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Having a family member who has cancer can be tough on anyone, but it can be especially hard on a person who has been ignoring that family member for an entire summer. In the book The Last Song, Ronnie finds out her dad is dying of stomach cancer. Her dad getting sick reminds her of how she treated him all summer long and begins to get down on herself. Ronnie also starts to shut people out in grief, including Will. In 2012 there were an estimated 13,776,251 people living with cancer in the United States alone (Cancer of All Sites). In this journal, I will evaluate, connect, and predict.
I was able to evaluate while reading this book. First, I was able to evaluate why this book is a gratifying book. This book is a commendable book because of the plot twist. When Ronnie and Will started to fall for each other, it seemed as if it were to last until they got in an argument, which split them up again: “She was …show more content…

First, I was able to connect to Ronnie’s feeling of grief and hatred of her, when her father got sick. Ronnie had felt awful because she had been ignoring her father the entire summer: “Hey, Dad? Yeah Jonah. Are you going to come visit us in New York? Nothing would make me happier. Because I think Ronnie will actually talk to you now” (Sparks 254). Her dad Steve was now dying and she basically wished away the time she could have spent with her father. Ronnie knew she would never be able to get that time back with her father, because he was fading fast. Everyday it seemed like he was getting worse and worse, at one point he could not even play the piano. I know what it is like to feel grief about an action. I too have felt grief from shutting others out when all that person wants is, to be a friend or wanting to help you. Like Ronnie the only thing a person can do is make up for the past behavior. When her Dad got sick, she stayed with her father to take care of him and spend the little time they had left

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