The Notebook : A Short Story

Noah wanted to break the barriers of racial segregation, and the only way he could do that was through the use of language. In his early years, he learned many different languages to connect with different types of people. He soon realized that by doing this, he was not defined by his skin color, but instead was judged based on his ability to interact with people using language. In the chapter “Chameleon”, Noah explains that

I stand and stare in disbelief as the car’s bonnet is crumpled into the bulky metal pole on the side of the road. My limbs are numb and I am drenched from head to toe. The glistening droplets continuously drip off the tip of my nose as I realize how much trouble I’m going to get into. The wind wails around me as if it’s saying “you’re going to be in so much trouble”. I suddenly get back into the car and attempt to reverse the car so no one will see the car rammed into the power pole. Mum and Dad's pristine new car. Scratched. Dented. Ruined.

In paragraph twelve, it says, “As you might expect, it wasn’t long before Daddy got him a new name, too. Many folks took to calling him Noah, or sometimes Noah Count- like No Account, you see?” In paragraph thirteen, the narrator explains how it was a good thing that he didn’t go to school that day because he would have beat up anyone who called his father crazy. People started calling him Noah because of the raft he made. The raft was large and could fit all their animals in it, sort of like ‘Noah’s Ark’. To conclude, many people thought that his father was crazy for building a raft when there was no need for

As a discussion group, we talked about many things but, finally came to the conclusion that the movie Noah is not an accurate account of what historians really say happened. The biblical account and the account portrayed in the movie is quite different and does not have many similarities. One thing in the movie that resonates truth is the creation story. During Noah’s journey with his family to find Methuselah he told them the biblical story of creation. This is the same story that is in the Bible. This is one true fact that the director kept in the story line of the movie. Within our group we talked about how there were a couple more similarities, but we didn’t highlight them because we all know the Noah story. We spent more of our time on

The next morning, James got ready for meeting up with the owner of the land he planned to sharecrop on. As he was slipping on his shoes, there was a loud bang on his front door. Mabel hurried to ask who is it and the person behind the door yelled Angus. James jumped up and rushed to answer the door. When he opens the door, it reveals Angus smiling ear to ear breathing heavy as if he had run from the church to his house.

In “Genesis” there is another story within it, I had read called Noah’s Ark. As everyone knows or should know that in Noah’s Ark there was a flood. God has seen and had noticed how chaotic and wicked everything was. What God wanted to do was erase any sort of life on what we call Earth. His purpose was not to destroy human life, but wipe take out the all the sin. In the midst of it all there was one man, Noah, among them all that God had

The story begins with Alex looking back on the events of his drunk driving escapade. Alex describes the whole Friday evening when the event occurred, which included stealing his mom’s car, getting drunk, and attempting to drive to his father’s house. It didn’t take long before Alex drove into a neighbor’s yard, damaging a lawn gnome and throwing up on the cop who arrived at the scene. When he arrived at the police station, bleeding and tears in his eyes, he accidentally knocked a table which caused coffee to be spilled on the desk cop. He then wakes up in the hospital hours later and discovers he’s suffered multiple injuries and disappointed his parents to the fullest.

He had already packed everything he wanted to take with him, but left most of his possessions unpacked as he feared it would be a reminder of his previous life. As he was packing his items into his car, his neighbor Mr. Lauterbach came outside and noticed Arthur packing his things. “Hello Mr. Raeburn!” Greeted Mr. Lauterbach. “Why are you packing up your things?” Arthur was caught by surprise at first, he hadn’t thought about being seen by his neighbor. “I’m packing for a road trip,” lied Arthur, “I’ll be staying at a log cabin up north for a few days.” “I see. Well, I don’t want to be late for the bus now, so I’ll talk to you some more when you get back from your vacation!” Said Mr. Lauterbach. He started walking down the sidewalk towards the bus stop, and Arthur began packing quicker so he wouldn’t be caught by anymore people. After packing his things, Arthur got into his car, and started it. Pulling out of his driveway, he took a deep breath, knowing that this would be the last time he would see the town he grew up in. He began driving down the street, seeing everybody he pass smile and wave at him. However, he didn’t smile or wave back, as he had already abandoned his old life and began his new one. After he got out of town, he realized something. His depressing old life is nothing but the past; therefore, so are his sad memories. He had no reason to be sad anymore and felt something he hasn’t felt in ages, and that feeling is happiness. Nobody has heard from Mr. Raeburn

“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was just a man and perfect in all generations, Noah walked with God”(Genesis 6). Then the story says build an ark, “And behold, I, Even, I, do bring a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh”(Genesis

Jimmy had saved a life by cracking open a safe but also risked what he feared of. Annabell’s (niece) had locked herself in the safe that her grandfather just bought. So Jimmy opened the safe and saved the little girl, but the cop was watching him and was going to arrest jimmy but then the cop saw that jimmy had changed and began to be good.

He was trying to piece together a town plot all the while thinking how ludicrous that is when it hit him: he was in Mrs. Walker’s class too! He had written a letter with the rest of the class. What he couldn't remember was what it said. The more he tried to access his childhood, the more it eluded him. He remembered Mrs. Walker. He could recall how much trouble he was always in. He even unlocked the recollection of Amy Kessler: the first girl he had ever kissed. But the letter or what was written on it ran from his struggling mind. As he battled to remember, he glanced down at the lock, now twisting and flipping in his nervous hands. The violet glow was growing stronger. Why was everything different after Flemming read the letters? Why was his best friend not here? Why was Mike rich? Questions began swirling around faster and faster. Tom had to grab the stage to steady his weakening knees. He closed his eyes in an attempt to calm his mind and nerves. The questions still dug at the back of his mind like gnawing

1. Alex’s reaction to his mother’s illness contrasts to his sisters’ reactions because he has anger management issues. Following his initial attack on his father after discovering that he had chopped off his mother’s hair, Alex locked himself in his room. The author, Isabel Allende, writes, “Then, systemically, he set about destroy everything in his room. He pulled the posters from the wall and tore them into bits; he swung is baseball bat at pictures and videos; he crushed his collection of antique automobiles, and airplanes from World War 1; he ripped pages from his books; he gutted his mattresses and pillow with his Swiss Army knife; he slashed all of his clothes and bedding; and as a final touch he kicked and stomped on his lamp until

Meanwhile, Ham felt as if he didn’t belong with his family anymore, so he threw the Serpent’s skin at Noah and left to start his own life. Noah realized what a wreck he had become, and Ila talked to him. She made him realize that the Creator didn’t necessarily want him to end mankind, but He instead gave Noah the decision to let mankind continue or not. This comforted Noah, and he came back to living with his family in their establishment. He then performed a ritual with the Serpent’s skin (the same ritual his father was doing before he was killed) to pass a birthright to his family. A rainbow orb appeared in the sky to end the movie.

Upon Ally's arrival Noah is shocked; they spend a couple of days together making dinner enjoying each other’s company. Noah takes her out on the row boat to a place that is filled with these beautiful white birds that look like swans where Ally feeds them. On the way in it starts pouring rain they make it to the dock and Ally starts to run up to the dock to the house while Noah pulls the boat in and she stops and yells "Why didn't you write me? It wasn’t over for me! Why didn't you write?" Noah pauses, looks at her and says, "I wrote you, three hundred and sixty-five letters. I wrote you every day for a year." Ally, "You wrote me?" Noah, "It wasn't over for me either. It still isn’t over."

What this title actually means in the story is a notebook filled with love stories between Allie Nelson and Noah Calhoun. During the summer that Allie and Noah were in love, they wrote down all of their memories and what they did over that summer in the “notebook”. The notebook tracked their love for each other and what they did and how they loved to each other from day to day. Even though they were apart from each other for fourteen years, they both knew that they couldn’t live without each other. Their notebook filled with love stories just couldn’t stop them from falling in love and being with each other. When Allie goes to visit Noah in the book, Noah reads some of the notebook about what they did over that summer with Allie. That would hopefully make her fall back in love with Noah again.