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Forgiveness In The Last Song

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Forgiveness is the main theme in the book The Last Song. It teaches you that no matter what someone has put you through in your life or how bad they messed something up for you, you should learn how to forgive. This book also teaches you that sometime the worst times can bring out the best in your family. When Ronnie’s father first attempts to gain forgiveness from her it ends in failure. Finally after many attempts Ronnie 's father, who is dying from cancer, gains the forgiveness he needs from her. When Ronnie finds out that her father has cancer she automatically is worried that she will not have enough time with him. Their relationship that was broken along time ago was hard to repair. I think that these two things teaches the readers
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