Love in the Time of Forever (cheesy!)

What did this make you realize about life?

As I was reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, there was this oncoming feeling of happiness. A warm fuzzy feeling that you get while reading Jane Austen or watching Titanic (I had to throw that in there). The book is about two star-crossed lovers (as in Romeo & Juliet) who are torn apart by the young girl's father, seeing the boy, named Florentino, as unfit to marry his daughter. Floretnino was so in love with Fermina, at most times, much more than she. Even when Fermina was married to her husband, who she grew to love, Florentino never wavered in his love for her. He took his pent up anger, and put it into many love affairs that never really meant anything to him. Fifty-two years later, after Fermina's husband has died, Florentino finally pursues her, and wins her heart once again.

Though I have seen the movie many times and read similar books to it, the way the author gets the overall message across is quite sweet. He could have quickly put Florentino and Fermina together at a young age, so their love seemed more idealistic, but he wrote it in a way that is slow, showing that real love, true love doesn't happen at once.

Many novels now a days (Nicholas Sparks) force you to think that people see each other and magically fall in love. When the truth is, love is slow and sweet, and kind. Love isn't dependence, it's a want, a want that isn't for a moment, but for a lifetime. Fermina for so many years, pushed her love for Florentino to the back. She wanted to be a good wife, a good mother, she pushed her wants back so she could make someone else happy, even though she was partly miserable.

Even though they were apart for such a long time, and were both with different people, the moment they were together again, it was like they were never apart. This novel teaches you that no matter how long you were apart, there will always be some part of you that belongs to one another, always linking you together.