Dear John

   
   The one major issue that occurs in this book, Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks, is John not knowing that his father has a disease called Asperger. John not knowing about his father's disease not only lead to his fathers heart attack, but it also lead to problems between John and his father. Asperger is somewhat like Autism, but unlike autism, where the victim lives in their own world and do what they please, Asperger is a disease where the victim lives in the real world, but lives their lives there own way so everything that they do is repetitive, they are often quite clumsy and they only use limited verbal communications. John often tried to get his father to communicate more but he was often pushed back by his father. His father would only answer the questions that were asked to him, he would never elaborate on them. The only thing that his father liked to talk about was the coins that him and his father collected together. For example, when John wakes up early in the morning just to catch his father and to tell him about  how his evening went with Savannah, Johns father did not ask him anything, but instead just  went with his normal life and continued with making toast.
                       I found a similar news article that relates to my book.
     This news article talks about a mother who made a face book page for her 11 year old son, Colin, so that she could wish him happy birthday, because when she asked him if he wanted to have a party, he said that  he has no one to invite. When she heard this, she decided to do something about this and so she decided to make a face book page for her son so that she could help make her son happy on his birthday. The reason why he has no friends is because of a disease called Asperger, which makes you stand out because not only do you do/wear repetitive  things, you also have a lack of communication skills, so that means that you will only do or say what others ask of you.
   Dear John and this article are similar to each other, because just like how John or anyone else knew that his father had Asperger, no one knows that Colin also has a disease, and both of these people get treated unfairly. In the book, everyone thinks that Johns father is weird or retarded, because of the way that his lives his life. Everyone notices him because he stands out, he does things his own way regardless of what others say about him, nor does he talk with anyone-not even his own son. Colin is also going through something like this. He is only 11 years old, and at such a young age he doesn't have anyone to talk to. In the article, his mom talks about how Colin had a birthday party in kinder garden and only one kid showed up. Imagine being a 5 year old, and inviting all of your classmates only to have one show up. People don't know about Colin's disease and so they just try to ignore him because they think that will solve everything. People don't know why Colin is the way he is, and so they judge him based on what they see.
   I guess the old saying is true. People are scared of what they don't know, and this is visible to see in these 2 stories.moms surprise birthday party