The Notebook Summary without Spoilers

You are searching for The Notebook Summary that will shed some light on the plot of this movie, but you don't necessarily want the entire movie to be spoiled before you get a chance to watch it. This summary of the book turned movie The Notebook is for you. There is nothing here to spoil the main twist of the movie, but there is enough to give a general idea of the main themes of the movie.

The Characters

There are four main characters to be introduced in The Notebook:

• Allie
• Noah
• Duke
• Unnamed elderly woman

Yes, one of the central characters is an elderly woman who is not given a clear name throughout the movie. Allie is a young girl from a wealthy family and Noah is a young boy from a family of more meager means. Duke is an elderly man in a nursing home, reading stories from a notebook to the unnamed elderly woman,

Want are these characters doing in a book and movie together? You won't learn all the biggest secrets in this The Notebook summary, but keep reading to get a general of how the book and movie is structured with these four main characters.

The Story Frame

The Notebook was written with a frame. This simply means there is a story within a story. You have a story that takes up the majority of the movie and then a related story that surrounds the movie at beginning and end. In this case, the frame of the story weaves into the central story with a few appearances toward the middle of the main story.

Two of the characters listed above appear in the frame of the story, while the other two appear in the central story. It is the frame of the story that holds the powerful punch of emotion at the end. Without the frame design, the story of The Notebook would not be nearly as gut wrenching and sentimental. Every character and both elements of story are needed to get that impact.

The Central Story

This is where the action of the story really takes place. This is where most of your attention focuses when you watch the movie and read the book. There is a lot of emotion in this romantic tale, but it is far from a sappy tale where everything goes right. The basic theme of the book and movie is eternal love, but there is a different spin on eternal love than most people would ever think about.

If your idea of loving someone forever is the old, wrinkled couple rocking on the front porch sipping tea, you should watch or read The Notebook. The book was written by Nicholas Sparks, a modern author famous for spinning tales that are impossible to put down once you get started. The Notebook definitely fits that definition. Whether watching the movie version or flipping the pages of the actual book, you will have a hard time turning away once the main characters get a hold of you in the note book summary.