Dear John

Dear John is a hopeless romantic novel. By reading this book I have found out many life lessons. Such as you have to keep going through hard times to get to the good things in life; there are always going to be hard times in a relationship, but there are people you are willing to go through those hard times for. This is a great book filled with drama, romance, and a heartbreaking ending. This book explores the ups and downs of Savannah and John’s long distance relationship and left me guessing as to whether or not these two can make it work. In the end everything comes crumbling down. Every 1 in 4 relationships last. I suppose not everything is meant to last, it’s just the circle of life.
Not all relationships are meant to last. There are perfect moments when it seems like nothing could go wrong. Then there are these little disagreements or conflicts that just popping up telling us it’s not meant to be. Savannah and John’s relationship seemed to be the ideal relationship at first. Then came the conflicts. John goes back and forth from being stationed in Iraq right before 9/11 to home. Seeing Savannah every 5-6 months. Every week John waits for the letters from Savannah always starting with the same sentence “Dear John”. Soon the letters come less and less, until one day they just stop. At this point in the book I am thinking, “Did something Happen to Savannah”? “Did she move on”? At this point I am expecting the worst out of this situation.
My prediction had come true. After 3 months of waiting John got his final letter. Entitled Dear John this is good bye. She had moved on, the time away from each other did no good for their relationship. They were too far apart and the other guy Savannah is now married to helped her cope when John was away. In my point of view if I loved someone I would wait everyday for them. Count the days down till I get to see them again. It would be extremely hard waiting but all worth it in the end. 11 months after 9/11 John is home safe and sound. All he has been thinking about is Savannah. Love hurts but the ones you love the most you should be willing to take the hurt for.
Love does hurt. The hurt keeps coming for John soon after John’s father dies. If this happened to me I would be in pure depression. Losing everyone that truly mattered to me. There was one benefit t everything happening, the inheritance. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Money doesn’t buy happiness though. Then he sets out to find Savannah, he finds her. She isn’t in a better place than he is. Her husband is dying of a disease and they don’t have enough money to pay for treatment. Then I made a connection, John was going to give Savannah the money to make her happy. It will give John the satisfaction that he made his true love happy. In the end the husband dies. Not everything is meant to last but there will always be great and horrible times that you will remember forever.