The Ending Of The Last Song

Ronnie and Will's relationship definitely becomes stronger throughout the ending of the novel. Ronnie finally is beginning to reveal more personal information to Will, and even tells him about the shop lifting incident that occurred with Blaze. This then indicates to the reader that Ronnie is becoming more confident in herself, and she demonstrates this by telling Will that she does not want him to come to the court trial where they would decide what her punishment for shoplifting will be. Will even invites Ronnie to come to his sister, Megan's. wedding. Ronnie becomes very nervous around Will's family because she knows that Will comes from a wealthy family. Will's father owns a business called Blakelees Brakes." The first moment that Ronnie walks into the house she automatically thinks "I feel out of place here, and the fact that everyone probably felt out of place the first time they came here was no consolation." Ronnie is now able to fully understand the type of person she is and the one that she wants to become. In the beginning of the novel, it seemed as if Ronnie was uncertain of herself, and she expresses this by mentioning to the reader that she doesn't know what she wants in her life.

Marcus is another character that becomes more developed as the novel progresses as well. Marcus in the beginning of the book was a mystery to the reader. I found that it was very confusing and hard to fully comphrend Marcus' character because he always was very suferficial when narrating certain chapters in the novel. In the beginning seen as a teenager who was a troublemaker, it now becomes evident Marcus truly sees that he is not as tough as he appears when he thinks to himself that he "doesn't want to go to prison, no matter how short the sentence. He couldn't go to prison. He didn't belong there. He was better than that. He was smarter than that....the buildings he burned and the people he'd hurt mean absolutley nothing to him, but the thought of prison made him....sick. And never once had the fear felt closer that it had since last night. " Clearly, Marcus has no remorse for any of the damage that he is done, but it shows that he does want to make changes into his life so that he does not end up in jail. What made Marcus get into trouble in the first place??

Nicholas Sparks writes a terrific novel that could be enjoyed by readers who enjoy romantic fiction novels along with a story that has many emotions and turmoils. I found it interesting though that Nicholas Sparks made Will's mother disapprove of Ronnie. I think that by making Ronnie unliked by another parent, it almost allows Ronnie to say how her dad was feeling when he was not liked by her. One particular passage that truly highlights the connection between Will's mother, Susan and Ronnie and Ronnie and her own father is when Megan is talking to Ronnie and says "that's because you don't know her. Oh, she's tough, don't get me wrong, And protective. But once you get to know her, there's no one better in the world. She'll do anything for anyone she cares about." In other words, Megan is telling Ronnie that she needs to take the time to get to know her mom so that her mom could trust her better. This relates to Ronnie and her dad's relationship because in the beginning of the book Ronnie did not want anything to do with her father throught the summer vacation but slowly she realized that he really was a good father that did love her and care for her. Sparks possibly wanted the main character to learn the same lesson but through two different people so that he can emphasize to readers that Ronnie truly had a complication with getting to know people before making assumptions, and that Ronnie had to learn to express herself more in order for her to open up to her father and learn to have a bette relationship with him.

Overall, I found that the reading process for this novel was longer than I expected. I was engaged and interested into the plot of the story, but I found that sometimes the narration would cause me to lose interest in the novel. The entire novel was done in third person, which I found made the novel less powerful and meaningful because I found that I could not truly get into the characters and their emotions. It was also challenging to realte to the characters as well because they seemed so impersonal. Despite this fact, I still find that the plot was very throughly explained and was very engaging overall. The language and writing style was also easy to understand as well. For this reason, I would recommend this book to readers who are more plot oriented when reading a book and are not bothered by the lack of character description. I also find that Sparks also did a wonderful job at showing the hardship of divorce, which is something many people may be able to relate to.

This book was a powerful read and I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy an engaging plot and are okay with waiting for understanding of the characters later on in the novel.