Friday, May 7, 2010


The Last Song!
By: Nicholas Sparks

Setting: It takes place in two different places. First, it takes place in New York with Ronnie’s mom and little brother, this is where they live. Second, in Myrtle Beach with Ronnie’s dad and little brother, during their summer break.
The culture; meaning what is life like in this novel, is in a way different but not really. In the beginning she is upset and not feeling good at all about life, closer to the end she starts to realize that what she has is good compared to other things. Ronnie starts to enjoy life!!!

Protagonist: The main character is “Ronnie”! It is taken from her point of view throughout the novel. She develops as well; first she is without a dad and is upset, mad, and is quiet. Then when she goes to her dads for the summer she acts like she is too good to talk to him; kind of like she is taking it out on him for not being there when she was little and helping her mother raise her and her little brother. At the end of the summer break she starts to open up with her dad! Also she fines a guy and that changes everything!

Antagonist: One of the people that oppose the main character is Blaze, in the beginning when Ronnie meets her they become friends. When they start to hang out Blaze thinks she is trying to take her boyfriend but it was the other way around, he was flirting with Ronnie. Well that is when the opposition started from Blaze, at the end of the novel they deal with the problem between them.

The Hook I Got From The Author: First, all my friends had read this novel and told me that I should read it. When I started to read it, it told part of the ended. Let’s just say that it made me want to read it even more; I love “love stories”.

Summary: It’s about Ronnie and her little brother going to Myrtle Beach for the summer with their dad. When they get there Ronnie acts terrible toward her dad and during the stay she meets a guy named Will and she describes him “well”. This is when she starts to open up a little better, but she is still closed toward him. Her dad starts to get weak and sick, to find out he has cancer. When she was little her dad taught her how to play the piano; Julliard offered her a scholarship that year but she didn’t take it cause she was upset still over her dad. At the end of the summer when it was time for them to leave Ronnie ended up staying with her dad till he passed.

Theme: The theme is “RELATIONSHIPS”!
One of the lessons the author wants the reader to have learned when reading this novel is that no matter what happens in life you should look at all the details before choosing the way or path you should go.

My Hook: If you want to find out what the title The Last Song means then you need to read this book!!!

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