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List of Characterizations and Techniques of Character Revelation For Veronica Miller (Ronnie) in “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks

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No.

Name of

Characterization

Techniques of Character Revelation

Proofs

Character

(i.e. beautiful, smart,

(i.e. Direct Through description by the

(Quote from your novel the part that

lazy, cunning,

narrator, indirect through thoughts,

support your description of the technique

ambitious, etc)

etc)

of character revelation)

1.

Veronica (Ronnie)

Miller a) ignorant

Indirect

through

description

by

the

i.

Mom probably believed that the louder she yelled about Ronnie’s

narrator

grades, or Ronnie’s friends, or the fact that Ronnie continually ignored her curfew, or the incident especially the incident- the more likely it would be that Ronnie could care. (Sparks, pp. 30-31) ii.

She could feel the soda dripping down her face and soaking through her

shirt.

Vaguely,

she

heard

someone in the crowd begin to laugh. And why shouldn’t someone laugh? It had been suc a fantastic day already. (Sparks, pp. 83-84)

Indirect

through

description

by

the

i.

narrator on other’s character POV, Will

She hadn’t been interested in his apologies, and unlike most girls around here, she hadn’t tried to mask her anger. She didn’t simmer and she didn’t squeal; she was selfpossessed in a way that struck him instantly as different. (Sparks, pp. 123)

Indirect through conversation between

i.

Ronnie and Will

He rotated it almost absently. “I’m really sorry about that. I was going for the ball and---“ “I know what you were doing,” she said. “I survived, okay?”. With that, she turned away, wanting nothing more than to get as far away from here as possible. (Sparks, pp. 8485)

ii.

“my name’s Will, by the way” said Will, “hi Will” Ron replied

He paused “interesting” “what?” asked Ron “usually when someone introduces himself, the other person does the same” said Ron “I’m not most people.” Ronnie crossed her arms, careful to keep her distance. b) unrestrained

Indirect narrator

through

description

by

the

i.

.... and Ronnie wished for the hundredth time that she’d been born in May instead of August. That was when she’d turn eighteen, and her mom wouldn’t be able to force her to do anyting. Legally, she’d be old enough to make her own decisions, and let’s just say that coming down here wasn’t on her to-do list. (Sparks, pp. 31)

c) dissident

Indirect

through

description

by

the

i.

narrator

No matter how fiercely Ronnie had begged or complained or screamed or whined about the summer plans, it hadn’t made the tiniest bit of difference. Ronnie and Jonah were spending the summer with their dad, and that was final. (Sparks, pp. 32)

d) good looking

Direct through description by the narrator

i.

on other’s character POV, Marcus

Instead, he stared at Ronnie, liking the purple streak in her hair and her tight little body, the glittery effect of her eye shadow. It was sort of an upscale, trampy style, despite the stupid shirt she was wearing. He liked that. He liked that a lot. (Sparks, pp. 109-110)

e) respect

Direct through description by the other caharcter, Wiill

i.

In Ashley’s world, everyone and everything was put into neat little boxes: popular or not, expensive or cheap, rich or poor, beautiful or

ugly. And he’s eventually grown tired

of

her

shallow

value

judgements and her inability to accepts or appreciate anything in between. But the girl with the purple streak in her hair, he knew instinctively that she wasn’t that way. (Sparks, pp. 185) f) responsible

Indirect

through

description

by

the

i.

He wasn’t comfortable with the

narrator on other’s character POV, dad

idea of Ronnie sleeping outside, but

(Steve)

she was clearly determined and he admired her impulse to protect the nest. (Sparks, pp. 276)

g) careful

Direct through description by the narrator on other’s character POV, dad (Steve)

i.

She’d been insistent that she would be fine, and to some extant, he trusted she was right. Like most people who grew up in Manhattan, she’d learned to be careful and had seen and experienced enough for

the world to know it was sometimes a dangerous place. (Sparks, pp. 276) h) spiteful

Indirect through conversation between

i.

“you need to spend time with your dad. He misses you” mom answered

Ronnie and mom ii.

“but why all summer? Couldn’t it just be for a couple of weeks?” Ronnie asked

iii.

Mom replied “you need more than a couple of weeks together. You haven’t seen him in three years”

iv.

And then Ronnie said “That’s not my fault. He’s the one who left” (Sparks, pp. 33)

Indirect through conversation between Ronnie and mom

i.

“hey mom” jonah asked. “does dad know Ronnie was arrested?” “yeah he knows”, she answered “what’s he going to do?” This time Ronnie aswered. “he won’t do

anything. All he ever cared was about the piano.” (Sparks, pp. 3637) Direct through description by narrator on

i.

other’s character POV, dad (Steve Miller)

His

marriage

had

ended,

his

daughter avoided him, and his son was growing up without him. (Sparks, pp. 47)

i) kind hearted

Direct

through description by other

i.

When Kim didn’t answer, Steve shook his head “she’s not on her

character

way to being profiled on America’s Most Wanted. She made a mistake. And she’s always had a good heart.” (Sparks, pp. 62) Direct through coversation between Kim and Steve

i.

He sifted through his feelings about the incident, as he had a dozen times since Kim had first told him. “yeah,” he said. “I believe her” “why?” “because

she’s

a

good

kid.”

(Sparks, pp. 63) Indirect through coversation between Ron

i.

“are you okay sweetie? where’s your mom? Let’s go find her,

and the toddler

okay?” the toddler seemed to focus momentarily on her shirt. “this is nemo,” she said. “he got lost, too. Do you like nemo?” (Sparks, pp. 144) Indirect

through

description

by

the

i.

narrator

Challenging them to contradict her, she pushed her way between Scott and Marcus and stopped to the crying toddler, who had been knoncked over in the commotion. He was three or four, and his shirt was pumpkin orange. When the girl spoke to him, her voice was soft, her smile reassuring. (Sparks, pp. 143)

j) cheerful

Direct through conversation between Ron

i.

“are you talking about me?” Ronnie

and Jonah

asked. She put two pop-tarts in the toaster.

“I’m

always

cheerful”

(Sparks, pp. 276) Indirect

through

description

by

the

narrator on other’s character POV, Will

i.

“I’m a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer.” He heard her laugh again, liking its unfettered energy. It felt ontagious. (Sparks, pp. 336)