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Throughout "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks Keith battles with an internal conflict of trying to rekindle the love in his marriage. The only problem? Jane needs to fall back in love with Keith. "The Wedding" takes you through what it is like to be married for a more than a decade and how to keep the romance alive.

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I connected to this book because I am a hopeless romantic. This story is so cute and about the love of two people. I think it is a good read if you love romance novels and ways to capture the love and romance in your relationships.

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Throughout the story Sparks uses imagery to help the reader picture what Keith is seeing. One example would be when Keith is describing his home and how it has been transformed over the years "And so appeared leather couches where there were once upholstered ones, coffee tables made of cherry, lamps of twisted brass." (59-60)

One of my favorite examples of imagery found in the book is a moment Keith is describing Jane "When she rounded the corner, I was struck by how radiant she looked. While my thinning hair is speckled with gray, hers is still as dark and full as the day I married her... I saw a small diamond pendant I'd purchased in the first few years of our marriage... I can honestly say that I have never grown inured to her beauty." (64-65)

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Throughout the story the POV is in the first person narrative of Keith. As a reader, you learn what Keith is feeling through the hardship he is dealing with, and how he views other characters. I believe this POV is important for the reader has a better understanding because the story line is based off of Keith's actions and struggles.

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The biggest form of conflict in The Wedding is the internal conflict within Keith. Since the beginning of the story, Keith struggles with trying to grow the love in his relationship with his wife. He continues to visit with Jane's dad and teach himself things (such as cooking) in order to learn what love and the desire for his wife can do to save his marriage.

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In the beginning of the story, the reader can pick up on the hopeless romantic mood from Keith. He is a struggling husband trying to bring back the love in his marriage. Towards the middle / end of the book, you can feel the energy and happiness of the characters as the two plan a wedding for their daughter, and start to understand that love comes naturally and what you were looking for since the beginning will come when you stop forcing it.

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- JANE: "Jane is, afterall, the kind of person I always wished to be... Jane is outgoing, and kind, with a natural empathy." (8)
- ANNA: "At twenty-seven, Anna is the oldest. With black hair and dark eyes, her looks reflect her saturnine personality." (10)
- JOSEPH: "Joseph, our second-born, is a year younger than Anna... he's taller and thinner than I, wears jeans to most social functions, and when he visits for Thanksgiving or Christmas, he eats only vegetables." (12)
-LESLIE: "The baby of the family, is currently studying biology and physiology. Of all our children, she is the most gregarious, and her laughter sounds the same as Jane's." (13)

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This is a photo of part of a meal Keith made for his wife. Keith learned how to cook in order to try and rekindle their relationship.

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I believe the swan in the story is a symbol of the love between Noah and Jane's mother Allie It shows that even after so many years of challenges love still remains.

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In the story, Nicholas Sparks describes many different places his character, Keith, visits. One of them being the pond near his father-in-laws retirement home "Most days, when I went to visit him, he was seated on a bench near a pond..." (21) Keith often visits with Noah in times of need; for example when Keith needed advice on how to rekindle his romance with his wife Jane. Noah is always feeding a swan when Keith comes to visit and although he may not say much, Noah always gives Keith the exact answer to his needs.