"That's the problem with us. We're both stubborn as*** and always want to get our way. We both hate to be wrong and love to be right. But that's the thing about love. No matter what happens, we always come back for each other, one more time." (The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks) I was in 5th grade when my interest in Nicholas Spark's intriguing romance novels caught my eye. Love is such a fluid word. You can have love for people and things, and you can love those people in different ways. I was a hyper, imaginative 12-year-old, infatuated with the idea of true love. The Notebook is about the long, complicate, but true, love story between Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton, both young adults in the 1940s. Parental approval, social class, distance, and
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Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.” (The Notebook) This quote refers to the feelings of Allie in the story, the confused, 17-year-old girl whose life was dictated by societal obligations and parental approval. For Allie, marriage was more decided by the man’s social and financial status, not whether love was present or not. Noah, who became infatuated with Allie after meeting her at their town’s carnival, was new to the concept of love. Soon after meeting, Noah eventually woos Allie, and the two become …show more content…
When Allie and Noah return to her house, Anne, Allie’s mother, proceeds to call Noah “trash” and forbid her from seeing him ever again. Anne declares that their family is moving back to their main house in Charleston, and Allie could not find Noah in time to say goodbye. Noah wrote a letter every day for Allie for an entire year. Allie never receives these letters because Anna intercepts them every time. Noah and Allie both began to doubt the other’s love, and soon drift away from their love.
Years later, Allie is engaged to a rich lawyer, and they return back to Seabrook. Noah sees them together, and hopes that buying and refurbishing an old house, the one him and Allie almost made love in, would lure Allie back to his arms. At the end of the story, the two lovers find their way back to eachother. They both realize they must continue to add kindle to their fire of love to keep it burning.
The Notebook taught me that love does not come easy. Nothing good comes easy. I was never in love with Chad. I was in love with the idea of Chad. The idea that someone would want to give me attention. The difference is, Noah gave Allie attention out of love, whereas Chad gave me attention, only seeking to get attention
Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.” (The Notebook) This quote refers to the feelings of Allie in the story, the confused, 17-year-old girl whose life was dictated by societal obligations and parental approval. For Allie, marriage was more decided by the man’s social and financial status, not whether love was present or not. Noah, who became infatuated with Allie after meeting her at their town’s carnival, was new to the concept of love. Soon after meeting, Noah eventually woos Allie, and the two become …show more content…
When Allie and Noah return to her house, Anne, Allie’s mother, proceeds to call Noah “trash” and forbid her from seeing him ever again. Anne declares that their family is moving back to their main house in Charleston, and Allie could not find Noah in time to say goodbye. Noah wrote a letter every day for Allie for an entire year. Allie never receives these letters because Anna intercepts them every time. Noah and Allie both began to doubt the other’s love, and soon drift away from their love.
Years later, Allie is engaged to a rich lawyer, and they return back to Seabrook. Noah sees them together, and hopes that buying and refurbishing an old house, the one him and Allie almost made love in, would lure Allie back to his arms. At the end of the story, the two lovers find their way back to eachother. They both realize they must continue to add kindle to their fire of love to keep it burning.
The Notebook taught me that love does not come easy. Nothing good comes easy. I was never in love with Chad. I was in love with the idea of Chad. The idea that someone would want to give me attention. The difference is, Noah gave Allie attention out of love, whereas Chad gave me attention, only seeking to get attention