Summary:
In this chapter a car ride is taking place to along with a heated debate about the destination of the car ride. In the car there is the main character (Ronnie), and her mother and little brother (Jonah). In this chapter Ronnie is trying to convince her mother not to make her stay at her fathers (the destination) for the summer, whom she extremely dislikes for leaving them years ago. This leads to a discussion about the "incident" and her conduct and grades in school. Later in the chapter Jonah reveals that the "incident" was the arrest of Ronnie and this is just one way her mother enforces the fact that Ronnie will be staying with her father, along with the bad behavior in school.
What was your personal reaction to this reading selection?
I was very shocked about the main character's words towards her mother. I myself would never in my wildest dreams be able to get away with how she spoke to her, and even more than that I would never want to speak to my mother like that.
What do you believe the author’s intent was, and what patterns of organization did you observe?
I think that one of the author's intents was to show the relationship that Ronnie has with her family. Also to really allow the readers to get a feel for her attitude in the story and to better see her point of view about the situation she is placed in. This is all through the use of chronological sequence.
Hi Melina! I personally read the Last Song and I loved it, I'm sure you will too. Ronnie definitely has a lot of attitude towards her family. With the context clues provided in the book, what can you infer is the reason why Ronnie gives attitude to her parents?
ReplyDeleteDear Gabriela,
DeleteThat's awesome! I can probably infer that she probably had family issues, especially with her father. The context clues show a deep dislike when she has to spend a couple weeks with her dad so I'm guessing something went seriously wrong in their relationship.
-Melina Paan
That's exactly why Ronnie gives attitude to her family! She most likely feels resentment. I wanted to ask you, what is the main idea overall of the The Last Song?
DeleteWell after completing the book the main idea I noticed was forgiveness. She gains a life lesson on how forgiving people is important because you don't know their motives behind what they did. In her case her dad is about to die and she is finally able to forgive him for leaving them. It was a heart-wrenching story about being able to forgive and forget and replenish a relationship.
Delete-Melina Paan