![]() ![]() The rising action begins in 1946 one year after Noah Calhoun has returned to his hometown to buy the house of Reader can’t help but be touched by his rhetoric and his story. And yet, he uses many beautiful metaphorsĪnd symbols to highlight the point he wants to make about the love between Allie and Noah. This novel is written very simplistically in a reader-friendly manner. Reading of Noah’s final letter to her written twelve years before was she able to see that it was her life to live.Īnd no one should be able to force her in a direction she didn’t want to go. However, she almost gives in to family pressure even after a wonderful few days with Noah. Coincidentally, it took a newspaper articleĪbout Noah’s house to make her remember a wonderful summer with him and how much she might still love ![]() Fir most of her life, Allie gave in to this pressure. Her parents hadĭone everything they could to keep her within her social class and eventually to see her married to an influentialĪnd powerful man. Way when she almost gave in to her fear of hurting her family and friends by choosing Noah. Noah as the one she was meant to be with for eternity.Ī final theme tells us that you cannot live your life in fear of hurting others. In this version of fate, Allie would always make a mistake if she failed to recognize Noah wasĬonvinced that they were soul mates who had lived many lives looking for each other, sometimes finding each She and Noah were meant to be together that she made the right decision and followed her heart. Allie had spent fourteen years in fear of hurting her family andįriends if she deviated from the standard way of living for her social class. However, not even it can separate the two of them as Allie’s promise Finally, Allie’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is the final setback. Home, their lives are not without tragedy when their four year old son dies. Even though they marry and raise a family in the wonderful plantation It’s only when Allie reads Noah’s last letter to her written twelve years before Third, they face her engagement to Lon Hamilton who comes from an Years in which Noah is shaped by his father, WWII, and his desire to escape Second, they face a separation of fourteen Her mother hid his letters to her and even pressured her to give up painting,Ī talent that Noah had encouraged. They must face the pressures of her parents and their social position. No matter how many setbacks AllieĪnd Noah faced, their love always brought them together again. Īlthough this idea is sometimes overworked, in this particular work, The first and most important theme is: Love conquers all. ![]() THE NOTEBOOK ONLINE STUDY GUIDE BY NICHOLAS SPARKS Read on to learn more about each of Nicholas Sparks' novels.The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks THEMES / THEME ANALYSIS / AUTHOR'S STYLE / RISING ACTION / FALLING ACTIONįree Study Guide - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Now, Nicholas Sparks has written over 20 books, including A Walk to Remember (1999), Dear John (2006), and The Choice (2016), all of which have been adapted for the big screen. Published in October 1996, The Notebook rocketed to the top of The New York Times Best Seller list and remained there for a year. The publisher clearly liked what they read-they gave Sparks a $1 million advance. He secured a literary agent in 1995, and The Notebook was quickly picked up by Time Warner Book Group. It was during this period that he was inspired to write his first novel, The Notebook. Sales were modest, though, and Sparks continued to support himself by working as a pharmaceutical salesman in the early '90s. Sparks' first book, published in 1990, was a nonfiction book co-written with Billy Mills called Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding. Neither was ever published, however, and Sparks worked a number of different jobs in his first years after graduating from Notre Dame. He began writing in college, during which time he produced two novels. He is a native of Nebraska, though he has lived most of his adult life in North Carolina, where his books are set. He's sold more than 105 million books worldwide, and 11 of his novels have been turned into films. Sparks has written over 20 novels in his career, all of which have been best-sellers. If you're a reader who loves uplifting romantic novels, you've probably read a few Nicholas Sparks books. ![]()
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