The Notebook Ethos

In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, it's built around the class division between the Socs and the greasers. The kids in the Socs came from privileged and wealthy families while the greaser grew up in a unstable and poor environment, and it shaped who they are and how they act. The novel deals with issues important to urban teens, and the obstacles that are part of their daily lives, showing realism in Hinton's writing. In the article ¨The Urban Experience in Recent Young Adult Novels¨ by Sandra Hassell and Sandy Guild, it discuss the importance of urban teens worlds represented in literature. The article consists of many characteristics that are established in urban youth books such as, the usage of slang, strong sense of community,

The Outsiders Essay – Describe an interesting theme from a text you have studied. Explain why this theme is interesting.

The Notebook is one of my favorite love movies of all time. The reason I love this movie so much is because that main characters Noah and Allie go through so many trials and finally end up together in the end. This movie I feel shows me how strong their love for each other really was and I now feel as if it is meant to be it will always find a way. Looking at the movie as a reference to get a better understanding of how lifespan development works, I realized that most of the trials that Noah and Allie went though were part of stages of development. The theory of stages of development was created by Erik Erikson, he believes that we go though certain stages in our life and if we do not get passed them properly we will end up with

There are two groups in this book, the lower income families on the east side called greasers and the higher income paid families who live on the West side of town called Socs. One night the protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis and friend Johnny Cade were making their way back from a movie, they decide to lay down and talk for a little bit before they go home. His older brother, Darry, is waiting when Pony walks in. They instantly start arguing and Darry smacks Ponyboy across the face. Ponyboy and Johnny runaway moments later and find themselves in a park with drunk Socs who attack Ponyboy. Ponyboy regains consciousness to find himself lying on the ground next to an Socs dead body. Johnny had stabbed a Soc in the back with his switchblade. They hang low at an abandon church for a long week. Then, Dally arrives to check up on them and takes them out to lunch. He

One of the many thematic statement that can be made about The Outsiders is that anyone can change no matter how hardened they may seem. This statement is supported by three main events from the book: Ponyboy realizes that Dally cared about Johnny, Ponyboy and Darry really connect, and Ponyboy's view on Socs changes 163, 115-117.

Journal Entry #1 Chapters 1&2 I chose this book because I thought it would be an interesting read. I have heard good things about the book and how it is one of those titles that will get you hooked. It was recommended to me by a junior who read it for her independent reading book. Text-to-Text: This book makes me think of The Maze Runner because the characters were trapped in a different world from what seems like normal to us.

The Notebook, written by Nicolas Sparks, can be named one of the best American romantic novels. The book portrays every trait in a guy or girl would desire to have in a significant other. According to Nicolas Sparks, “it is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, tales that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe in true love all over again”.

Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun - A young man falls in love with Allie the summer after graduating from high school. Flat character – because from the beginning of the story until the end his love and feelings to Allie Hamilton didn’t change. Noah represents true love and true faith. James Garner as Duke (Old Noah Calhoun) – The husband of Allie Hamilton and he is the narrator of the notebook.

A romantic drama film is a genre that explores the difficult aspects that come with love. The plot usually includes two people that are in love that can’t be together the way they want to be due to obstacles. The obstacles in a romantic drama film can include a family 's disapproval, to forbidden love, to one 's own psychological restrictions. The Notebook is a movie based on a best-selling novel that was written by author Nicholas Sparks. This is a love story that is composed of a series of obstacles between two young people that are madly in love with each other. It perfectly fits and displays the criteria for a successful romantic drama film because it includes the complexity of love, and elicits emotions.

Nicholas Sparks likes to portray all of his work towards love and romance. His comment on society is that all people should be loved no matter what gender or what race you may be. Nicholas Sparks writes novels that gathers around conflicting romances. “Using the power that only love can achieve, to resolve conflicts and live happily ever after.” Sparks heavily emphasizes a theme of reconciling a love lost.

The Notebook is a story and how this boy and this girl met lost each other and then one another again.

There are several aspects of the Matrix that intrigue and interest me. I really enjoy the action sequences, especially the ones with Agent Smith and Neo. Apparently the main reason that these two characters fight so often and so intensely is because Agent Smith has been changed by his encounter with Neo. When Zion is threatened and Neo must visit a God-like man—-who reminds me of dad— in a room full of what look like Sony television monitors, viewers have a chance to understand the main motivation for Neo’s change to a person who can control the Matrix. I enjoy Sci-Fi because this genre challenges me to think about what life is like here on Earth and what it might be like in a parallel universe. Star Trek: The Next Generation

Noah Calhoun, played by Ryan Gosling, is a rural southerner who had fought in world war two after his beloved Ally had left him after their summer romance had come to an abrupt end. This film is set from Noah's point of view many years later after their love had been rekindled while "his" Ally is in a nursing home suffering from onset Alzheimer’s which is to whom he is

While watching the movie, there were many characters that played a magnificent role: Noah Calhoun, Allison “Allie” Hamilton, Fin and Sarah, Lon Hammond, Jr., Ann Hamilton, Frank Calhoun, John Hamilton, and Anne’s ex boyfriend. During the beginning of the movie, Duke, an elderly man, began to read a story to a elderly women named Allie. Allie had dementia and Duke (Noah) was determined to regain her memory of their love and life together. The story began where they first met each other; Noah saw Allie on the Farris wheel and knew she was the one. He jumped on the Farris wheel while it was still in motion and begged Allie on a date till she

When Allie Nelson, a girl who was enamored with Noah Calhoun when they were juveniles, sees the article written about Noah, she knows she must go see him. Allie is engaged to a man named Lon, but informs him she will just be leaving to go visit an antique shop. Upon her arrival in New Bern, passion and vehemence surge the two. They spend a generous amount of time outside and eating dinner catching up. Allie begins to conceive that Noah had composed letters to her for years following their separation, yet her mother had secluded them from her. Noah and Allie came from different households with different social statuses. Noah’s family was not nearly as wealthy as Allie’s and Allie’s mother, Anne, doesn’t approve of them being in a