The Example of Analysis A Romance Novel | Creation by Nicholas Sparks "The Last Song"

Name  : Vinni Triyani Purba

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      I.         INTRODUCTION

1.     Title     : The Last Song

       Author : Nicholas Spark

2.     Cover

Year                  : September 2009

Page publisher : Grand Central Publishing, 1019 ppVintage Books

3.     Author :

Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, Nicholas Sparks wrote his first (unpublished) novel while sidelined by a sports injury. He then attended the University of Notre Dame and went into sales. Business setbacks got him writing again and in 1995 he finished The Notebook, which was a best-seller and later turned into a hit movie. He followed this novel with Message in a Bottle, Nights in Rodanthe and The Longest Ride, among others.

4.     Introductory material (dedication) :

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of  American's most celebrated.

5. Introduction of the novel :

Staring out the bedroom window, Ronnie wondered whether Pastor Harris was

already at the church. She assumed that hewas, and as she watched the waves breaking over the beach, she questioned whether he was still able to notice the play of light as it streamed through the stained-glass window above him. Perhaps not—the window had been installed more than a month ago, after all, and he was probably too preoccupied to notice anymore. Still, she hoped that someone new in town had stumbled into the church this morning and experienced the same sense of wonder she’d had when she’d first seen the light flood the church on that cold day in November. And she hoped the visitor had taken some time to consider where the window had come from and to admire its beauty. She’d been awake for an hour, but she wasn’t ready to face the day. The holidays felt different this year. Yesterday, she’d taken her younger brother, Jonah, for a walk down the beach. Here and there were Christmas trees on the decks of the houses they passed. At this time of year, they had the beach pretty. much to themselves, but Jonah showed no interest in either the waves or the seagulls that had fascinated him only a few months earlier. Instead, he’d wanted to go to the workshop, and she’d taken him there, although he’d stayed only a few minutes before leaving without saying a single word.

1.     Chapters, names,ilustration :

Chapters      : 37 chapters

Names          :  Ronnie Miller, Steve Miller, Will Blaakelle, and Kim Miller.

Ilustration    :

The Last Song by Nicholas Spark has images which are Ronnie has lack-good relation between her father and Roonie because had broken heart, but once upon a time, Roonie who as known a naughty girl be a perfect woman within Steve’s heart. Steve liked to play piano and he hoped so that his child is Roonie was able to play its too. Slowly, Steve’s dream had achieved because Roonie was beginning to do its namely played the piano. Then, suddenly, there was a someone who realized how beautiful she is with the meeting love time between Roonie and Steve , and the last Roonie and Steve were the one family again.

Summary of the novel :

          At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller (Miley Cyrus) remaind as rebellious as she was the day her parents divorced and her father moved to Georgia three years prior. Once a classical piano child prodigy under the tutelage of her father, Steve Miller (Greg Kinnear), Ronnie now ignored the instrument and has not spoken with her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refused to attend. Steve now has the chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter when her mother, Kim Miller (Kelly Preston) sends the rebellious teen and her younger brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist, lives a quiet life in Wrightsville Beach, the small beach town in Georgia where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire. According to the locals, it was Steve who had (accidentally) set fire to the church one night.

After arrival, Ronnie becomes miserable, defiant, and defensive toward all those around her, including handsome, popular Will Blakelee (Liam Hemsworth) whose introduction involved crashing into her during a volleyball match, and accidentally spilling Ronnie's strawberry shake on her. She shrugged him off and meets Blaze, an outcast who lived with her boyfriend Marcus. While at a beach campfire, Marcus hits on Ronnie and Blaze mistakes this for Ronnie flirting with him. Angered by this, Blaze later frames Ronnie for shoplifting, causing her arrest. Later on, Ronnie discovers a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest at the beach by her house and while protecting it from raccoons, she met Will again on his volunteer work for the aquarium. After a night of staying up to defend the turtle eggs from predators with Will, she discovered he was deeper than she expected, and begun to develop feelings for him.

The next day, Will took Ronnie to where he worked to show her the aquarium. After they left to the beach, Ashley shown up and He told Ronnie about Will's past relationships and how taking them to see the aquarium was routine of his, making Ronnie doubtful of her feelings toward him. Will found her at the turtle's nest and they have an argument about his past relationships. When Ronnie suggested she did not want to be another girl on the list and that they should end their relationship for good, Will embraces her and they kiss passionately, proving his feelings for her as akin to his quoting she's "not like the other girls." Marcus breaks up with Blaze because he wants Ronnie, which leads him and Will to fight at Megan's wedding party.

Ronnie soon heard the rumor that her father burned down the church from some locals. Distraught, she goes to Will and laments about the situation. Will, was knowing that it was actually his friend Scott who while playing around set fire to the church, had overcome by guilt and went to Steve to apologize. When Ronnie came in hearing this, she walked out and Will follows where they had an argument and broke up. Will left. 

Blaze and other townsfolk offer Ronnie sympathy and kind words after the funeral outside. Later on, while talking to the attendants, she ran into Will. He said that he liked the song she played and that he knew 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 went outside to see him and Will apologized to her for everything that had happened and Ronnie forgives him. Will was surprising 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.

LITERARY ELEMENT

1.     Time and period of history :

·      Place                  : Steve’s home, Wrightsville  Beach,  coast, and big house aquarium.

·      Athmosphere       : Romantic, friendly, erotic, stiff  and completely unforgettable

·      Clothing               : Using modern clothing.

·      Living Condition : this story is going on when they interactions in Wrightsville beach whom Roonie , Will, also their friends spends the times in its beach.

·      Social climate : the top climax when the Roonie had been know that actually Will’s friend is who doer in accident  the church was fire. So that Ronnie and Will have been far relationship.

2.     Mood : according the novel of The last Song that its situation that showed stiff -hurt namely when they (minor characters also Ronnie) doing action in home, but when the main characters meets to another characters the mood be warm and happiness incarnate.

3.     Narrator’s point of view :

         When I walked alone in coast namely in Wrightsville  Beach, I was feeling that I was still live like it. Everywhere place has no meant, only I and waves be the one. Today was summer, there are many visitors came to here with their self. I couldn't forgotten the accident that ever happened to me , when my mom and dad was broken heart. How far I doing my daily life? Yaaa, he is my first love. I was meeting with him when I walked alone in coast, at the time, he kept his turtle.  I think it was the quality time, because I had special day to was able metting with him in there. But I was disappointed with him, because actually, his friend that doer in the church was fir yesterday. I was very happy because now, I was the one with my father, and we was able to have the friendship relation between us.

4.     Characters :

a.     Main character :  Veronica "Ronnie" L. Miller

b.     Minor character :  Steve Miller, Will Blakelee, and Kim Miller

c.     Static character : Jonah Miller , Marcus and Blaze

d.     Dynamic character : Teddy, Tom Blakelee, and Ashley

e.     Other characters :,  Cassie, a Doctor,  Pastor Charlie Harris,  Scott, and Megan Blakelee.

III.           PLOT (SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WHAT HAPPENS IN A STORY)

a.     Exposition : At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller remains as rebellious as she was the day her parents divorced and her father moved to Georgia three years prior. Once a classical piano child prodigy under the tutelage of her father, Steve Miller, Ronnie now ignores the instrument and has not spoken with her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refuses to attend.

b.     Rising action : Will, had known that it was actually his friend Scott who while playing around set fire to the church, was overcome by guilt and goes to Steve to apologize. When Ronnie came in hearing this, she walked out and Will follows where they had an argument and broke up.

c.     Climax : Ronnie discovered that her father has cancer as he got progressively sicker.

d.     Falling action : At his funeral Roonie stood to make a speech but declares that no words could ever be able to show how wonderful her father really was. Instead, she decided to share with them the song she helped finish. Before Roonie sat down to play, sunlight shined through the stained glass window. Ronnie smiled and said "Hi, Daddy," remembering what she overheard her father tell Jonah earlier in the movie; that whenever light shines through the window, it was him.

e.     Resolution : Ronnie returned to New York. While dealing with the death of her father, she was grateful for the summer they spent together. She now was getting along with her mother. She spent the majority of her time practicing piano or with her brother Jonah. She followed an audition to attend Julliard, where she was practicing every day. She pined for Will and could not decide if she wanted to hear from him or to move on with her life. Will, who was studying at Vanderbilt, surprised her in New York to tell her that he is going to transfer to Columbia to be close to her.

IV.           TONE AND STYLE

1.     Tone : The Last Song written with the first person point of view from the perspective of a author.

2.     Writer’s styles : the selection of words from this novel is very structured and uses a lot of styles so the sentence is more interesting

3.     Literary devices :

·      Figurative language :

ü  his arms toward the horizon ( personifications)

ü  A puff of a smoke (metaphor)

ü  Heaven knows (metaphor)

ü  Water never waits (personifications)

·      Symbols : water,stone, waves, shrimp, turtle, piano, music classic.

·      Dialogue :

“Oh, so you are listening. Just making sure.” He spread his arms toward the

horizon. “It’s a beautiful night, isn’t it? I’ve always loved nights like this. There’s

something relaxing about waves sounding in the darkness, don’t you think?” He

paused. She closed her book. “What’s with the full-court press?”

“I like people who like turtles.”

·      Imagery : The author uses imagery a lot in order to describe the series such as told background of Ronnie family until she found first love.

V.             THEME

a.     Theme : love, truelove, friendship.

b.     Main points :

1. There is no problems that can not be to settle.

2. True love will be surely meet even through a lot of hurdle.

3. Parent is the only one, goals our serenity and happiness .

c.     Lesson for life : according this novel we get the lesson, so that we have to give affection toward our parents although actually that we got before is badness, but each story in our life has purpose surely. So we have to forgive all people who had made us dissapointed, especially our parent. Because something happened caused inadvertence. 

d.     Writer’s intention : the writer’s intention of this novel namely to tell the reader that there are many series in peoples to follow their life, included love and family. The novel also told about how the kinship, friendship, relation in love be one, and peoples have each story. 

VI.           CONCLUSION

                  Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remained angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decided it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, was living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will be become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfold was an unforgettable story of love on many levels - first love, love between parents and children - that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel could, the many ways that love could break our hearts...and heal them.

      

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