Nicholas Sparks: A Brief Analysis

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This paper will give a brief explanation of what occurred on March 30, 1996. The date was eventful for many reasons. There were many issues going on in the world at this time and this paper will take a look at four separate but interesting events. The first issue we will discuss is the President of the United States trying to change policy on the distribution of new cancer pills; the president wants to speed up the process. Secondly, it will cover a big ladies’ college basketball game between two rival schools, the University of Connecticut Huskies (UConn/Lady Huskies) and the University of Tennessee (Lady Volunteers). Next, we will discuss a famous novel that was written in 1996 by the name of The Notebook; which has since turned into one …show more content…
In 1996, he wrote a love story called The Notebook, which has also been turned into a movie watched over and over by many. It’s a story about a young man named Noah who falls in love with a girl named Allie in the heat of summer in 1946. Due to many reasons they are forced to go in different directions. He recalls that summer as the best time of his life and cannot seem to forget her even after fighting in World War II and not seeing her for nearly 14 years. Noah returns home to North Carolina from the war and tries to start settling down by restoring a house he purchased but he is constantly haunted by the memories of his love for his summer girl. He hopes and believes he can live on his memories alone, but Allie returns to Noah’s little town to see him again before she marries and turns his world upside down. She too finds that her feelings for Noah are still there! They are both confronted with their memories and what to do with the love they still share. Allie becomes torn between her past love and the love she thought was her future. Noah has a chance to get back the girl of his dreams and live happily ever after. The story captures this young love through the memories of Allie and Noah at the ends of their lives when Allie suffers from Alzheimer’s. Noah’s love for her never fades and it’s those memories that he uses to keep her with him by reading their story from …show more content…
But there were four specific events that highlighted this historic day. First starting off with the President of the United States trying to find a way to get cancer pills to their patients faster. Secondly a instant classic game between the Lady Huskies and the Lady Volunteers that would be a rematch of last years national championship game and would go down in dramatic fashion. Next we will be talking about one of the greatest love stories to come out between to young lovers who lose each other and then find their way back into each others arms, Nicholas Sparks defiantly hit a homerun with this novel. Lastly we will talk about one of the hottest SUV’s of the year the Chevy Tahoe, it was voted SUV of the year in

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