Now that I told you what my favorite book is, what the critics think, what the book means to me, and something about someone in the book. Now I will give you some information on what I have researched to go in greater detail about the book The Notebook.
This book was written by Nicholas Sparks, he said that ". . . It wasn't easy to come up with the plot for my first novel, but in the end, I decided to go with something that I knew I could do." Sparks began writing The Notebook in 1989, and the book was inspired by his wife's grandparents. Sparks says that "they are two wonderful people who spent over 60 years together." That is a long time for anyone.
The Notebook was the first novel that Sparks had ever written. There are many reviews on the book and everyone that has read the book has said almost the same thing and that is "A beautiful love story, possibly the most beautiful ever told. A tale never forgotten. It is one for the romantics, love conquers all. " For me, after i read a review and read how the way that it is said to make you feel while you are reading the book and you will never forget it, I am going to read the book right away. The books has also been known to stay over a year at number one on the New York's Best Sale's List which is hard to do i both hard back and paper.
Sparks has been married to his wife since 1989 and they have resided in the coastal region of North Carolina ever since. The couple has had five children over the years (Sparks). Over the past thirteen years Sparks has written over ten novels and has used the names of his children as well as other family members or people that are close to them as characters in the novels that were inspired by stories of the people that he knew.
Over time the book as kept its honor and everyone still talks about the book as if it was written yesterday. This is a true book that will stay a classic forever because you can not find a story that is so close to being true and not keep it with you through life's long journey.
Works Cited
The Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/Copyright © 1990-2009 IMDb.com, Inc.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.An company. Advertise on IMDb. License our content.
Nicholas Sparks, www.nicholassparks.com
Kelly Milner, the book repoter, Hallshttp://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/0446605239.asp
Monday, May 11, 2009
Who is Ally?
The book The Notebook was made into a movie in 2004 and one of the main characters name was Ally Hamilton, her character was played by a beautiful and talented young women named Rachel McAdams.
Rachel was born on November 17th, 1978 in St. Joseph's Hospital, in London, Ontario, which was also the birth place of co-star Ryan Gosling. She was born to her father Lance who was a truck driver, and her mother Sandy who was a nurse. Rachel has a younger sister and a younger brother also.
She was a very active child and always wanted to act, even from a young age. At the age of thirteen she was performing in Shakespearean productions in summer theater camp. As Rachel grew through high school she thought that everyone would make fun of her if she had went to college for theater, so she chose to study cultural studies in college. She almost did until the drama teacher talked her into trying out for the drama performance at school, after the performance Rachel finally decided to follower her heart and to major in drama at York University where she graduated with honors.
Over the years she had many different rolls in different TV shows. One of the shows was a Disney program called The Famous Jett Jackson . It was not until 2004 when Rachel made her big screen appearance in both Mean Girls and The Notebook.
She has also played in other films too such as Wedding Crashers and is currently filming in London.
Rachel is a very intelligent person and is very economical, she does not have a car and takes the bus or rides her bike if she can about everywhere she goes. She has lived in both Canada and the USA, but currently resides in Canada.
Rachel was born on November 17th, 1978 in St. Joseph's Hospital, in London, Ontario, which was also the birth place of co-star Ryan Gosling. She was born to her father Lance who was a truck driver, and her mother Sandy who was a nurse. Rachel has a younger sister and a younger brother also.
She was a very active child and always wanted to act, even from a young age. At the age of thirteen she was performing in Shakespearean productions in summer theater camp. As Rachel grew through high school she thought that everyone would make fun of her if she had went to college for theater, so she chose to study cultural studies in college. She almost did until the drama teacher talked her into trying out for the drama performance at school, after the performance Rachel finally decided to follower her heart and to major in drama at York University where she graduated with honors.
Over the years she had many different rolls in different TV shows. One of the shows was a Disney program called The Famous Jett Jackson . It was not until 2004 when Rachel made her big screen appearance in both Mean Girls and The Notebook.
She has also played in other films too such as Wedding Crashers and is currently filming in London.
Rachel is a very intelligent person and is very economical, she does not have a car and takes the bus or rides her bike if she can about everywhere she goes. She has lived in both Canada and the USA, but currently resides in Canada.
What Is Good Writing?
What is good writing? That is a question that is asked by a student, teacher, or anyone else who wants to know the answer to that question. This question can be answered in so many different ways that is not funny, so I am going to tell you what I think or what I consider to be good writing.
To me good writing all starts when you think about who you are writing to, you need to know your audience. This is a common mistake that many people make, they do not focus on who they are writing to. I will give you an example about the first day of English 111, my professor gave us a topic that said "Imagine what you will be doing in 5, 10, or 20+ years (pick one). Describe where you plan to be in life (personally, professionally, etc.) and explain the steps you will take to get there." Everyone in the class neglected to read the boxes at the top of the paper that said "Audience," and in this box said to write this as is you were writing it to a"Potential employer or college admissions office who will use this sample to gauge your ability to communicate effectively through writing." Needless to say not just a few people, but the whole class wrote to the professor and not to the correct audience. After everyone received their grade on the paper, everyone then read the top of the page. SO make sure you know your audience.
Another thing to great writing is a skill that I often struggle with and that is spelling and grammar. One thing everyone looks at when they read a paper is how the words are spelled and how the sentence is structured and that is the main key in writing a great paper, to know how to spell and how to check your grammar.
Be a good writing will come to a person if they would just take the time to sit down and write something, and it does not have to be a lot but just enough to matter.
To me good writing all starts when you think about who you are writing to, you need to know your audience. This is a common mistake that many people make, they do not focus on who they are writing to. I will give you an example about the first day of English 111, my professor gave us a topic that said "Imagine what you will be doing in 5, 10, or 20+ years (pick one). Describe where you plan to be in life (personally, professionally, etc.) and explain the steps you will take to get there." Everyone in the class neglected to read the boxes at the top of the paper that said "Audience," and in this box said to write this as is you were writing it to a"Potential employer or college admissions office who will use this sample to gauge your ability to communicate effectively through writing." Needless to say not just a few people, but the whole class wrote to the professor and not to the correct audience. After everyone received their grade on the paper, everyone then read the top of the page. SO make sure you know your audience.
Another thing to great writing is a skill that I often struggle with and that is spelling and grammar. One thing everyone looks at when they read a paper is how the words are spelled and how the sentence is structured and that is the main key in writing a great paper, to know how to spell and how to check your grammar.
Be a good writing will come to a person if they would just take the time to sit down and write something, and it does not have to be a lot but just enough to matter.
What I Truley Love
Since I have already told you about what I love and what the critics think about it, now am going to tell you what the book "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks, and what it means to me personally.
This book is a book that I can truly relate to in a similar way. About four years ago I met this guy, I already had a boyfriend but that never means anything to teenagers right? Well anyway I met a guy over the summer and no one wanted it to last past the first week, that is the very few people that knew about us, but needless to say my boyfriend found out what was going on and we broke up. The guy that I had met was still there and I truly did like him a lot. He was nice guy and kinda cute too so that was a plus.
Like in The Notebook we were both crazy about each other, any time that we had free from work or just a few minutes to talk on the phone we were always together just like Ally and Noah. We did not agree on everything adn we did fight quite a bit at first too, but it did not matter we just look each other in the eyes and totally forgot what we were argueing about. That is what you call summer love.
This book just means so much to me because Ally and Noah may have been apart for some time, but they foudn one another and stayed togetehr forever. Matthew and I have been together for almost four years and I hope that we can make it last and have a wonderful life just like them.
This book is a book that I can truly relate to in a similar way. About four years ago I met this guy, I already had a boyfriend but that never means anything to teenagers right? Well anyway I met a guy over the summer and no one wanted it to last past the first week, that is the very few people that knew about us, but needless to say my boyfriend found out what was going on and we broke up. The guy that I had met was still there and I truly did like him a lot. He was nice guy and kinda cute too so that was a plus.
Like in The Notebook we were both crazy about each other, any time that we had free from work or just a few minutes to talk on the phone we were always together just like Ally and Noah. We did not agree on everything adn we did fight quite a bit at first too, but it did not matter we just look each other in the eyes and totally forgot what we were argueing about. That is what you call summer love.
This book just means so much to me because Ally and Noah may have been apart for some time, but they foudn one another and stayed togetehr forever. Matthew and I have been together for almost four years and I hope that we can make it last and have a wonderful life just like them.
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