The Notebook Kristi Rousos Psychology 101 March 18‚ 2006 Ms Grimes Class The Notebook is a movie in which the main character Allie has Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is marked by forgetting and repeating things‚ getting lost and confused‚ difficulties recognizing persons and objects. Symptoms usually appear after age sixty. Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging and the cause is yet unknown. Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth leading cause of death among adults
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1. The Notebook is a classic love story. Duke (aka Noah) and Allie are the two main characters as they are a married couple in their late years of life. Allie has dementia and is within a nursing home. Duke comes to read her stories of their love life that Allie wrote within a notebook within their younger years. The occupational profile of Allie consists of her having dementia. As the story reflects on their past‚ it was known that Allie liked adventure and excitement as they both wandered around
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’The Seacoast of Despair ’ by Joan Didion From the onset Joan Didion explicitly denounces the ’comfortable ’ and ’happy ’ lifestyles of the turn of the last century ’s industrial rich as she takes us beyond the ’handwrought gates ’ of their Newport‚ Rhode Island mansions to expose an ugly‚ harsh reality that she sees as born from the very belly of industrial pits‚rails and foundries. An ugliness that permeates from the underworld and taints the air of the island and therefore all that should
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Paper 2-Explanatory Synthesis Obesity and the overall public health are becoming increasingly large problems America. Many people are split on ideas as to what is causing this health crisis. “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko‚ and “What You Eat Is Your Business” by Radley Balko are two essays that discuss problems with the current system as well as potential solutions to these problems. While Zinczenko argues that the problem is coming from a lack of information on the products being consumed
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The Notebook The Notebook he tells about the love between a man and a woman‚ from when they met as teenagers until they are in a nursing home‚ trying to overcome the trials of Alzheimer’s and loss of memory. Throughout the story it is clear that they love each other deeply. I read the book and watched the movie version of this touching story. There was one thing that I found surprising‚ that I enjoyed the movie more than I did the book‚ which is rare for me. When I have watched other movie versions
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The Notebook outline The Theme (1)Love conquers all They have overcome many setbacks‚ and love bring them‚ brought them together again. (2) Follow your heart Allie finds that Noah is her only one. She decides follow her heart and love him. (3) You cannot live your life in fear of hurting others Allie obeys her parent’s decision‚ to love Lon but not Noah‚ so she missed Noan. Noah and Allie Their first met in the opening night of the Neuse River Festival‚ in after graduation 1932. They need to be
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Explanatory Synthesis There is a big gap of rich and poor people today‚ in this society‚ how the upper class and middle class people think about poor people‚ is it really just about money? However‚ there are number of reasons that being poor. Some people can’t get equal chance to get education‚ and some people born poor‚ so these problems are cause middle social mobility in America. In the article “Born Poor and Smart”‚ author Angela Locke (2005) claims that her mom was smart but poor‚ she loves
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The Notebook ‘The Notebook’ by Nicholas sparks is a contemporary love story set in the pre- and post-World War II era. Noah and Allie spend a wonderful summer together‚ but her family and the socio-economic realities of the time prevent them from being together. Although Noah attempts to keep in contact with Allie after they are forced to separate‚ his letters go unanswered. Eventually‚ Noah professes his undying and eternal love in one final letter. Noah travels north to find gainful employment
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Chris Goodman Essay Assignment #2: Explanatory Synthesis Explanatory Synthesis of Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States. There are multiple reasons for this problem including the child’s school system‚ the access to technology in young children and the child’s genes. It is sometimes inevitable for a child to be obese due to their genes. There are some precautions being made to help this problem. Some might work but others might fail. Childhood obesity
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THE NOTEBOOK By Nicholas Sparks The love story between two different teenagers that come from completely different worlds is the most remarkable. The Notebook is about two young teenagers who fell head over heels with each other. They got separated by Allie’s upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn’t right for her. But that obstacle didn’t stop these two young lovers from being together even if it took years. This beautiful tale has a special
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