No Beginning or End

WHHAAAATTT? 
I can’t believe Noria is gone. After following her through the entire book, I just don’t understand how Itaranta could kill her off like that. Since Noria is around our age I felt like I was able to relate to her. We got to know her, her thoughts, and feelings. We were there through every struggle she faced. And now, she is gone. This makes me realize how serious the motif of water and death is. Water and death in this novel are extremely related to one another.

I was actually able to relate to Noria’s struggles this week. When I was waking home and leaving Lehman, there were swarms of flies. There was no escaping them all I could do was duck or swat them away. After enduring that terrifying experience I was able to relate it to Memory of Water. I realized what it must be like for them to constantly have to wear insect hoods.

I can’t believe Noria is gone and the novel has ended on such a depressing, and realistic note. After being with this character for so long you want there to be a happy ending even if it isn’t realistic. This plot twist is surely a surprising one, and I am left feeling raw, sad, and more hopeless than ever. I can’t help thinking how brave Noria is for fighting for a cause she will never get to see just like the woman who came to Miros tea house.
Noria has come to terms with the fact that she can’t run away from her problems.
In these sections another recurring theme is no beginning and no end. The way the author leaves us Nora’s death can either mean a beginning or an end it is up to us to decide whether she died in vain or not.

Towards the end when Noria is ostracized I’m glad that she finally gets to face the struggle that the others in her community, especially her best friend Sanja has had to face. Also in this section we find out how extremely wicked Taro is. Even though he knows this life is a fleeting one he is continually cruel just for the fun of it. On pg. 246 when he talks about the glass and if you rub it too much it’ll eventually shatter, he is letting Noria know that he will break her emotionally soon enough. I’m am glad that Noria fought for what she believed in and didn’t give in to Taro’s wicked demands.

In the end I wish the book had more meaning to it, and I wish it had more answers, because I was left wondering. So I guess there is truly no beginning or end here.