Allie And Noah The Notebook Critique example essay topic

The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life... but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough. -Noah Calhoun When we were as singed to do a book critique, I knew right away I was going to do a Nicholas Sparks novel. I have read all of his books, cried many tears and felt many emotions as I pictured the people falling in love, people doing heroic events and people living their normal life. I wasn't sure which one I wanted to do, but I had to go with the book that affected me the most, The Notebook. The Notebook was the first novel written by Sparks and personally it is my favorite.

He is a wonderful author who possesses the ability to have that deep heart felt emotion and love that many women search for in life. He wrote the book in such a way, that I as a female related to. I have felt the emotions Allie felt, I have been through the heart break, so relating and picturing events from The Notebook was never an issue for me, or maybe any other woman either. The Notebook is a book written about a forbidden love from the south in the 1940's. The main characters, Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton come from two very different backgrounds. Noah is a poor boy who works hard for everything he has, and Allie is a rich girl who is determined to go to a great college and is to marry a rich boy.

They meet during the summer of 1940 in a small southern town called Sea brook. During the summer, they fall in love, deep heartfelt love. Unfortunately, Allie's parents do not agree with their daughter's love for Noah, and returns the family home to the city shortly after. Noah writes Allie every day for a year, and without knowing, Allie's mother is secretly hiding the letters from Allie... so she slowly moves on, thinking Noah no longer felt the way she did for him.

She meets someone new, and is about to be married when she sees Noah in the paper and decided to return to Sea brook to "See how Noah is doing" She goes to see him and they realize their love has never died. The story goes on to explain how Allie faces her challenge of being with the man she is in love with or the man she is supposed to marry. She picks Noah and together they build a home and family. Later on Allie is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and writes her and Noah's story of true love in a notebook that she gives to Noah to read to her, she promises him that if he reads their story to her, she will come back to him. The first time I read this, I did what I think every female did. I related to the story, and I kept a box of tissues by my side though out the entire reading process.

I love the way Noah is so in love with Allie and devotes his entire being to their love for one another. He knows that they are meant to be, despite all their differences. When I first started reading, from the very first few lines, I was intrigued, it only took me a day or two to actually read the book because I couldn't set it down, I had to see what would happen next. My favorite part of the book is the summer they fall in love. They way they feel for one another, and the way the act towards each other, is so vivid in my mind and while I was reading it, I could picture Allie and Noah together, frolicking in the summer wind and falling deep in love with each other. I could relate so well to the way Sparks wrote the novel, it was amazing.

Once I was finished with the book, I could only look forward to reading more stories by Nicholas Sparks, in hopes that they were just as thrilling as The Notebook. And just to my surprise, a few weeks after I finished reading the book, I began seeing previews for the movie. I watched it, and although I knew what was going to happen and how it all turned out, I still cried. I actually cry every time I see it, just because, well... I've been there in ways. It makes it very easy to relate to something you have been through yourself.

I enjoyed reading the Notebook, it was probably one of the best books I have ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone, more likely a female, because females can feel the emotion of the words on a page much better than a man, and can very much relate to the love Allie and Noah share. I would also recommend the movie, but movies never equal up to a novel.