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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The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks "I am nothing special‚ of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life... but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul‚ and to me‚ this has always been enough. -Noah Calhoun When we were assinged to do a book critique‚ I knew right away I was going to do a Nicholas Sparks novel. I have read all of his books‚ cried many tears and felt many emotions as I pictured the people falling in love‚ people doing heroic events
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The Notebook: As if Reading from a Notebook People often refer to the movie The Notebook as a sappy‚ predictable chick flick that plays with your emotions‚ making you spill a few tears here and there. Even though I’ve seen this movie a million times‚ everytime I enjoy watching the story of two young lovers who can’t find a way to be together due to their social backgrounds. It’s a heartbreaking and achingly real love story that will keep you hooked from the beginning leaving you gasping for more
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Love and Desire Portrayed Through The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks From a very young age children are taught and exposed to love; what it means to be in love and how to identify it‚ therefore expectations develop based on these early experiences. From culture to culture there may be different signs of love and ways that love is expressed however‚ the feeling of love is a global‚ human emotion that everyone is capable of. The real question is‚ how is love developed‚ sustained‚ and how does it affect
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issues‚ add a young actress who has really only shown her chops as a Mean Girl and a Hot Chick‚ bring them together in 1940’s South Carolina‚ and don’t forget to throw in two old fogies reflecting back at their youth. That‚ basically‚ is what The Notebook looks like on paper. Though a cookie cutter “love story” this may be‚ it still leaves some room for a few surprises to keep the super familiar subject matter just the slightest bit fresh. Allie (Rachel McAdams) is the rich girl on vacation.
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The Notebook The Notebook he tells about the love between a man and a woman‚ from when they met as teenagers until they are in a nursing home‚ trying to overcome the trials of Alzheimer’s and loss of memory. Throughout the story it is clear that they love each other deeply. I read the book and watched the movie version of this touching story. There was one thing that I found surprising‚ that I enjoyed the movie more than I did the book‚ which is rare for me. When I have watched other movie versions
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for Noah still alive‚ stops by Noah’s 200-year-old home that he restored for her‚ "to see if he’s okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other‚ and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love. In the movie “The Notebook”‚ the meaning of unconditional love was emphasized through what happened in the characters’ experiences. It can be observed through the flashbacks that since the main characters were too young at the time they both met each other‚ they
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Analysis of The Notebook Movie Clip Lindsey Scott ENG225 Allison Sansbury November 18‚ 2012 Analysis of The Notebook Movie Clip There are many people involved in making a movie possible. When everything is put together it seems as though it was just one simple camera shot. But looking closer and at a short clip of a movie shows a little light on how much was actually done to make it realistic. The first thing people notice and pay attention to are the actors. But who tells the actors where
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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 though it may seem a typical romantic love story to some‚ I think it’s a unique one that proves true love never dies and the author has
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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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