Summary This chapter opens in Lima, Peru, the second stop on the tour, where the weather is very hot. They visit Casa Aliaga, a house that is an example of early Spanish architecture and the name of the 400-year-old home for the Aliaga family. The estate is also home to […]
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Summary The first stop on the world tour is in Guatemala. Nicholas shares his knowledge of Mayan civilization from his youth. As the tour progresses toward Yaxha, the brothers are confused as to what they are supposed to be seeing, until they learn that the jungle literally swallowed the abandoned […]
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Summary Chapter 5 opens with the necessary, last-minute details of packing for a trip that will take the brothers from the southern hemisphere in the middle of the summer to the northern hemisphere in the middle of winter — all in one suitcase. Nicholas is still attempting to muster enthusiasm […]
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Summary Chapter 4 opens with Nicholas second-guessing his ambivalence toward the trip, especially when everyone — his wife, his brother, his agent — favors his taking it. Nicholas contemplates his struggles with needing to keep busy. During the past three years, Micah has had his own struggles, particularly with his […]
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Summary Chapter 3 opens with a return to the present narrative, as the brothers make necessary preparations for their trip. Micah is getting more and more excited about the trip, but Nicholas is seemingly more and more disinterested. Nicholas explains that his seeming disinterest is due to the guilt he […]
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Summary A couple of days after Micah receives the brochure from his brother, he calls Nicholas, confirming that he is joining his brother; Micah is more excited about the trip than Nicholas. When the boys’ father is accepted into a doctorate program at USC, the family moved to Los Angeles. […]
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Summary “The rhythm method doesn’t work” is one lesson that Nicholas learned from his mother. Early on in Chapter 1, Nicholas Sparks wonders about his parents’ readiness for marriage, let alone their readiness for parenthood. He then recounts the history of his parents’ relationship. They met at Creighton University, and […]
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Summary The Prologue opens with a single-sentence first paragraph that states the genesis of the memoir: a brochure that Nicholas Sparks receives in the mail in the spring of 2002. Nicholas describes a typical day in his household and how this particular brochure, which advertises a three-week trip around the […]
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Nicholas Sparks Co-author and narrative voice of the memoir. Three Weeks with My Brother is both the story of a trip he takes with his brother, Micah, as well as the story of his immediate family as he grows up, marries, and has children of his own. Micah Sparks Co-author […]
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Three Weeks with My Brother is two stories in one. On the surface, it tells of a trip around the world that Nicholas Sparks takes with his brother Micah. Three Weeks with My Brother begins on the day that Nicholas Sparks receives the flier in the mail and ends with […]
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