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Poem Analysis: The Last Song

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In The Last Song the author uses conflict to teach us that family is important because you won’t always have them around. For example the author shows that Ronnie and her dad fights with each other all of the time. “You need to spend time with your dad. He misses you” You need more than a couple of weeks together. You haven 't seen him in three years.” “Thats not my fault. He 's the one that left.” This evidence shows that Ronnie and Steve do not get along at all. He left her whenever she was younger so she don 't really want to see him. Her mom wants them to get along for the summer because he is sick but the kids don 't know that yet. Additionally this quote shows conflict “Your sister didn 't want to see the piano anymore so I am

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