Independent reading - Book review The notebook is a romantic novel by novelist Nicholas Sparks‚ which is based in a true story. It is considered a fiction book and has 224 pages. The novel opens in a nursing home when 80-year-old Noah Calhoun‚ "a common man with common thoughts‚" reads a love story from a notebook; it is his own story. Noah‚ newly returned from the war‚ is restoring a plantation home to its former glory‚ and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met 14 years earlier
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buying the most fascinating things that his money can buy. Even though that may seem perfect‚ he suffered from insomnia‚ multiple person’s disorder (schizophrenia)‚ delusions‚ and paranoia. The movie starts out with a detailed history of his life as an adult. But surprisingly throughout the whole movie‚ he (Edward Norton) never once stated his name. He was the narrator telling his story. Then I tend to notice that he‚ “the narrator” mainly focused on self-talk and also dealing with his insomnia
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The Notebook An elderly man man with a well used notebook in his hands. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn’t understand or enjoy‚ until he starts to read to her. The Notebook is a heartbreaking story which describes the power of love like no other. A story that you’ll remember forever. Set in North Carolina in 1946‚ it follows the story of Noah Calhoun. A rural Southerner returned home from World War II. Noah‚ thirty-one years old‚ is restoring an old house to its former glory
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1. The Notebook is a classic love story. Duke (aka Noah) and Allie are the two main characters as they are a married couple in their late years of life. Allie has dementia and is within a nursing home. Duke comes to read her stories of their love life that Allie wrote within a notebook within their younger years. The occupational profile of Allie consists of her having dementia. As the story reflects on their past‚ it was known that Allie liked adventure and excitement as they both wandered around
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“Can you ever escape your past?” Can any of us escape our past? No matter bitter or sweet‚ we will never be able to forget what happened in the past of our lives or escape from what has happened in the past. This is the caption that drew my attention to this achingly tender love story about the power of love and a story of miracles that will stay with me forever. The author‚ Nicholas Sparks has weaved this story around two lovers who face many barriers to win their true love and be together. Even
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the notebook Emmy de Munnik & Wiesje Martens Table of content Assignment 1 - front page 2 - introduction & roles 3 - plot & story 3‚ 4 - universal conflict & storytelling device 5 - narrative pattern of parallelism 5 - difference and variation‚ similarity and repetition 5 Assignment 2 - front page 6 - introduction 7 - scene description 7 - internal & external analysis 7 - three planes analysis 7‚ 8 Assignment 3
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Finnley Maier The Notebook (2004) Film Response SYNOPSIS: The film tells the love story of a man and a woman named Noah and Allie and the struggled they faced to be together. The film begins by showing an older man reading the story of Noah and Allie from a notebook to an elderly woman. There are three main key events in the film‚ when Noah and Allie finally reunite and decide to be together back in the 40’s‚ when Allie becomes lucid and remembers that the story is about her and
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Book review The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on 31. December 1965 and is an American author. He lives in New Bern‚ North Carolina‚ which also is the setting for most of his novels. Sparks met his wife Catherine during the spring of 1988 in California. They married the year after and settled down in New Bern‚ where he wrote his first published novel The Notebook. The two are still living in New Bern with their three sons Miles‚ Ryan and Landon‚ and their twin daughters
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Divine Solidum 6th Period October 20. 2010 Mr.Amos THE NOTEBOOK Set in 1946 in North Carolina. The Notebook was a wonderful story that shows the love-lost-found story by Nicholas Sparks. This book was published 1996. A Fifteen year old‚ Allie Nelson is visiting a small town at New Bern. She met Noah at a carnival and they started to date. They spent wonderful summer together. He always tells Allie about the house he had been dreaming of buying. The first chapter is narrated by
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forward Movie Review Lisa Holmes Life Span Psycology2012 Pay It Forward (2000) Kevin Spacey (Actor)‚ Haley Joel Osment (Actor)‚ Mimi Leder (Director) | Rated: PG-13 | Format: DVD This movie is great for several reasons. It is inspiring‚ entertaining and offers hope for mankind. The idea is to help three people in need and when they ask you what do you want in return‚ all you have to do is tell them that they will not want to do it. Of course‚ this is reverse psychology and the
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