NIGHTS IN RODANTHEBY NICHOLAS SPARKS

Sparks, Nicholas. Nights in Rodanthe. New York: Warner Books, 2002.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born Omaha Nebraska New Years Eve

1966 – Present

Grew up in California

Valedictorian in High School

Full track scholarship to Notre Dame

Married 1989 to Cathy

First successful novel, The Notebook, increased salary from $40,000/year to 1Million just for publication rights

Continues to write today

(all from Nicolas Sparks the Official website)

PROTAGONIST/ ANTAGONIST

There is not protagonist or antagonist

FAVORITE CHARACTER

Dr. Paul Flanner:

Extremely successful surgeon

Divorced from working too much

Re-evaluates life after patient dies on routine operation

Fall in love with Adrienne Willis at coastal inn in South Carolina

Dies saving his son’s life

LEAST FAVORIT CHARACTER

Adrienne Willis

Weak

Divorced after husband left for younger woman

1 daughter 2 sons

Age 45

Devastated when Paul Flanner dies

EXPOSITIONDr. Paul Flanner:

Divorced

Sold practice to be with son in South America

54 years old

Adrienne Willis:

45 with 3 kids

Husband walked out on her

On way to Dulles Airport in D.C. to met son in South America

Adrienne Willis is watching an inn for a friend out of town

Story is a flash back while Adrienne speaks to her daughter who just lost her husband

RISING ACTIONAdrienne meets and checks in Paul at the inn

At their first dinner together the learn about each other and that they are both divorced

Bond continues to grow as they spend more time together and prepare for a large storm coming in

Paul visits family of patient who died

Son of patient is hostile and angry

Husband is calmer and just wants to understand what happened

CLIMAXPaul and Adrienne realize they are in love with each other and are destined to be together

They spend an amazing last few days together at the inn

However they soon realize that they must soon part

Paul needs to leave to Equator

Adrienne must return home to her kids

FALLING ACTIONMark tells Adrienne how she had changed the way his father acted and how they grew closer together

Paul dies saving his son in a large storm

Paul meets up with his son in Equator and the relationship is strained at first but things get better.

Paul and Adrienne write love letters to each other all the time.

RESOLUTIONAdrienne moves on with her life but is still in love with Paul

Adrienne’s daughter is comforted and is able to move on with her own life now

SETTINGTime: Modern day

By having this in modern day, readers are able to connect easily with the two main characters and normal people.

It also makes the plot more understandable and believable.

Place: Rodanthe SC

Small town

On the coast

This is important because the weather of this region plays a part of the book and helps bring two people closer to each other.

THEMES1: True love

Only having one person your meant to be with in the entire world

2: Death of loved one

Everyone looses people they love and must learn how to struggle and get through it

3: Forgiveness

No one lives a perfect life and we all make mistakes. People must learn to accept others’ imperfections and forgive them.

RATINGMy rating: ****(4 stars)

Well put together

Plot was interesting and new events kept interest up

Could happen

Very easy to understand

SOCIAL ISSUEMedical Malpractice:

Summary: When anyone in health care does something outside normal standards and causes harm.

Examples go from leaving tools in a patients to performing surgery on the wrong body part to prescribing the wrong medicine

BIBLIOGRAPHYSparks, Nicholas. Nights in Rodanthe. New York: Warner Books, 2002.

Sparks, Nicholas. "Nicholas Sparks The Official Website". 2/10/2010

"Nights in Rodanthe (Novel)". IMDb. 2/12/2010

"Medical Malpractice". Medical Topics. 2/12/2010

Abrams, Dennis. "Examples of Medical Malpractice". Experl Hub. 2/12/2010

New York City medical malpractice lawyer Robert Sullivan Trial Attorney in New York. Lawyermarketingtv.6/10/2008.

Types of medical malpractice." Wrong Diagnosis. Web. 2 Mar 2010.

"Causes of Medical Malpractice." Wrong Diagnosis. Web. 2 Mar 2010.

Jackman, Tom. "In Fairfax malpractice case, family awarded $1.25 million." Washingtom Post 27 Feb 2010, Print.

Medical Malpractice YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOCpOZ4txvs&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si89s5UjB0Q&NR=1

Local article: http://www.ericnielson.com/

National articles: http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-scary-medical-malpractice-cases_10.html

•Definition: Professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient. (Websters Dictionary)

•Large reason why health care is so expensive:

Patient sues doctor for medical malpractice

Malpractice insurance covers doctor

Issuance premiums goes up for doctor

Rates go up for patients