Character

John Tyree.
-born in 1977 .
-grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina
-father had raised him by himself. –like to go to numerous coin shows with his dad, seeing how he collected them and would sit in his den for hours just examining it and learning about it.
-high school years were the hardest for him and he was a "rebel" and made many bad decisions. Which also led him to get two of his three tattoo's.
-he loves to surf and loves the beach, where he would spend all his time everyday.
- also occasionally like to read, Stephen King catches his attention very well.
-The only one good decision he had made in his life was to inlist himself in the army after highschool, it was a decision he had to make, and needed at the time.
-In early June, in 2000 he was home on leave for a couple of weeks and he met Savannah Lynn Curtis and fell in love.


Savannah lynn curtis 

-a devoted Christian
 a rising senior at University of North Carolina 
-background is more privileged than John’s.
- has a loving family affluent enough to own an old plantation with a horse farm and a beach house
-idealistic and unspoiled, volunteers her time to help build houses during her Spring Break
-romantic,humor, doesn’t take life too seriously
-falls in love pretty hard right away