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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This book report is written for the Language Arts’ class and the professor Samuel Jaja. The novel "The Notebook" was written by Nicholas Sparks which is an American romance novelist‚ screenwriter and producer. This publication has 214 pages. "The Notebook" was published by Warner Books in October 1‚ 1996. The language of the book it is English‚ and it was published in the United States. It’s genre is romance with a hardcover and paperback. This novel has been on my required reading list by my professor
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The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks Major Characters * Allison Hamilton – seventeen year old heiress‚ who shared an epic summer romance to Noah. * Noah Calhoun – local country boy who fell in love to a city girl‚ Allison. * Anne Hamilton – Allison’s mother. * Lon Hammond – Allison’s fiancé. Minor Characters * Martha Saw – a war widow‚ Noah’s girlfriend. * Frank Calhoun – Noah’s father. * John Hamilton – Allison’s father. * Fin – Noah’s friend. * Nurse Esther
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AP English Writing Sample “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors‚ and the most patient of teachers”- Charles William Eliot. The quote I chose is very relatable to me. Books of all kinds teach us lessons. No matter if it is fiction or non-fiction we‚ as readers‚ will learn a lesson for life to come for us. Along with books there is writing. Writing has a different interpretation to people for diverse points of views. Writing interprets
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individual‚ this can result in mental breakdowns. Living conditions can concern ageing greatly‚ as poor quality housing is majorly associated with poor health which can mean living in damp and unhygienic conditions. In doing so‚ it can increase the risk of allergic and inflammatory diseases including asthma. These rises of infectious diseases can cause a barrier to ageing because it can result in elderly people not ageing healthily.
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things such as the persons respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ nervous‚ muscular-skeletal‚ endocrine system and the persons skin are affected. An ageing person will also experience changes psychologically‚ things such as the risk of mental illness increases with age. And physically‚ for example decreased eyesight and hearing abilities. Some of the physical effects of ageing in an individual can be loss of fat‚ due to the breakdown of their muscle mass‚ and decreased collagen‚ the amount of sweat glands in their
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There are many factors that can attribute to causing sensory loss. The main one is ageing as age brings about hearing and sight deterioration because as we get older our senses start to diminish and gradually increases as time goes by‚ this tends to generally affect individuals at around the age of 40/50 . We can also identify that accidents ‚ illnesses can also attribute to loss ‚ such as a pregnant individual may have picked up and infection such as rubella or used drugs and alcohol in excess
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population is rising. Lengthening lifespans and slumping birth rates mean that 2030 the UK’s population of working age will fall to 55%‚ it is currently 60%. At the same time the number of pensioners will rise from 21% of the population to 27%. This ‘ageing population can cause problems. One problem is health resources. The elderly tend to be less healthy and require more care and attention than the young. With more of them‚ there will be and increased pressure on health resources. Currently there are
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE How Should Malaysia Respond to its Ageing Society? D R Forsyth‚ FRCP*‚ Y C Chia‚ FRCP** *Box 135‚ Department of Medicine for the Elderly‚ Addenbrooke’s Hospital‚ Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust‚ Hills Road‚ Cambridge‚ CB2 2QQ‚ England‚ **Department of Primary Care Medicine‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ University of Malaya‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia SUMMARY As Malaysia ages its health and social care systems will have to adapt to a changing pattern of disease and dependency
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Lauren Taibi First Paper Assignment The Notebook The movie The Notebook‚ directed by Nick Cassavetes and released on June 5th 2004‚ is a captivating love story‚ which takes place in the 1940’s. Through filmatic elements such as Cassavetes choices of cinematography‚ editing‚ narrative‚ mise en scene‚ sound and music‚ he creates an extremely believable story of two teenagers in the 1940’s who fell in love over the time span of one summer. In order to create a 1940’s vibe‚ Cassavetes wisely uses
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