List of Characterizations and Techniques of Character Revelation

For Veronica Miller (Ronnie)

in “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks

Identified by Putu Riski Kamala Hari 1612021021 6A

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 Miller a) ignorant Indirect through description by the i. Mom probably believed that the
(Ronnie) narrator louder she yelled about Ronnie’s
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. She hadn’t been interested in his
narrator on other’s character POV, Will 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 self-
possessed in a way that struck him
instantly as different. (Sparks, pp.
123)
Indirect through conversation between i. He rotated it almost absently. “I’m
Ronnie and Will 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. 84-
85)
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 through description by the i. .... and Ronnie wished for the
narrator 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. No matter how fiercely Ronnie had
narrator 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. Instead, he stared at Ronnie, liking
on other’s character POV, Marcus 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 i. In Ashley’s world, everyone and
caharcter, Wiill 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 i. She’d been insistent that she would
on other’s character POV, dad (Steve) 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
Ronnie and mom dad. He misses you” mom answered
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 i. “hey mom” jonah asked. “does dad
Ronnie and mom 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. 36-
37)
Direct through description by narrator on i. His marriage had ended, his
other’s character POV, dad (Steve Miller) 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
character shook his head “she’s not on her
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 i. He sifted through his feelings about
and Steve 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
and the toddler your mom? Let’s go find her,
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. Challenging them to contradict her,
narrator 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 i. “I’m a volleyball player slash
narrator on other’s character POV, Will grease monkey slash aquarium
volunteer.”
He heard her laugh again, liking its
unfettered energy. It felt ontagious.
(Sparks, pp. 336)