Landon Carter is a typical seventeen year old boy but his father was never there during childhood because of his job. Landon was basically raised by his mother his whole life. He is best friends with the football quarter back and is very popular himself. His ex-girlfriend, Angela left him for a twenty year old mechanic, Lew. Landon always made fun of Hegburt and finally apologized when he fell in love with Jamie. He never knew that it would be Jamie he loved. When he found out she had cancer his life practically fell apart. He did everything to help her.
Worth Carter is Landon's father. Worth is a congressman, this involves him being in different places all the time, anywhere but home. Worth and Hegburt do not like each other because they have different religions. They have never really gotten along because Worth's father cheated people out of their money and Hegburt found it unfair. When Jamie started to get really sick and was put in the hospital, Worth paid for an at-home care because Jamie wanted to die at home not in a hospital.