“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love
is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take
offence and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins,
but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and
to endure whatever comes.” –Nicholas
Sparks
Love is a feeling that cannot be
embodied in a sentence. It cannot be defined in a dictionary with one meaning. It
cannot always been seen, but it will always be felt. Love is an emotion in your
heart that has the strength to change your life in an instant. Every love is
different. But every love has a story that can relate to the novels of Nicholas
Sparks.
My life has been very fulfilling and
beautiful due to the family I have been blessed with. Love is the most common
factor I am surrounded with in my life from my brother and parents. But, at a
young age, my parents divorced. I will never resent them for this decision, for
they are still the best of friends today. It wasn’t a messy divorce and aside
from my parents living in different houses, it didn’t damage the family in any
way. There was only one aspect their divorce did change in who I am. Their
separation affected my character and morals in a positive way. Some people may
argue experiencing a divorce would change your definition of love negatively.
Yet I view love very different than most people my age do. From this
experience, my definition of love aligns with Sparks. Love is forever. I understand
my parents did not set out to get divorced 13 years down the road from their
wedding day, but I do not believe they did everything in their power to
preserve their marriage. This showed me to be patient and nurture your love. It
also showed me to never settle until you find the love you want and deserve.
Love is about embracing the other person’s flaws instead of pointing out their
faults. It is about putting in the work and appreciating the outcome. It is
giving, receiving and accepting. Love can be all the things I believe, Sparks
believes and so much more.
As a New York Times best selling author, Nicholas Sparks captures his
audience within the first sentence of a novel. When I start one of his books, I
can’t put it down. I find myself reading through the nights; captured in the
lives of the characters and how relatable the stories can be to his audience.
The main themes are love, loss, tragedy and faith, all of which most people can
relate. Although the words Sparks writes is a beauty in itself, the
construction of the sentences are just as important. Love is a noun and a verb.
It is not something that can be patient, kind of delight in the truth. The word
choice allows Sparks to give love personification as if it could feel. While
love is between two people who feel these kinds of emotions, the word itself
cannot. I believe this structure makes the quote extremely powerful because it
gives raw meaning to the feeling of love. Another technique Sparks uses is
anaphora: the repetition of a word at the beginning of a sentence. It keeps
coming back to love. A strong technique in writing is using the same word over
and over, which enhances the reader’s thoughts because it is always reemphasizing
the meaning of love. Last, the words are also organized in a precise way, which
makes the language beautiful. When I read the quote at the top of the page, I
feel chills from the euphony Sparks uses in his writing. The words together
form a beautiful phrase that is remembered by millions of his readers. If there
was one person who could attempt to describe and define love, it will always be
Nicholas Sparks.
