Notebook
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In a flashback novel, one might say that the conclusion simply does not tie up loose ends, but it draws the reader into a story, leaving them amazed when they remember it was all a memory. In the case of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, the flashback is not merely a story, but a love story that appeals to every known sense. Since the conclusion must close the book in its entirety, the reader must comprehend the meaning of the whole book to fully understand and appreciate the ending. This is what draws the reader into the genre of novels written by that author.
Throughout the novel, we meet three different characters with entirely different attitudes and personalities. Noah Calhoun, a young rural southerner has returned from WWII to restore his plantation home into a lovely new glory. He is thirty-one, and very much in love, while he works hard to succeed while keeping his country ways and traditions. Allie Nelson, is twenty-nine and engaged to another man, Lon, who her mother believes is perfect for her. Previously, she fell in love with Noah and spent a whole summer with him, until her mother ended their relationship. Allie is a wonderful painter, as Noah sees it, and has a pure heart, but Noah waits for her to return to him...