Final Chapter: Reg, Hey Nostradamus!

In the last chapter of the Novel Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland, the Narrator Reg described his childhood life as living on a farm.  His life was so much different from Jason and Kent as they were kids.  Reg described the living conditions in different seasons as a farm’s boy.  He recalled he has to walk through the mud in the winter season and his booths were sunk into the mud, those sucking sounds he stills remember today.  Reg is a religious person at the young ages.  He recalled he was mad at the teacher and he stopped going to school about the theory that planet was just a rock floating in the solar system.  He also described how his dad was an angry person because his dad has to take over the farm industry instead of his freedom.  Back to the day of the shooting, Reg was jealous that God gave Jason an opportunity instead of him.  Back to where he is, at Kinko’s writing and copying this letter, Reg was still upset toward Kent dead, and now Jason became missing, so it make him starting to questions his faith to God.  While he stills fighting with his emotional and tries to adjust his life into the reality world; he has to deal with his girlfriend, Ruth, which is leaving him because Reg cannot divorce his ex-wife and marry her.  With all the emotional signals through his brain, Reg manages to complete his task, finishing his letter to Jason and the next morning he would walk into the woody place where the police found a piece of Jason’s belonging.  His plans was to staple every trees with Jason’s letter and hope one day Jason found them, then he can come home to him.

After, I read this final chapter of the novel; I have a clearer picture of Reg.  I feel his pains, his emotional stretch that he has to deal with.  I guess this is true, when we’re face problems in life, more problems just keep coming at you at the speed of a bullet.  One problem lead to the next, I think most of us are facing today.  Even the rich and famous has these problems in their life.  If anything that coming your way, just hang it in there, and ride with it.  You can make it worst or you can make it as learner tools, because I think all problems in our life can be a great teacher.  Once we master those skills, we can use it anyway we like, so we can walk over any obstacles in life.  I also believe that, problems are like pieces of a puzzle, when we learn how to connect the missing link, then it becomes a COMPLETE PUZZLE.