Characters
- Jamie Sullivan is the daughter of the Beaufort church minister Hegbert Sullivan. She is very religious, sweet, and kind.
- Landon Carter is a son of a rich family, the narrator of the novel.
- 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.
- Mrs. Carter is the mother of Landon Carter. "She a nice lady, sweet and gentle."
- 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..
- Angela Clark is the first girlfriend of Landon and then begins dating Lew.
- 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.
- Lew is Angela Clark's boyfriend, who " twenty years old and as a mechanic" and "always a white T-shirt with a pack of Camels folded into the sleeve".
- Miss Garber is the drama teacher at Landon's high-school. "She big, at least 6'2", with flaming red hair and pale skin that her freckles well into her forties." Her favorite word is marvelous.
- 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 long time friend, he shows that he is sympathetic.
- 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.
- 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.
- Margaret, a cheerleader, is Eric's girlfriend.
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