Noah Calhoun's 'The Notebook'

The Notebook Summary

Noah Calhoun starts off the story by talking about how is life isn’t easy to explain. But now, he has also had more ups and downs and that he is proud because, many people cannot say that about their life. He talks about his wife, Allie not knowing whom he is. He reads this notebook to Allie just hoping that, that day might be the day that she comes back to him. Allie and Noah fell in love once when they were young, but Allie had to go because of the disapproval of her parents. Allie’s parents did not approve of Noah because he came from a lower social class than what Allie did. As time went by, Allie moved on falling in love with a handsome lawyer Lon, which is who she is now engaged with. On the other hand, Noah had enlisted in the army, and had dated a

Allie said, “Oh, Noah,” “it’s beautiful”. Noah got out the bread and handed it to Allie, as she threw it out to the birds. It then, began to down pour, they paddled quickly as possible to get back to the dock. Noah then tied off the canoe on the dock so it would not get away. Then, they both headed inside, when they arrived Noah fixed them both a cup of tea, and a warm fire. They sat and talked for a while as they sipped on their warm tea. The next morning, Noah made some breakfast for Allie before she had awaken. While Lon, was trying to post-phone a case to deal with his own personal matter. There is suddenly a knock on the front door, Noah went to open it. It was Allie’s mother, to come and address to Allie that Lon, had post-phoned his case and was on his way to New Bern. Allie is now undecided on what to do. Allie’s mother left letting Allie make her final decision, Allie loved Noah but it was not fair to Lon, or anyone else. She would always love Noah but had to go. Noah tried to understand but he just couldn’t lose her again, because they both knew that if Noah let Allie go now, that she would not ever come or look back