Ronnie,The Last Song

In the book The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks describes the main character named Ronnie who has a family with divorced parents. She dislike how her parents are separated and she tries her best to ignore the fact that her parents were divorced. She was a talented pianist but after her parents divorced, she lost confidence in herself and gave up piano.

“ And Ronnie doesn’t always come with us. She locks herself in her room and refuses to come out, but as soon as we leave, she goes over to Starbucks to hang out with her friends. It makes mom furious.” (pg 27)

Ronnie does not like to interact with her family. There must be problems going on with her family that causes her to ignore her family. She tries to pretend they do not even exist. Because her routines of locking herself in her room, it made her mom curious about her life. Her past had impacted her lots when it comes to talking to her family. Ronnie finds that it would be better if she stays separate from her family so then she can get away from the problems in her family.  Ronnie understands that it is hard to talk to her family,so then the best thing for her to do is to replace her family with her friends. She had many difficulties after her parents had divorced, she had tried shoplifting and other things that caused her to be in many troubles.

Her parents’ divorce had impacted her a lot where it turns her from being a talented pianist into a girl that lost confidence in themself. She is basically stuck in a dead end. She just can not accept the fact that her parents are divorced because she came from a family with a dad who is a pianist. His dad had taught her a lot about music and the piano however it seems like now that her parents are divorced, she hates her dad. She thinks it is all her dad’s fault for the divorce because his dad left the family behind to chase his dreams as a pianist. Ronnie may seem strong in the outside,but she is actually a really weak girl that needs help.