Maeve Billings Mr. Hyde English II Pre-AP, Period 7 October 09, 2015 The Notebook Nicholas Sparks SETTING Nicholas Sparks’, The Notebook, mostly takes place on a plantation home in New Bern, North Carolina. Noah, the owner of the plantation, and Allie are in love. They spend most of their time together outside, playing in the water by the fields, reading by the trees, and painting pictures of the plantation. New Bern was a very petite and simple town with very simple people. It did not contain much extravagance or wealth, like Allie’s family. With Allie always running off to New Bern, it meant Allie’s parents were far from them and could not always vocalize their disagreement to the relationship. The time period of this novel is also very …show more content…
important. The Notebook takes place in 1946, a time period of very prominent social classes. The social classes didn't mingle much or get along very well. With Allie’s family being very high class, wealthy people, it causes them to disagree with Allie’s love for a middle/lower class plantation owner like Noah. The time period in this book also switches back and forth from elderly Allie and Noah, to young, vibrant Allie and Noah to create a more interesting and intriguing plot. PLOT The Notebook is about an old man reading a love story to an old woman will Alzheimer’s. The story is about young girl named Allie and a young boy named Noah from completely different worlds. Allie is from a very high class and wealthy family where she gets everything she wants and dreams of having. Noah is from a lower class family were he has to work for what he wants. They meet one magical night and instantly fall in love. They are living the perfect romance together at his plantation home in New Bern, North Carolina. Allie’s mom does not approve of Noah, because he isn't from a family like their’s. Right when summer is about to end Allie’s parents tell her that they are leaving and moving away. Allie has no time to explain to Noah why she is moving away, and they are both devastated. Even though Allie left and has moved away, Noah writes her everyday for a whole year. Allie’s mother hides the letters from her in order to have her move on, but she is beyond upset her love “forgot” about her. As a result of getting no responses from Allie, Noah decides to move up north to find a better job for himself. He ends up joining the military and stops writing to Allie. Allie eventually moves on and finds herself a fiancé, Lon Hammond Jr. whom her parents adore. One day, Allie reads in the newspaper about an old house that had been revamped into an amazing estate. She recognizes the house and its revisions as the ones she had described to Noah years before. Not only this, but it is the same plantation, therefore the same house She goes to visit the house and finds Noah there. They fall back into love again and after two magical, romantic days together, she decides to leave her fiancé and return to Noah. Going back to the elderly man and woman, he finishes reading the story to the woman and she suddenly remembers this.
She jumps up and realizes Allie from the story is her, and the elderly man is Noah. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Noah is the one of the main characters of The Notebook. He is the hero of this novel. Noah represents true love and true loyalty. In a way, The Notebook is similar to every modern day romance movie, and Noah represents the “dream man” that all the girls always imagine of having. The characters in movies are used to symbolize ideas, and in this novel, Noah represents true, faithful, committed love. Noah remains loyal to Allie even in the situation where he is unsure whether they will ever meet again or not. Noah can be seen as the ideal partner given that he is faithful, strong, handsome, smart, and caring. The elderly Noah shows the same characteristics. The dedication he demonstrates to not only his wife, but the other residents of the nursing home is …show more content…
extraordinary. Allie wants the best of both worlds as she represents the different types of love that are most likely impossible to acquire. Young Allie can be compared to an unrealistic teenage girl. As Allie grows up, so does her understanding of love. Her growth symbolizes the development of real love. When choosing Noah to love and spend the rest of her life with, Allie is able to develop as person because of him. Noah love and support allows her to grow as a person and be herself when they are together. TONE The tone created in this novel by Nicholas Sparks changes from romantic to tragic to joyful throughout the story line. The romantic tone is built by the love shown between Allie and Noah. The romantic dates, the love scenes described to us, and the quotes such as the most famous one, “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.”. This quote is very important because it resembles the love between Noah and Allie and the compassion he has for her. Another tone of the novel is tragedy. An example of this is the woman with Alzheimer’s. This poor woman is being read a story by her husband, who she doesn't even recognize. Another example is when Noah writes her and her mother hides all of the letters. Noah is more than upset that Allie isn't responding, and Allie is devastated because she believes Noah is over her. A final tone created by Nicholas Sparks resembles joy. A perfect example of this is when Allie comes back to Noah. She has a very hard decision to make between Lon or Noah. She leaves for hours to get her thing to bring back to Noah, and she returns to him saying, “I choose you.” This is a very happy scene because true love between Allie and Noah found its way back to them. THEME I believe a theme of the novel, The Notebook is “follow your heart”.
This theme is a big lesson learned throughout the whole story of Allie and Noah. She loves Noah with all of her heart when she is a young woman, and yet when they were separated for a period of time she finds her way back to him. When Allie sees Noah again for the first time in years, she realizes she never stopped loving him and her heart belongs to him. When she has to choose between Noah and Lon, she follows her heart and chooses the man to whom she loves most. PERSONAL RELEVANCE In my opinion, this novel was a very romantic, and happy love story and overall an wonderful novel. I loved all the plot twists throughout the story. I believe Sparks did an amazing job writing this story. He managed to make the reader laugh, cry, and smile all in a matter of a few pages. The story line is intriguing and very relatable to the dreams of young girls. It allows the reader to imagine the love connection between Allie and Noah and makes them enjoy hearing about their journey together as a
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In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
“The thing I hate about space is that you can feel how big and empty it is… ”
In The Big Field, author Mike Lupica explores the theme, "Success uses motivation as fuel." Lupica portrays this theme through the main character, Hutch. Throughout the entire book, Hutch, a young boy that has just recently joined a highly talented baseball team, displays moments that exemplify this main theme. Hutch and his team have a chance to play in the stadium of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball team, as long as they can keep winning games and advancing through a challenging tournament; however, Hutch's favorite position on the field, shortstop, the position located between 2nd and 3rd base, has already been filled on the team. Unfortunately, Hutch gets a demotion from shortstop, to second base, the position located between 1st base and 2nd base. Although Hutch was disappointed and melancholy about the switch in position, he was even more upset about the downgrading of leadership, since the
Piaget believed that a child’s development is neither intrinsic (learning based on interest) or extrinsic (learning from an outside force, such as a parent). He believed that a child develops based on his or hers interactions in the environment (Mooney 2000). Piaget created four stages of cognitive development, some of which can be seen in the film “Cheaper by the Dozen”. A few examples of characters that display Piaget’s theory are the twins, who are in the preoperational stage and lack the concept of conservatism, and the mastermind, who is in the concrete operational stage and show's the concept of decentralism. These characters will have Piaget’s theory applied to them in the following paragraphs.
After Allies father catches her and Noah making out in the truck, he tells Allie that he wants to have the chance to meet her friend, so he politely asked Allie to invite Noah over Sunday for dinner. While seating at the dinner table, Noah was asked what job he does for a living. After Noah stated that he was a laborer it was pretty clear by their facial expressions (especially her mother’s) that they did not approve of their relationship. Later, Anne makes the statement that “summers almost over” giving her daughter the idea that her and Noah probably will not be seeing each other anymore. Moreover, Anne decided to tell Noah about Allie’s school plans, and how he was not in the plan. Anne believes that their relationship is just a summer fling, or a short-term initial attraction. This scene most certainly relates to chapter nine. Allie was unable to develop her Relationship of Choice simply because they did not find Noah suitable for her, mainly because he was not wealthy. Al...
calls for Allie. This marks his breakdown. It is then, because of Allie, that he realizes that
The story of the great flood is probably the most popular story that has survived for thousands of years and is still being retold today. It is most commonly related within the context of Judeo-Christian tradition. In the Holy Bible, the book of Genesis uses the flood as a symbol of God's wrath as well as His hope that the human race can maintain peace and achieve everlasting salvation. The tale of Noah's Ark begins with God's expression of dismay as to the degenerate state of the human race at the time. People were behaving wickedly and sinfully and God decided that a genetic cleansing was necessary. He spared only Noah and his family, along with two of every type of animal; one male and one female. The other most popular flood story is found in the Epic of Gilgamish. In this text, the gods have decided to destroy everything on earth by creating a great flood. The only survivor is a man named Utnapishtim, spared because he is the god Ea's favorite human.
When Noah was fifteen, he went to college. He was really excited because there were teachers to meet, books to read, and lessons to learn. Noah was going to go to Yale University. The day he finally left, Noah was sad about leaving his family. His father helped him unpack. Noah's roommate was Oliver Walcott. In June of 1776, Noah got a letter from his father saying that there was going to be declaration of independence for the country from Great Britain. The letter also said there was going to be war. For the second year of college everyone was talking about the war. Noah wanted to help fight the British. A few days later, Noah got really sick. Noah had smallpox. Luckily, Noah got better really soon.
chooses Noah and his family to be the only survivors after the flood that wipes
Noah reads their love story to Allie everyday in hopes that she will remember him and everything they have experienced together. Throughout most of the day as he reads to her, she does not recall that the story is about herself and Noah. She also does not remember who her children and grandchildren are when they come to visit. At the end of the film Allie becomes lucid for a few moments and realizes that the story Noah is reading is their own and they begin to dance together. After a few short moments Allie relapses into Alzheimer’s and has no idea who Noah is and why he is there with
The main character in this story is Cassie Logan. She and her three brothers go through an extremely tough time in this story. They go through everything from racist driven petty things to the death of a friend. Cassie's age contributes a lot to this story. Since Cassie is about 10 years old she doesn't fully understand everything that happens and why they happen. This book is written in first person so the reader knows her thoughts and feelings, but not everyone else's. This provides a better grasp on Cassie's inner conflicts.
After the events on the boat regarding the twin children, Noah acts as if he has failed God for being unable to murder the two and carry out his plan, implying that God had actually wished for and expected Noah to murder his grandchildren. This played into portraying both God and Noah as vicious and cruel. In the story written in the Bible, God had chosen Noah to build the ark because he was the only one without wickedness present in his heart. However, he is featured in the film as one who was cold-hearted and would be willing to do anything to ensure that there would not be a future for
The man, Noah, is a poet in Allie's eyes and he expresses love as, "Our souls were one, if you must know and never shall they be apart; With splendid dawn, your face aglow I reach for you and find my heart" (183). As teenagers, the two of these "love birds" had one summer of intense passion that was ended abruptly by Allie's parents disapproval. When Allie left New Bern the couple planned to keep in touch by writing letters, but because Allie's moms did not approve of Noah, she hid all his letters from her without Allie knowing. Noah continued to write but without a reply, his hopes dissolved. While Noah sat on his porch playing his guitar with his three-legged dog Clem, he reminisced about the adventures they had, foreshadowing the events that followed. "And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. And maybe, for a brief moment, you'll feel it too, and you'll smile back, and savor the memories we will always share together" (151). There are surprises one would never expect and descriptions that one can't even imagine; they pull the reader in and paint a picture in the mind. This novel will make the reader cry, gasp, sigh, and cry once more.
Sparks was inspired by his wife’s grandparents, who spent sixty years together, and had a beautiful, yet rare, relationship that withstood the test of time and circumstances. Sparks believes that “true love exists and that there’s evidence of it every day.” (Sparks). The Notebook is a tender story about the everlasting and enduring power of true love between teenagers Noah and Allie, who forge an intense summer romance, and after years of separation caused by class differences find themselves reunited. After a fourteen year separation, Allie returns to visit Noah to determine what it was they shared and why it had such a lasting impact. Allie must make a decision between Lon, the man she promised to marry, and Noah the man she has always loved. As she decides, she thinks to herself, “She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe a quiet conversation in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.” The theme of love conquers all is the focus as Noah tries to regain Allie’s love and Allie struggles with telling Noah that she’s engaged to another man, yet still is in love with him. The story is told from two different points of view. The first is told in first person as Noah tells of his present life with Allie at Creekside Extended Care Home. The second is told in third person as Noah reads a story from a notebook