Song Analysis: The Last Song By Joel Sparks

The Last Song “The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart” (Sparks 366). Ronnie is being forced to stay with her father hundreds of miles from her of in New York. She has to learn to get along with her dad after three years of not talking to him because of her myopic views. After they get close he father reveals news to her that will change her entire outlook on life. There are many sides to Ronnie that readers can relate to, she’s rebellious, protecting, kind, confronting, and guarded. Ronnie’s mom was driving her and her brother, Jonah, down to North Carolina to spend the summer with their dad. Ronnie had not spoken to her father since he left her mother three years ago, so when they arrived to his house on the beach
She was terrified that the coon would come back that she camped out to try and protect the helpless eggs from being eaten. “He wasn’t comfortable with the idea of Ronnie sleeping outside, but she was clearly determined and he admired her impulse to protect the nest” (Sparks 121). Ronnie bared the elements to protect the eggs of the endangered species. The next day she called the local aquarium, and asked them to do something to help guard the animals. She waited and waited; when someone showed up it turned that she had met him the previous day, in which he, Will, did not make a good impression. The first time that the two made contact he came crashing into her with celerity, spilling her drink all over her. Now, standing in front of her was the beautiful man that was not just a volleyball player but also an aquarium volunteer. He promised that there would be somebody out the next day to get the nest set up the nest. But when the following comes and goes Ronnie goes to confront Will at the auto body he also works at. “‘I asked you to do one simple thing! Just make a call to have the cage put up! But you couldn’t even do that!’ ‘Wait... What’s going on?’ He blinked ‘I told you I saw a raccoon! I told a raccoon was coming
When Ronnie is getting some food with a new girl she met and her brackish boyfriend, Blaze and Marcus, she again encounters Will again while he and Marcus are arguing and begin to exchange blows and in the process of doing this, a little boy that is standing off to the side was knocked over in the disarray. When Ronnie sees this she is furious and immediately stops the fight by yelling. After that Ronnie Runs to the boys aid and cheers him up, so that he will no longer be distraught. “‘Are you okay sweetie? Where’s your mom? Let’s go find her, okay?’ The toddler seemed to focus momentarily on her shirt. ‘This is Nemo,’ she said. ‘He got lost too. Do you like Nemo’” (Sparks 61)? Furthermore, One night Ronnie was sleeping by the turtles because the cage had still not been installed, and Will showed up and stayed with her. After that night the two had become inseparable. Ronnie soon finds out that Will’s dad own a multi-million dollar company she feels that they may not be right for each other. Her credence is that he and his family have the perfect life but she soon realizes the truth. His family may have millions of dollars but just money does not make a person truly happy. Immediately when Ronnie finds out that his younger bother had died in a car accident she was speechless. “For once, Ronnie seemed at a loss for words. Will Straightened