For Richer or for Poorer: How Social Class Can Determine Relationships.

1. c. Mom's "deja vu

2. II. "He that is without sin, let him cast the first,"

3. b.The initial breakup

4. a. The dinner

5. Introduction: In The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks communicates the potential power that one's social class can have in determining another's fate. While Allie and Noah were dating, Allie’s parents didn’t approve because Noah was poor. Allie’s family was a rich, legacy based family. While Noah worked for everything he had. One night, a week before Allie is to leave town, she and Noah go up to an abandoned house. Noah tells her that he hopes to buy the house, and Allie makes him promise that the house will be the house of her dreams. They intend to make love for the first time, but are interrupted by Noah's friend Fin, with the news that Allie's parents have the police looking for her due to it being so late. When Allie returns home, her disapproving parents ban her from seeing Noah again. Allie fights with Noah outside and the two decide to break up. Allie immediately regrets the decision but Noah drives away. The next morning, Allie's mother reveals that they are leaving their summer home that morning. Allie frantically tries to find Noah, but is forced to leave without saying goodbye. Allie is sent to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College. Noah, devastated by his separation from Allie, writes her one letter a day for a year, only to get no reply as Allie's mother keeps the letters from her. Noah and Allie have no choice but to move on with their lives. Allie continues to attend school, while Noah and Fin enlist to fight in World War II. While Allie was in medical school, working as an army nurse, she meets injured soldier named Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they met each other again, began going on dates and then, Lon, who was as equally rich as Allie, proposes with her parents' approval. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. As Allie was planning her wedding, trying on her gown, she accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house for sale in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. She faints and as she recovers, she eventually planned a trip to “check up on him”. Does social class determine the fate of another’s relationship?

5.1. III. Upper Class vs Lower Class

5.2. a. education

5.3. b. Values

5.4. c. Family

5.5. Conclusion: In The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks communicates the potential power that one's social class can have in determining another's fate. As money shouldn’t be the main factor in a relationship, judgments should not be passed, and upper versus lower class standards are argued, does social class determine the fate of another’s relationship?

6. I. Money shouldn't be main factor in relationships

7. a. Prenuptials agreements = no trust

8. b. Love should be enough

9. c. Other demographics are important

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