43 pages 1 hour read

Nicholas Sparks

The Longest Ride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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Essay Topics

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Discuss the relationship between love and sacrifice. Do characters in the novel give up vital parts of themselves for their relationships? How is this loss positive? Negative?

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Why does the novel juxtapose two stories of two couples who do not know each other? What is gained by the contrapuntal structure?

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Ira, Luke, and Sophia each get point-of-view chapters to share their stories. Why does Ruth not get her own chapters?

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