Book Report -the Notebook by Nicolas Sparks Essay

SummaryThe Notebook begins with a man in a nursing home, reading a story to a woman. The story is about two young lovers, Allie Hamilton and Noah, who meet one day at a carnival. Although the two argon falling in love, Allies parents dont allow the relationship between the two young lovers and decide to move Allie away from Noah and the town. They locomote to New York, but Allie never gave up on Noah and always unploughed her faith to one day their love would have a way to deduce back, but after waiting for any sign (such as letters) from Noah from years, Allie meets Lon and becomes engaged. However, Allie even-tempered has feelings for Noah. Despite her commitment for Lon, Allie decides to visit Noah to see how hes doing after beholding his picture in the newspaper in front of a family unit he said he was going to restore (and did).It soon becomes apparent that they still have feelings for each other. Allie sp quit wonderful days with Noah, but suddenly her mother Anne Hamilt on surprises her finding her in Noahs house. Allies mother confess her that she kept and hide from her the letters that Noah had been sending to her years ago. Allie now has to choose between Lon, the man she had already scheduled to marry, and Noah, the man who she wants. Allie picks Noah, her one true love, and dumps Lon. Noah and Allie end up having a happy life and die together peacefully in the nursing home, side by side.CharactersMajor Characters* Noah The narrator of the book and the important character, Noah is a good and kind man who fell in love with Allie fourteen years before the novel opens. He has never forgotten her and is overwhelmed with how practically he still loves her when she returns to tell him she is engaged.* Allison Hamilton A young woman who comes from a privileged family, she spends a wonderful summer with Noah when they are young, but is forced to fall in when her parents disapprove. She meets Lon and becomes engaged to him, but something in her makes her return to Noah to be sure she is non making a mistake.* Lon He is Allies fianc, who fights for her in the end, but is too late. He has allowed his career to disrupt any hope he may have had to win her for himself.Minor Characters* Gus He is the black man who lives down the road from the house Noah has restored. He becomes Noahs only family until Allie returns.* Anne Hamilton She is Allies mother and had so disapproved of her being with Noah that she had never delivered his letters to her daughter. She finally gives Allie the letters, when she leaves, she whispers to Allie that she should follow her heart.PlotLove conquers all really, no matter how many times the old man (Noah) has to read the book to the old lad, he will. Hoping that one day shell remember him, she was his sweetheart and he would not leave her, for as long as she was there he would stay as well.ClimaxNoah and Ally die together in the same bed. They are old (she has Alzheimer) and in a nursing home. Noah is sti ll telling the story of when they are young and how they finally ended up together. Ally suddenly remembers and accepted Noah, the she chose and that she is the girl from the story that he has been telling her the whole time.