The Notebook Movie Analysis

Society is a result of our interactions, and society guides our interactions. This all stems from social construction. Social construction conveys values, ideas and traditions. These values, ideals and traditions are created and become traditions that are then passed on. These traditions then come to be perceived as natural rather than cultural, which is often how media will display it and society unknowingly accepts.
In the movie The Notebook, it essentially came down to a woman, Allie, played by Rachel McAdams, having to choose between “what is good for you” and “this is crazy, but this is love”. What is good for you was represented by the social status of another man, wealth. While love was represented by Noah, a regular man trying to get by in the life by barely even making minimum wage. Class playing a significant, conflicting role throughout this film.
Social class and wealth are two of the main problems that the main characters experience throughout this movie. The main characters of The Notebook, Noah and Allie experience their first major problem when Allie’s parents will not allow them to date because of Noah’s social standing and the lack of money. In society it is believed and known that there are many privileges to having money and people are open to more opportunities with money as well. For example, Allie was able to experience a whole different kind of education than Noah because her parents had the money to provide her with opportunities like painting, dancing lessons, and tutors. Noah had to start working at a lumberyard when he was seventeen years old because his family did not come from much money at all. This idea that is portrayed of them shows how money is linked to success and how little mo...

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...ealth, statute and capitalism were recurring themes that were made prevalent because I believe that those types of values are not values that should trouble a relationship. The media and movies will often try to enforce these challenging views. These views will always be perceived as natural values rather than cultural, especially in today’s society. Although this movie did exploit a lot of stereotypical themes, I did like that the movie concluded with a non-stereotypical image which was a Allie, a female, being the breadwinner, marrying Noah, a man that is not affiliated with wealth taking care of her and the life they provided equally together. Rather than the stereotypical image of a man, being the bread-winner and the women taking care of him. The film went against the view of a stereotypical society, especially during that time period and I admired that.