<P> The following Sunday, Hegbert announces to his congregation that his daughter is dying . Jamie does not return to school the following Monday and that it is eventually learned that she is too ill and will never return to school . While they are having dinner at Landon's house, Jamie tells Landon, "I love you, too", for the first time . A couple weeks later, Eric and Margaret visit Jamie's house, where they apologize for ever being rude to her . Eric gives Jamie the $400 that he collected for the orphanage . Jamie refuses to stay at the hospital, because she wants to die at home . In turn, Landon's father helps to provide Jamie the best equipment and doctors so she can spend the rest of her life at home . This gesture helps to mend the gap between father and son . One day, while sitting next to Jamie while she sleeps, Landon comes up with an idea . He runs to the church to find Hegbert and asks him for permission to marry Jamie . While Hegbert is reluctant, his refusal to deny Landon's request is seen by Landon as approval . Landon runs back to Jamie's side and asks, "Will you marry me?" </P> <P> Landon and Jamie are married in a church full of people . Although she was weak and was in a wheelchair, she insisted on walking down the aisle so that her father could give her away which was part of her dream . Landon remembers thinking "It was...the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make . In every way, a walk to remember". When they reach the front of the church, Hegbert says, "I can no more give Jamie away than I can give away my heart . But what I can do is let another share in the joy that she has always given me". Hegbert has had to experience so much pain in his life, first losing his wife, now knowing his only child will soon be gone, too . The book ends with Landon 40 years later at age 57 . He still loves Jamie and wears her ring . He finishes the story by saying, "I now believe, by the way, that miracles can happen". </P> <Ul> <Li> Jamie Sullivan is the daughter of the Beaufort church minister Hegbert Sullivan . She is very religious, sweet, and kind . </Li> <Li> Landon Carter is a son of a rich family, the narrator of the novel . </Li> <Li> Hegbert Sullivan is Jamie's father . He is the Beaufort church minister . His wife died shortly after giving birth to Jamie . He is very old with "translucent skin"; he is often crabby but his daughter describes him as having "a good sense of humor". He wrote the local play, The Christmas Angel but he maintains a strong dislike for Mr. Carter due to his father's choices . </Li> <Li> Mrs. Carter is the mother of Landon Carter . "She (is) a nice lady, sweet and gentle ." </Li> <Li> Mr. Carter is the father of Landon Carter . He is a congressman in North Carolina and is gone nine months out of the year because he lives in Washington D.C. </Li> <Li> Angela Clark is the first girlfriend of Landon and then begins dating Lew . </Li> <Li> Carey Denison is the treasurer at Landon's high school as well as a tuba player . He is unproportional, with short arms, a large stomach, and a squeaky voice . </Li> <Li> Lew is Angela Clark's boyfriend, who "(is) twenty years old and (works) as a mechanic" and "always (wears) a white T - shirt with a pack of Camels folded into the sleeve". </Li> <Li> Miss Garber is the drama teacher at Landon's high - school . "She (is) big, at least 6'2", with flaming red hair and pale skin that (shows) her freckles well into her forties ." Her favorite word is marvelous . </Li> <Li> Eric Hunter is Landon's best friend, who does more making fun, than being an actual friend . The popular jock at school, he starts out very crude, but when tragedy strikes his longtime friend, he shows that he is sympathetic . </Li> <Li> Eddie Jones is not well liked by the drama department . He was scheduled to play the main character in the play, but is demoted to the "bum" when Landon steps in . He is extremely apathetic . </Li> <Li> Jamie's dead mother is a minor role . Described as "a wispy little thing", she died while giving birth to Jamie, and is greatly missed by Hegbert and Jamie . </Li> <Li> Margaret, a cheerleader, is Eric's girlfriend . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Jamie Sullivan is the daughter of the Beaufort church minister Hegbert Sullivan . She is very religious, sweet, and kind . </Li>

A walk to remember summary by nicholas sparks