The Last Song Entry Three

The way that the main character, Ronnie, develops throughout the novel is quite remarkable. Ronnie's insight that she sees on the people she is hanging out with is so mature and unexpected from a girl who is rebellious to her parents. Quite often we see in today's society that teens are rebellious teens are angry and rude to their parents for various reasons. However, we also find that teens usually are not wiling to use human intellect and reason to decide that their friends are influencing them into behavior that is dangerous and will have a negative impact on their future.

However, Ronnie uses judgment in order to see that Blaze and her group of friends are ones that will negatively impact her. For example, when Ronnie sees that Blaze and her friends are drunk, she refuses to have a drink and then decides to go home to her dad. Ronnie also left Bower's point because Marcus, who was a friend of Blaze, decided to ask Ronnie to go on a walk to the beach with him and Ronnie felt uncomfortable with him because Ronnie really does not trust him and believes that "acting normal was simply a game he played so he could manipulate people."

Nicholas Sparks' writing style is very profound and I like how he contrasts the characters of Ronnie and her brother Jason. Throughout the book, Jason and Steven, their father, are constantly spending time together. Jason is always eager to do something with his dad, from going to the festival to walking along the beach looking at crabs and kite flying. I think that Sparks purposely made the relationship between Ronnie and Steven more distant and complex then Jason and Steven's relationship because I think he is trying to show the difference between teenagers and younger children, and how as children grow up, they rely less and less on their parents for guidance and look at themselves for intellect and reason. However, because Jason is still a young child, it is showing that he still needs intellect, reason and guidance to support him, which is why he wants to spend time with his dad. This occurring theme of maturity and growing up is one that is found in many novels, and if you are a reader that enjoys these type of profound meanings in literature, then you will definitely enjoy reading this book....