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Wrapped in emotions and sentiments thats how the movie The Notebook journeyed all throughout its story. Based on the bestseller by Nicholas Sparks, wherein another movie was produced recently which undoubtly came out of his synthetic style of   sentimentality. The director, Nick Cassavetes, put everything in compact on how sentimental love could traverse within the individual souls of the main characters.

The romance told in the story was the enduring love between Noah (Ryan Gosling), a mill worker and aristocratic Allie (Rachel McAdams). The courtship was so typical, at a carnival, small streets, with the lure of ice cream, friends tagged along and even the existence of a chaperon added purity to a very natural sequence of a love affair.

The rich parents of Allie played the magnificent role in creating a future for Allie. Knowing that theres no aristocratic hope being with Noah, Allies mother kept all the letters he sent to her.  Thinking he lost his promise for her, Allie decided to move on by getting engaged to someone whom her parents approved in no time.

As told by Scott Holleran in his review The lovers are separated as implausibly as they were enjoinedthrough the clichd rich parentsand the story follows their lives through war, work and maturity.

All the letters sent to Allie were surprisingly kept by Allies mother and surrendered to her daughter by the time the couple were being reunited, obviously their destinies called for it. However, its in the meeting of Allie and Noah, several things after, where things were getting vague that the couple seemed to be parting ways again right after the long awaited reunion.

The hundreds of love letters, which Allie began to open and read swayed her to the past. Tears came running and sympathized to her well being and eventually summoned her to relinquish her undying love for Noah.
Allie drove back to the house, which Noah built in the name of his undying love for her.  And the spark of romance began to rekindle.

The story of the couple run in the trail of reality, the sappy courtship, the execution of romance, the undying love, the vows while stargazing, the overpowering aristocratic parents and the gravity between the rich and the poor couple. All these elements glowed in the story leaving deep impact towards the audience.

Adding to the essential recipe is the role of old age. Its the old Noah who told the story to his old Allie who was then confined at a nursing home due to degenerative disorder. He stayed with her as a stay in himself and became a storyteller of their own love story to help her regain her memory and his beloved wife.
Their grown up children were patiently visiting the couple at the nursing home.  Of course Allie couldnt recognize that its her family in front of her and trying to regain her from the disease. Her unknown husband would introduce to her their children as his family.  In response, Allie greeted them as if its an ordinary moment of meeting newly introduced visitors. Its in this very touching scene one can really feel the undying devotion of old Noah.  In spite of old age, in spite of memory loss, he remained to be her faithful husband.  Noah continuously tried to woo her back despite their childrens plea that their mother could no longer recognize them.  He continued to unfold their love story to her every detail hoping it would help her restore in her memory the undying love they have had for each other.

The Notebook narrated how a typical romance flowed from courtship to undying vows and devotion, marriage, aging and death.  Noah and Allie pledged their passion for each other for a lifetime love and commitment.  A promise that even the disease of having a dementia is completely not a hindrance in pursuing a loved one to come back.

The director won the audience by heart. This is a sentimental movie one of its kind.  It delivered the lessons of compassion between two committed individuals. It touches those who belong in this kind of sentimental journey, those who see themselves as Noah and Allie, and those who are as committed as the couple.
The notebook is the heart of Noah, it is the very core of his being where he kept all the memories of their love, their lifetime commitment that even in death, he would still be with her.

Nicolas Sparks wanted to show his readers that no matter what kind of notebook you have, its capable of providing someone love and devotion with all your heart. Every heart is capable of saving memories of romance even when war tried to grab its devotion from your very soul. The movie director, the writers and the characters delivered a well-blended element of a love story movie. The Notebook is indeed an outstanding piece of a sentimental journey of an undying love even right at the face of death, and it is a moving movie romance that inculcates in us the real meaning of love.

The Notebook is a worth reminiscing rendition of an ordinary storyline, yet worth of tears when touches our souls.  Truly, a meaningful deliverance of love in a sentimental journey.