The+Notebook+-+Connections

At one point in the book, I was reminded of the lyrics to the song “Droplets” by Colbie Caillat. It’s a duet between the girl and the guy, and they’re both missing each other. The one line says, “You left a mark, I wear it proudly on my chest above my heart to remind me that I feel the best when I’m with you.” This represents how Noah feels that Allie is the only one he’s meant to be with, and that he’s not complete without her.

Allie has Alzheimer’s disease, and this reminds me of my great grandmother. She had Alzheimer’s to the point that she didn’t even recognize anyone anymore, and that she didn’t even know where she was. There is a possibility that Allie would have gotten this bad eventually, had they not both passed on together.

This story reminds me of one of my favorite movies, //Just Like Heaven// with Reese Witherspoon. In the story, Elizabeth falls for David, but when she comes out of her coma, she doesn’t remember him. He tries to make her remember, but ends up giving up because he doesn’t want to scare her. Then, in the end, she does remember him and they end up together. This applies to the story because Noah tries to make Allie remember, but in the end, he couldn’t make her, it was just a miracle that brought her back to him.

Noah’s love for Walt Whitman poems reminds me of one poem of Whitman’s that I read once called “Beautiful Women” that simply said, “Women sit, or move to and fro- some old, some young; The young are beautiful- but the old are more beautiful than the young.” This reminds me of something Noah would tell Allie when he was trying to get her to remember.

The way Allie and Noah used to sit and watch the thunderstorms together reminds me of how I used to sit and watch thunderstorms with my family out on the porch when I was younger. Allie says that there’s something magical about the world during a thunderstorm, and I would agree with this.