The Last Song

Cast of Characters:

Veronica " Ronnie " Miller
William " Will " Blakelee
Jonah Miller
Kim Miller
Steve Miller
Blaze
Marcus

Settings:

 North Carolina Beach at Steve's house 

Theme:

" Where there is love, there is forgiveness. "

Author:

Nicholas Sparks is an American screenwriter and novelist, born on 31st December 1965 to Patrick Michael Sparks and Jill Emma Marie. He was the middle of three children. He was raised as a Catholic and he still follows the Catholic faith. He is very religious man; going to Church, Sunday school and confessions. His son is an altar boy. As a young kid he moved a lot as his father was continuing with his education. In 1974 his family finally settled in Fair Oaks in California where he graduated from Bella Vista High School as a valedictorian. For further studies he went to University of Notre Dame where he got a full track and field scholarship and graduated in 1988. He met the girl, who was later to become his wife, during the spring break of that year. They got married in 1989 and moved to Sacramento, California.

 The Last Song

 Veronica " Ronnie " Miller went to North Carolina her father's place  for a summer vacation together with her little brother Jonah. Ronnie's parents were divorced.

Ronnie explore the beach at the North Carolina and there is a carnival there. She buy a strawberry shake.

At the beach, there is a group of boys who were playing volleyball where Ronnie passes by. Accidentally, Will bumped Ronnie and he spill Ronnie's strawberry shake. 

Ronnie: Ouch!

Will: I'm sorry I didn't see you. Let me buy you another shirt.

Ronnie: No thanks, I'm good!

Will: C'mon!

(Steve Miller)

Steve Miller, Ronnie and Jonah's father and former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist who moved to Georgia after his divorce. During the summer, Steve reconnects with Ronnie through their mutual love of music. With Jonah's help, Steve also works to reconstruct the centerpiece of the local church, a stained glass window, after the original was destroyed in a fire. He later dies of cancer.

  

" SEVEN YEAR OLD VERONICA MILLER PLAYS LISZT AT CARNEGIE HALL "

a news that was written  in a news paper.

 That was the last time Ronnie played a piano before their parents divorced and promise to herself that she will not touch and play a piano forever.

Jonah and Steve bond together. Steve teach Jonah how to make a stained glass window.

While Ronnie is having a hard time to buy some shirt, she meet Blaze a rebel girl also. Suddenly, Jonah appeared.

Jonah: Dad is looking for you. I think he wants you to come home.
Ronnie: Where is he?
Jonah: He stopped to go to the bathroom, but he should be here any minute.
Ronnie: Tell him you didn't see me.
Jonah: Five bucks
Ronnie: What?!
Jonah: Gimme five bucks and I'll forget you were here.
Ronnie: Are you serious?
Jonah: Yes, of course.   

Blaze introduce her boyfriend Marcus, an abusive boyfriend and the leader of a gang of thugs who hustle money from the beach carnival crowds through spectacular fire juggling.

Ronnie and Blaze together with Marcus enjoy the night in a bonfire. Blaze leave the two because she will buy some drinks for them. Marcus come closer to Ronnie and he's trying to seduce and touch Ronnie but Ronnie resist. When Blaze come back, she misinterpreted what she saw, she taught that was Ronnie who is seducing her boyfriend.   

The next morning, while Ronnie is walking in the shore, she saw a raccoon eating the eggs of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle.

Ronnie think an alternative way which she can protect the eggs of the turtle by the raccoons. Ronnie reported what happened to the authorized personnel in the beach. 

Ronnie went down town she buy's a book which about sea turtles. 

At that night, Ronnie sleep outside. She guarded the eggs over the raccoon. 

The next morning,

Will: Hey!
Ronnie: What are you doing here?
Will: What are you doing here?
Ronnie: I asked you first!
Will: I'm the in charge of the turtle nest.  
Ronnie: But I called yesterday!
Will: Woohhh... is everything okay?
Ronnie: No! Everything is not okay! There are raccoons out here all night!
Will: Really? Where are they now?
Ronnie: I scared them away.

After their conversation, Ronnie went down town again, then she saw Blaze at the same boutique. Blaze confronted Ronnie to stay away from her boyfriend. Ronnie explain her side that it was Marcus and not her. Marcus is trying to seduce her. Blaze betrayed Ronnie, she put a watch in Ronnie's bag that frames Ronnie for shoplifting.

That night, Will arrived. He joined Ronnie at  the shore. They will guarded the turtle's eggs all night over the raccoons.

Will invited Ronnie to their house. He wants to introduced Ronnie to his parents. Unfortunately, Will's mom is not in favored with Ronnie for her son.

Mr. Blakelee: Will, will you bring her to your sister's wedding?
Will: If she'd like to come, then why not.
Mrs. Blakelee: Will, your sister told me that your partner will be Ashley. (Will's ex-girlfriend)

Will explained everything to Ronnie which Ronnie understand his situation.

Ronnie broke her promise that she will never touch and play a piano again but, Will bring back her passion in playing a piano. 

  

When I Look At You

  

Everybody needs inspiration
Everybody needs a song
A beautiful melody
When the nights are long
'cause there is no guarantee
That this life is easy
Yeah when my world is falling apart
When there's no light
To break up the dark
That's when I, I
I look at you
When the waves are flooding the shore
And I can't find my way home any more
That's when I, I
I look at you
When I look at you
I see forgiveness
I see the truth
You love me for who I am
Like the stars hold the moon
Right there where they belong
And I know I'm not alone
Yeah when my world is falling apart
When there's no light
To break up the dark
That's when I, I
I look at you
When the waves are flooding the shore
And I can't find my way home any more
That's when I, I
I look at you
You appear just like a dream to me
Just like kaleidoscope colors that cover me
All I need
Every breath that I breathe
Don't you know you're beautiful
Yeah, yeah, yeah
When the waves are flooding the shore
And I can't find my way home any more
That's when I, I
I look at you
I look at you
Yeah,
Whoa-oh,
You appear just like a dream to me 

Ronnie and Will seems so inseparable. They care for each other and accepted their flaws and imperfections.

Will gave Ronnie an invitation letter to his sister's wedding. Ronnie's father Steve and brother Jonah knows about it and they were so happy and excited for Ronnie. Steve, gave her money to buy some clothes to wear at the wedding. 

Ronnie goes down town when she saw Blaze and Marcus fighting. Marcus is breaking up with Blaze and Blaze was left alone in the ground.

Blaze: Did you see it? So are you happy now?

Ronnie: You don't deserve that boy.

Blaze: You don't know me okay? You don't know anything!

Ronnie come closer to Blaze and gave the money that was given by her father intended for the dress that she will going to wear in the wedding.

Ronnie rushing to be back home. She open her closet and started to find some used dress for the wedding.

Jonah: Hey! Ronnie let's go outside!

Ronnie: I can' leave right now I need to find some dress to wear in the wedding.

Jonah: What happened to the money that dad gave you?

Ronnie: If you tell him I'll kill you okay? I gave the money to Blaze.

Jonah: What?!

Ronnie: Ssshhh... don't worry about it!

Jonah have a savings and he gave it all to Ronnie for her to buy a dress for the wedding.

At the wedding, Ronnie was so dazzling gorgeous to her dress.

After the wedding, Jonah told Ronnie, Will, and his dad that the turtle eggs were already hatched. They all come to the shore where the eggs located.

 Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Unfortunately, while they were enjoying the turtle, Steve passed out. Steve was rush in the hospital and diagnosed that he has a cancer 2 years ago. Steve know's his condition but he choose to keep it in silent for his children and he stop responding to treatments.

Ronnie was so sad upon knowing her dad's condition. She's angry with herself because all her life, she hates her father so much.

While Steve is in the hospital, Ronnie saw the song that her father composed and it was entitled, " For Ronnie. " The song is not yet done and Ronnie decided to continue it.

Month's ago, after Steve was hospitalized, he died. Ronnie and Jonah were very affected by what happened. 

At her father's funeral she stands to make a speech but declares that no words could ever be able to show how wonderful her father really was. Instead, she decides to share with them the song she helped finish.

 Before she sits down to play, sunlight shines through the stained glass window. Ronnie smiles and says "Hi, Daddy," remembering what she overheard her father tell Jonah earlier in the novel; that whenever light shines through the window, it's him.

Blaze and other townsfolk offer Ronnie sympathy and kind words after the funeral outside. Later on, while talking to the attendants, she runs into Will. He says that he liked the song she played and that he knows her dad did too and Ronnie thanks him for coming.

Having decided to attend Juilliard, Ronnie is packing up to return to New York when she sees Will standing outside. She goes outside to see him and Will apologizes to her for everything that had happened and Ronnie forgives him.

Will surprises Ronnie by revealing that he will be transferring to Columbia in order to be with her and they passionately kiss. 

The end credits show Ronnie driving away in her car and smiling to herself.

(The End)