The Notebook

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The movie “The Notebook”, by Nicholas Sparks, is a touching story about the never-ending passion of true love. This evaluation will show that the author makes some points when it comes to showing how social differences can cause two people to separate, but remain in love with each other for fourteen years. First, in evaluating Spark’s movie, it is possible to find a couple of strong points. One occurs at the beginning, when in the summer, Noah tries to get Allie to go on a date with him, but Allie refuses because she was with her rich friends, and was embarrassed. Noah then tries telling her, that if she does not go on a date with him, he will jump off the ride. Allie tells Noah she accepts to go on a date with him, …show more content…
The third strong point shows that when things seem to get better, it only gets worse. As Allie and Noah continue to go on many dates together, Allie finally decides to introduce Noah to her parents. When Allie takes Noah to meet her parents, Allie’s mother takes her to the bedroom and has a word with her. Allie’s mother tells her how Noah is poor and will not be able to give her the things she needs, but Allie refuses to listen to her mother’s advice and tells her, she loves him. Allie’s father then walks in and tells her that in the next two days she must leave to college rather she likes it or not. Noah in the other room hears all that is going on, and decides she is best without him. Noah walks out of their home, and Allie runs after him. He tells her to go, knowing he loves her, and then tells her that he does not love her, so she can get a career, and make her family proud. This evaluation shows that a person is willing to give up the love of their life, to watch them be happy and …show more content…
This point in the movie Spark’s evaluation shows that, when a person moves away, they start their life over again, but things are not always what they seem. When Allie moved away to college, Noah told her he would write her every day until she finished school. He also promised to build her, her dream home. Allie never received a letter from Noah, so she moved on with her life, and she met a rich lawyer, whom she fell in love with and got engaged to. She looked so happy, and in love with her new man. Noah was walking in town, when he seen Allie and followed her, until he seen her laughing and kissing the man. He stood there and watched for a minute, and realized she had moved on and walked away, not knowing that she moved on because Allie never received the letter. Allie moved on because she never received the letters, not knowing her own mother hid them from

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