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 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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and remember. How do people find they have this disease and how will the disease be treated by people? In ancient Greece and Rome‚ physicians always associated old age with memory decay. However‚ it was not until that German psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer identified the first case of this disease. A fifty-year-old woman‚ who was his patient‚ he called her Auguste D. He followed this case until she died after years of serious memory problem. After she died in 1906‚ doctors recorded the dense deposits
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proportion jumps to about 1/3rd of people in the United States. The disease is caused by brain cell death. At first a few brain cells die‚ but over time it gets progressively worse and many brain cells die. Scientists believe that for most people‚ Alzheimer ’s disease results from a combination of genetic‚ lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time. It is said that less than 5 percent of the time‚ the disease is caused by specific genetic change in a person. We know that Alzheimer’s
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It is generally accepted that‚ as people grow older‚ many functions across different domains show a decline‚ including cognition‚ memory‚ perception‚ executive function‚ and motor ability. Nonetheless‚ some aspects of cognition are maintained or improved with age‚ such as verbal knowledge (Grady‚ 2012). These age-related functional declines can cause great concerns of well-being and quality of life for a significant number of adults aged 65 or older. Meanwhile‚ these declines can signify the onset
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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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William Jason Parker BIO 145 April 11.2012 Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating disorder of the brain and “is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States” (Alzheimer’s Association) which has three stages. The first stage referred to as mild Alzheimer’s is marked with frequent memory loss and difficulty in retrieving newly learned information‚ as well as‚ difficulty in problem solving and personality deviations. The second stage is considered moderate Alzheimer’s and
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The pages‚ quite frankly‚ are not pretty. The concept of the independent notebook may be romantic‚ but the content itself lacks conventional aesthetic and beauty. There are countless erase marks‚ scribbles‚ mistakes‚ and errors. Most sketches in the notebook are not attractive‚ but instead fall short in their goal of capturing the subject through the lens intended. For each idea the notebook carries that may be brought to fruition in the future‚ there are five drawings and poems
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