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The Wedding

Pages 1-40

                In the beginning I was introduced to the main characters and was given a background setting. Wilson Lewis was having a hard time grasping the concept that over the course of time his marriage was failing.  He and his wife, Jane Lewis, were slowly drifting away from each other and he was trying his best to do everything that he could to save it. He was a middle aged man with three grown kids and at this point in his life he realized that everything should have already fallen into place. His best idea was to get married once again, to try to bring back the feelings that he and his wife once had. As he starts arranging and making plans, he shortly finds out that his oldest daughter, Anna would be getting married in a matter of weeks. This lead Wilson to seek someone who could help him stay on the right track and that man happened to be his very own father-in-law.

                Without even realizing, you tend to seek help from elders; not only because they are people you look up to and respect, but because they have probably been in a similar situation before.  When Wilson goes to look for some help, he grts told exactly what he wants to hear. “Falling in love, “he said. “That’s what I remember. On her good days, it was like we were just starting out all over again.” (Page 26).  This quote was very meaningful to him; because it gave him hope that his marriage could still be saved, and gave him that mentality that sometimes you just need to take a few steps back before moving forward once more.

                Nicholas Sparks has always done an amazing job and making scenarios and ideas very relatable. Not only does he make it hard for you to put the book down, but also has a way of getting you close with the characters. I have always been curious as to where he gets all of his inspiration from, or if these novels were based off of his idea of a perfect love story.  I researched a little about what inspires him and realized that both love and renewal were both reoccurring concepts in almost all of his books; he sometimes takes a real life event and turns it into a fairytale ending, leaving you breathless.  http://www.nicholassparks.com/books/ttohe-wedding#inspiration