The Notebook

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In South Africa the digital divide is mainly felt by the upper and lower class es. The upper class people have access to internet which gives them the opportunity to expand their knowledge where the lower class do not have . Government Government is trying by all means to bridge the digital divide but I think what is done is not enough because In this country we still have citizens who don't have their cellphones because they don't afford to…...

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The story begins with Duke (Old Noah) and Allie in a nursing home. Duke goes to Allie’s room and begins reading to her a story that started July of 1940 at a Carnival in Seabrook, South Carolina. Noah and Allie meet for the first time and Noah falls instantly in love but Allie is not that quick. Noah and Allie are thrown together by mutual friends Fin and Sara. Allie, Noah, Sarah and Fin go to a movie and Allie…...

A good novel entertains the reader. An excellent novel entertains and enlightens the reader. Set in a Cajun community in the late 1940’s, A Lesson Before Dying is a heart-warming tale of injustice, acceptance and redemption. A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines is an excellent novel. Not only does Gaines inform the reader, he entertains will his effective storytelling. His use of symbolism, voice and stylistic devices keeps the reader enticed to the very last page. One way…...

What is this Novel about? The structure of the novel is informed on 2 levels-- one is the present day when Allie and Noah have actually aged and reside in a home; the other is the story Noah checks out from the note pad in which he informs how he and Allie fulfilled, fell in love, lost each other, and then found each other again. The end of their love story is unfortunately altered by Allie's Alzheimer's diagnosis, however even…...

Fat boy swim is about a boy who's life has changed dramatically, from traumas and triumphs. Jimmy used to get bullied, he would cower in the corner and not be able to face the harsh critics. But when he started swimming he discovered a passion with connections to school, family life, appearance and most of all his dreams.......... When Jimmy has a crush, his confidence is boosted and he feels like superman! 'Up,up and awayyy! ' The writer has written…...

This movie is an incredible adaptation of the book The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. The movie followed the book and did nothing to make you cringe. Nick Cassavetes did an excellent job directing this film and made it the movie it is! The plot of the story is based around a young couple. They fall madly in love with all the twists and drama young lovers will have. The young couple is seperated during World War 2 but is reunited…...

Negritude was a cultural movement initiated by the Afro- American poets living in the Caribbean Islands which aimed at the awakening of the race consciousness and the sense of identity among the black people. Paralleled by other similar movements, like the Harlem Renaissance in America, Negritude endeavored to redefine the black culture and to save it from the white domineering influence that promised to absorb it in its own structures. Also, the Negritude was an anti-racist stream which criticized the…...

The Notebook begins at a nursing home where an elderly man called “Duke” reads a love story that is written in a notebook to an elderly woman who is also a patient. The story is set in Seabrook Island, South Carolina where a local boy by the name of Noah Calhoun falls in love with a young heiress named Allie Hamilton. In order to get her to go on a date with him, Noah climbs up a Ferris wheel at…...