Ellen Chavez Journal #3 "The Rescue" by Nicholas Sparks chapter 14-28 pages 118-352 Nikki, Melissa, Luis, Joseph oct 25th 2:40am
“The Rescue” starts out with a young woman named Denise and her son Kyle getting into an accident due to a storm. A volunteer fireman named Taylor is first to the scene and realizes that Kyle is missing. After hours of searching, he manages to find him. Denise’s son Kyle has a speech problem. He is 4 years old and he cannot properly pronounce words. His doctors are not sure what it is either. They go from saying he’s deaf to saying he has dyslexia. This has been a struggle for Denise for the past 4 years. She even quit her job as a teacher to focus more on Kyle. Since Denise is a single parent, she struggles to pay the bills. Taylor and Denise run into each other at the grocery store. Since Denise had to sell her car for money, she rides her bike everywhere. He offered to take her home and after that they started growing a strong friendship. He went over to Denise’s house almost every day. He was very good with Kyle and Denise felt like Taylor was the only guy who acted that way towards Kyle. He didn’t see Kyle as “different” just because he had a speech problem. He thought of him as a normal guy. After spending much time together, Denise and Taylor get into a relationship. They both love each other and Denise was ELATED that he was so good with Kyle. Denise felt like she was a failure since Kyle didn’t have a father figure in his life. Denise wondered how Taylor was so good with kids. Over time, Taylor started to drift away from Denise. She wasn’t sure why because she thought things were going great. She thought maybe because people were always asking Taylor if he thinks they would get married. Taylor’s friends kept telling Denise that he drifts away from relationships very easily but they weren’t sure why. One day however, there is a CHAOTIC fire and Taylor hurries to go help. He rushes into a house filled with flames. He manages to get one person out but was unable to help the injured firefighter that was in there. He then found out that it was his best friend Mitch. He went into a deep MELANCHOLY mood and he then thinks of his father. Taylor never told Denise why he felt guilty for his Fathers death. He finally opens up and explains that when he was younger, he went up to the addict when he was supposed to be sleeping. He was not aware that there was a fire downstairs. His parents were calling for him but he was scared to answer because he thought they would be mad at him. His father runs into the house filled with flames and saved him, unfortunately, his father didn’t make it out alive. All his life he blames himself for his fathers death. Denise then realizes that that’s why he was so close to Kyle. It’s because he didn’t want him to grow up without a dad just like him.
Journal #3
"The Rescue" by Nicholas Sparks
chapter 14-28 pages 118-352
Nikki, Melissa, Luis, Joseph
oct 25th 2:40am
“The Rescue” starts out with a young woman named Denise and her son Kyle getting into an accident due to a storm. A volunteer fireman named Taylor is first to the scene and realizes that Kyle is missing. After hours of searching, he manages to find him. Denise’s son Kyle has a speech problem. He is 4 years old and he cannot properly pronounce words. His doctors are not sure what it is either. They go from saying he’s deaf to saying he has dyslexia. This has been a struggle for Denise for the past 4 years. She even quit her job as a teacher to focus more on Kyle. Since Denise is a single parent, she struggles to pay the bills. Taylor and Denise run into each other at the grocery store. Since Denise had to sell her car for money, she rides her bike everywhere. He offered to take her home and after that they started growing a strong friendship. He went over to Denise’s house almost every day. He was very good with Kyle and Denise felt like Taylor was the only guy who acted that way towards Kyle. He didn’t see Kyle as “different” just because he had a speech problem. He thought of him as a normal guy. After spending much time together, Denise and Taylor get into a relationship. They both love each other and Denise was ELATED that he was so good with Kyle. Denise felt like she was a failure since Kyle didn’t have a father figure in his life. Denise wondered how Taylor was so good with kids. Over time, Taylor started to drift away from Denise. She wasn’t sure why because she thought things were going great. She thought maybe because people were always asking Taylor if he thinks they would get married. Taylor’s friends kept telling Denise that he drifts away from relationships very easily but they weren’t sure why. One day however, there is a CHAOTIC fire and Taylor hurries to go help. He rushes into a house filled with flames. He manages to get one person out but was unable to help the injured firefighter that was in there. He then found out that it was his best friend Mitch. He went into a deep MELANCHOLY mood and he then thinks of his father. Taylor never told Denise why he felt guilty for his Fathers death. He finally opens up and explains that when he was younger, he went up to the addict when he was supposed to be sleeping. He was not aware that there was a fire downstairs. His parents were calling for him but he was scared to answer because he thought they would be mad at him. His father runs into the house filled with flames and saved him, unfortunately, his father didn’t make it out alive. All his life he blames himself for his fathers death. Denise then realizes that that’s why he was so close to Kyle. It’s because he didn’t want him to grow up without a dad just like him.