Nicholas Spark's The Notebook is a story of two hearts that conquered everything. They still found themselves holding on to their promise even on the very verge of breaking apart. Actually, I just read the book and to tell you the truth, I found it very unconvincing that it could happen in real life.
He said (yes, he's a guy for goodness sake) the story is really inspiring and it made him cry like a baby. It somehow touch his heart and made him realize that love could be so powerful and endless. And that made me disagree...
The Notebook is just one of those stories that people casually talk about at any time of the day. Yes, it is part of reality and there's nothing new to it. Yes, it will touch your heart and it will even make you cry. But in the end, you'll realize that it is not really new at all. As a matter of fact, this novel is so predictable that you'll get the whole point even if you're going halfway in your reading.
I already know stories that have protagonists just like them. A lot of these stories have characters who are totally in love but can't pursue their relationship because of their contrasting social statuses. Stories like these talk about the never ending tale of Romeo and Juliet. It even happens in real life. But the bottom line is, this story is made not to show the world how powerful love is, but to merely satisfy the hunger felt with those in the situation.
It is a defense mechanism for the real world. That's what I've learned in the novel which most of us didn't know. Two people from opposite realms can feel the magic of intimacy. But the question remains, how long can they handle it? Reality is so hard to accept because you've got to follow what the culture dictates you to do. You can't do anything about it because you belong to that race. Yes, you have options to choose; it's either do what you want, become happy but forever suffer for fleeting the law or go with the flow in the same river. We must know that the intellectual ability to perceive reality is a gift; the volatile power to choose is a right. This right from which man is responsible in the consequence of his choice.
I felt the urge of spilling my tears upon reading the novel, because I do feel pity for Noah and Ally. But the thing is, I know that there is a silver line that separates fantasy and reality. As for me, this novel is a fantasy and I am in reality. This is a supplement for those who want an assurance that love conquers all. They wanted to justify that love has no boundaries, that love knows no limitations and that love recognizes equality. But that happens only in novels, in movies, in fairy tales. We, on the other hand, are not Cinderella, and nor we are not Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan. We belong to the real world, meet real people and deal with real situations. We've got emotions but we have instincts. We've got feelings to follow but we are made to become rational beings. We can' force the society to believe that two people from different worlds can live happily ever after because of LOVE... that's a load of crap!
And if you recognize (for those who have read the book) in the latter part of the story.... The old Ally suffering from an Alzheimer's disease did recognize Noah, but after a minute, she drove Noah away and refused to be acquainted with him again. I think it is the author's way of explaining to the readers that their story is just a fantasy for us to feel good, but after reading the whole novel, we have to snap back to reality and go on living within the real world, embracing the bitter fact of realism.
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