A Love Found, Lost and Regained in the Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

“The Notebook”, written by Nicholas Sparks, is a classic story of love discovered, lost, and regained. It is a stunning and romantic story that have touched many readers. However, there are various opinions on whether it is a tragic story or not. With deep consideration, I agree on that the novel is tragic but gorgeous. The purpose why it is a story of tragedy can be listed as follows: the literary devices that Nicholas Sparks uses, which foil a sorrow atmosphere pitiful secondary characters and the overall health concerns Noah and Allie have when they are aged.

To start with, there are a lot of statements, which in favor of that “The Notebook” is not tragic but a hopeful story, seem convictive. Several think that because Allie and Noah are together at the finish, facing life and difficulty collectively, becoming properly taken care of in a retirement residence and visited by their youngsters once in a while, so it is somehow a excellent ending. Some advocates recommend that the “day and night” metaphor, which appeared towards the end of the story, is really a symbolization that Noah and Allie are usually connected. Furthermore, even even though Allie has a memory loss, she has constantly remembered Noah when hearing from the notebook, and however, she remembered Noah with no one at the end. Other points they had is that regardless of Noah has cancer, he has standard aging with a wonderful life. Despite the fact that Noah is struggling against arthritis, stroke and heart attacks, the adore among Noah and Allie often make him feel warm and robust, like a midnight bandit. Apart from, Noah is not frightened by death for he thinks it is a natral progress. In basic, such arguments appear persuasive at very first.

Nonetheless, a deeper investigation to the literary devices the writer employed reveals that it is more acceptable to say that the book is tragic. Initial, reviewing the poems that appeared in the story, which are quotations from Whitman’s Poem, evidences are discovered to prove it is tragic. For example, 1 of the poem Noah reads to Allie: “Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you, not till the water glisten for you” (157) shows that death is a feeling of outstanding loneliness. Subsequent, the “day and night” metaphor talked about: “I know what is like to be day and evening now often with each other forever apart.” (176) symbolizing that Noah and Allie are forever apart, which is a tragic ending. Lastly, examining the “reincarnation letter”: “ one can learn that Allie and Noah are usually forced apart. But, they have been star-crossed and by no means can get together. To summarize, by analyzing literary devices that the writer uses, it is fair to say that the novel is tragic.

Then, a rapid appear at secondary characters also demonstrates the work’s misfortunate aspect. Very first, regardless of claims that the two protagonists finally have a content life collectively with 4 youngsters, they have lost their four year-old son. When Noah is reading the letters that he has sent to Allie over years, he remembers his dead kid who resembled his beloved, “It is a terrible factor to outlive your kid, a tragedy I wish upon no one.” (171) He thinks the worst thing a parent can ever undergo is to shed his or her personal youngster to death, he would certainly trade his life for his son if he could. Then, the dying of Fin, Noah’s ideal buddy also makes the text a tragedy. His death is harsh, considering that his destroyer was torpedoed in the war it makes the protagonist thinks of him a lot and at times blames himself for making his friend join the battle. Next, one more character that plays very an crucial part in the love story also has to sustain a large lost in his life. Lon, Allie’s fiancé before she comes back to Noah, has to let the only woman that he has ever wanted to marry go. In the letter that Noah sends to his wife, he also acknowledges that Lon is a great man, “He behaved as a gentlemen would, and I understood then why your option was so tough.” (174) When Allie firms she cannot go back to Lon, he knows that he will not be able to maintain his adore and accepts the truth that he has lost her heart for Noah he respects her and this helps generating it a really tough decision for Allie to leave him. Additionally, doctor Barnwell, who aids the couple in the last years of their lives, does not have actual happiness. He is alone, according to Noah, also busy with his function and taking care of his individuals that he can't be with his own family members. Certainly, the circumstances of minor characters give the perform a dark sense. (PN)

Finally, well being troubles can't be ignored when contemplating the tragic side of the book. During the late years of his life, Noah is tortured with some physical illness: cancer, arthritis, stroke and heart attacks. A stroke practically brings him down, as the doctors predict, “[They] could be serious, especially for somebody his age, and the consequences could be serious.”(198) which reveals that it is really harmful. He nonetheless can hardly stroll and control his own physique after he leaves the hospital and this inhibits him from coming to his wife, ageing to him is a big obstacle then. Additionally, the major issue that suffers both of the protagonists is Allie’s psychological disease. It not only takes away a lot from her but also tends to make Noah despondent from the initial time he hears the heart-breaking news from Dr. Barnwell, he observes, “[Alzheimer’s] is a thief of hearts and souls and memories.”(167) This demonstrates how depressed the husband is when he realizes he is going to lose a part of his wife to a degenerative brain illness she will overlook her really like for him and everything that they have had together. In addition, some might say the couple finally has a happy ending with each other because Allie remembers Noah with no his reading of the notebook. Even so, it will be the identical as a handful of times ahead of, she will overlook him again afterward, and the predicament can only be worse to him. Clearly, the physical and psychological ailments have created the novel seems dark. (PN)

In conclusion, The Notebook is a pessimistic work, which is clear when examining the literary devices used, secondary characters and wellness issues of the protagonists. Initial, from the poem of Noah’s favourite poet to the “reincarnation letter” that he sends Allie, the story is demonstrated to be filled with loneliness and separation of the couple. Then, what occurs to each and every of the minor characters aids revealing the book’s desperation. Ultimately, even though the wife remembers her husband at times, but she will overlook how much she loves him and all the memories that contain their moments with each other, which makes Noah alone in the end. (PN)