Nights In Rodanthe

The setting of Nights in Rodanthe is actually in the town of Rodanthe, North Carolina. The characters spend the night at an Inn on the beach. I know they are in Rodanthe because in the book the characters say several times the name of the town. I know the town is by the beach because the characters take a walk on the beach.

The mood for this book is gloomy. The author wants us to feel gloomy and sad when Paul’s son won’t talk to him and cuts Paul off from his life. Paul’s son cuts Paul off by moving to Ecuador. The author also makes us feel gloomy when Paul leaves Adrienne. Paul leaves Adrienne to be with his son who he barely talks to. It makes the reader feel very sad because Paul really loved Adrienne and wanted to stay with her.

Paul
is a character the reader likes. The reader also likes Paul because he takes a long trip to visit Robert Torrelson. Robert Torrelson’s wife is a patient of Paul’s who died. Robert Torrelson wants Paul to come to talk to him about his wife. This is something Paul didn’t have to do but he did it anyways. This makes the reader think Paul is very nice and cares for people.

The plot for this book starts with the exposition.
The exposition in this book is when the author introduces the main characters Paul and Adrienne. Paul first meets Adrienne at the Inn that he is staying in. Adrienne is watching the Inn for her friend. Over the course of time Paul stays at the Inn and he ends up falling in love with Adriene. The rising action is when Paul has to leave for Ecuador and their weekend together ends. They stay in touch and write each other keeping their love alive. They plan for ahead for the future when Paul comes home. The climax of the story is when Paul saves his son Mark. He saves his son but on the way home the go off the road down the mountain. He ends up dying in the action of saving his son. The falling action of the book is when Mark send a letter Adrienne about the death of Paul. Adrienne talks only to her to her father about Paul who comforts her in her time of loss.The conclusion of the story is when Mark comes to visit Adrienne. He comforts her and explains how much she meant to her father. He also tells her that he will be paying for her father to stay at a nursing home. Adrienne has been struggling to pay for to stay there. This was the last gift from Paul and a way for Mark to thank
her.

The theme throughout this book is sacrifice. Adrienne sacrifices all of her time for her children. She also sacrifices the opportunity to go to Ecuador with Paul. She has to sacrifice this opportunity because her children need her at home. Paul sacrifices being able to stay with Adrienne for his son. He plans to go to Ecuador for a whole year to become closer with his son. While in Ecuador he sacrifices his life in order to save his son. This is the biggest sacrifice of the book. Because of his sacrifice his son thinks highly of him and finally thinks of him as his dad.

I can relate to this book because my parents got a divorce just like Amanda’s parents did. In the book Amanda’s parents get a divorce when she is young, I was also young when my parents go a divorce. I also can relate to Amanda because she had siblings who she had to comfort when her parents got a divorce just like me.