A 1996 novel, The Notebook written by Nicholas Sparks, the center of attention is on the romance, as it opens over half a century, between Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson, two young Southerners who meet for the first time as teenagers. The lovers overcome many complications, including Allie’s criticism family of them being together. At the time of its release, the novel received diverse critical reviews but was extremely popular with readers and later in 2004 made into a movie, starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. It was extremely popular then.
The novel is narrated by an 80-year-old man in a nursing home. The old man is nameless and he always wears a sweater his daughter knit for him thirty years ago. The old man alerts the reader that …show more content…
After visiting an art gallery and rediscovering her love for painting, Allie meets Noah at the river and the two paddle a canoe to a small, peaceful lake filled with geese and swans. It begins to rain as they head back to Noah’s house, and they are soaked by the time they reach it. Noah gives Allie some of his dry clothes to wear, and the two warm themselves in front of the fire and share a drink. Noah tells Allie that he still loves her, and the two rekindle their romance, making love.
The next day at noon, Allie’s mother, Anne, comes to Noah’s house and warns the couple that Lon is coming to New Bern to find Allie since she has not answered his calls. She brings all of Noah’s letters that she had withheld from her daughter over the past fourteen years and gives them to Allie. She explains that she was just trying to protect Allie’s best interests by keeping the couple apart, and before leaving, advises her daughter to follow her heart. Noah begs Allie to stay with him, but Allie says she does not know if she …show more content…
When Allie arrives in the parking lot, she notices Lon’s car parked there. Before going out to meet him, she reads the very last letter that Noah wrote to her professing his love and promising to always cherish the memories that they had together. After reading the letter three times, Allie gets out of the car to go speak to Lon. It is not revealed what she says to him or which man she ultimately chooses to stay with.
The novel then flashes back to the nursing home, where the elderly narrator finishes reading from the notebook. We learn that the woman suffering from Alzheimer’s is his wife, whom he has been married to for the past forty-nine years, and that she is dying from the disease. The woman, who does not recognize her husband due to her condition, asks whether he wrote the story himself. The old man replies that he did. The woman asks him which man the woman in the story chose to marry, and the narrator replies that she will find out by the end of the
The novel is narrated by an 80-year-old man in a nursing home. The old man is nameless and he always wears a sweater his daughter knit for him thirty years ago. The old man alerts the reader that …show more content…
After visiting an art gallery and rediscovering her love for painting, Allie meets Noah at the river and the two paddle a canoe to a small, peaceful lake filled with geese and swans. It begins to rain as they head back to Noah’s house, and they are soaked by the time they reach it. Noah gives Allie some of his dry clothes to wear, and the two warm themselves in front of the fire and share a drink. Noah tells Allie that he still loves her, and the two rekindle their romance, making love.
The next day at noon, Allie’s mother, Anne, comes to Noah’s house and warns the couple that Lon is coming to New Bern to find Allie since she has not answered his calls. She brings all of Noah’s letters that she had withheld from her daughter over the past fourteen years and gives them to Allie. She explains that she was just trying to protect Allie’s best interests by keeping the couple apart, and before leaving, advises her daughter to follow her heart. Noah begs Allie to stay with him, but Allie says she does not know if she …show more content…
When Allie arrives in the parking lot, she notices Lon’s car parked there. Before going out to meet him, she reads the very last letter that Noah wrote to her professing his love and promising to always cherish the memories that they had together. After reading the letter three times, Allie gets out of the car to go speak to Lon. It is not revealed what she says to him or which man she ultimately chooses to stay with.
The novel then flashes back to the nursing home, where the elderly narrator finishes reading from the notebook. We learn that the woman suffering from Alzheimer’s is his wife, whom he has been married to for the past forty-nine years, and that she is dying from the disease. The woman, who does not recognize her husband due to her condition, asks whether he wrote the story himself. The old man replies that he did. The woman asks him which man the woman in the story chose to marry, and the narrator replies that she will find out by the end of the