The notebook is one of the bestselling books of the author (Nicholas Sparks) He dedicated the book to his love (Cathy) his wife and his friend. Jamie Raab is the editor of the book. Theresa Park worked and helped the writer for completing this book. And the writer gave them special thanks to both personalities who accompanied him while he was writing this book.

The story which is today’s real story of the people is created. The romantics would call it a love story and the cynics would call it a tragedy. It is both in nature. The story began from the notebook of the old man who always read the notebook in thousand times with loud sounds that might his love listen to his sound and come back. 

Noah Calhoun is the main character of the story that is alone at home but a very hardworking man. He bought a house in North Carolina and now his work was just to restore the house. After working hard in the evening, he went to the porch and takes pleasure in nature, and remembers his old memories of his father and his wife. At seven he always starts playing guitar. Then he remembered the Neuse River Festival where he coincidently met a girl (Allie) at a festival in Carolina and he fell in love with her. They spent the festival night together there. They met on the following day and he showed her the town because she was new in this town. She was an artist to observe nature keenly. As same their meetings were continued and they have lost their virginity on a humid night in august as sudden warmness came into their body. That was a unique memory for both and he does remember it forever.

In childhood his mother died and due he suffered many houses at the age of five. So, he spoke very less after he was taken out of the school. Then his father took him with himself in work and told him stories. His father observed changes in Noah’s behaviors then he started teaching books and poetries to him. Soon his father met his maker and Noah became alone. His obeys were just reading poetries aloud, fishing in the river, playing guitar under the oak trees and running the canoe.

The one who he loved very is Allie. They met after that night. He had waited for her but she could not come back. Noah had written many letters to her but she never answered. Actually, Allie told her mother that she loves Noah therefore her mom stopped her from meeting him. Her mother was collecting the letters and hiding them from her daughter. Because he was poor and different in cast. Noah was still unmarried at age of thirty. Now, Allie was engaged with Lon – a famous lawyer in new Berlin-. Allie always dreamed in childhood that she must have a husband that should be famous, rich enough and love her most. But she wondered how she would become unconscious with Noah that night. Some time she loved him and sometimes hated him.

She wanted to talk with Noah about her engagement. She was afraid of Lon if he knows about Noah then what could happen‼ She managed herself and went for meeting with Noah in his home. She got the address in the newspaper the previous day. When Noah sea her in his house he could not believe his eyes. After all, that was true. She was hesitating how to tell him why she has come here. After a long discussion about them, she suddenly said,” I came here to tell you something.” Of course, what you want to say, Noah said. She said,” I am engaged.”

“Congratulation. When is the big day?” Noah Said.

She answered in November.” Further, they talked about the past events. Then she said,” Now I have to go and tomorrow I will come.” Noah Said,” I will show you something special tomorrow.”  Then she went off.

            The next day he was waiting for her. She reaches in afternoon in Noah’s home. Then he taken out the canoe and put in river went to see the migrated birds. The weather was cloudy when they arrive there the cloud were thick and with a flash rain got started. They both got wet there. Allie enjoyed the rainy season. Noah quickly drove the canoe to home. They were hot in wet cloths. Felt the senses hormonal changes and became uncontrolled and did the same process as they enjoyed previously under the oak tree. They eat up the night in each other’s arms.

            Her mother received a call from Lon that he said,” Allie is not answering my call.” She knew that Allie went to Noah’s home. So, she went to Noah’s house early in the morning. While they were taking breakfast her mother reached there. She took her daughter and went to home. “Understand Allie, what are you doing? Your engagement is near, you have spent more time with your fancy.” Said her mother.

            There love was more affective so Allie refused to marry with Lon and told her mother that she loved Noah therefore she marries him. The engagement got canceled and Allie and Noah married one another. They both were aged enough at time of marriage and lived a happy live.

            In old age Allie got a disease that she can’t recognized anybody around her. She would be admitted in hospital. Noah always took the notebook (diary) and shared their old memory to her. Some time she could be fine and sometime became worst. And also with the passage of time Noah’s memory became weaker and weaker. Allie became a burden on the people. All villagers were fed up by her behavior. And she had passed away and Noah became alone with his notebook.

            Love is the life, live is the wife. Love never gets ends it will remain forever.

 

By: Adil Shikari

The writer is a teacher at Zanth Academy Jusak Turbat

Kech Balochistan