The Notebook and Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks

Dear John and The Notebook have very similar and different aspects. They both

have similar way the two main characters met. In both stories they have similar ways that

one of the main characters has to leave. Another thing they have in common is how

someone in both stories have to move on from the person they love. The two stories have

differences too however. In both stories one of the characters goes back and tries to find

the other one, but what happens when they do is completely different. Overall the two

books have very similar and very different aspects.

Noah was a very hard working guy. He also loved his dad very much. His dad

taught him how to read well and since then he grew to love it. He never had many

girlfriends and never had fallen in love, until he met Allie. Allie was a beautiful girl, and

was called it since she was little (Sparks 19). She got most of her looks from her mom.

Allies family was high class. They believe in accomplishments and goals in life, and they

wanted that for their daughter.

John was born in 1977 and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina (Sparks 9).

John and Noah grew up in similar ways. Neither of them grew up rich and just with a

father raising them. Also they both loved their dad very much. In high school John

became a rebel and his grades were really bad. Also him and his father were not as close

anymore. On the other hand Noah never went through a wild stage and him and his father

were always close. John’s dad followed a routine and would do things in advance

(Sparks 12 and 14 and 17). He also enjoyed coins. He mostly would only talk about

coins, because that’s all he knew to talk about. John and his dad were v...

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true love, and true love is more important than social class (Sparks 187). In Dear John

Savannah ends up marrying Tim. John ends up using all the money he had left after his

fathers death to help out Tim, because he had gotten cancer, and over the years it had

gotten worse. He did all this out of the true love he still felt for Savannah. He knew to

make her happy he needed to help Tim, and he just wanted what was best for her (Sparks

279).

So in conclusion both stories have very similar and very different aspects. Their

characters are both very similar in both stories. The love interest in both stories were also

very similar. However the ending of both stories are completely different. The Notebook

has a much more happy ending for the couples, unlike Dear John. Overall both books are

more similar then different.