Ronnie’s characteristics when she loses her father’s figure

“You‟re worried about this,” he started. Kim turned away. “It‟s not the first time, which is the problem,” she confused. “She admitted to stealing the bracelet last year...” Sparks, 2009:24 Kim tells to Steve that Ronnie steals something in the shop. Ronnie also tells to Blaze that she stole in the shop. “I used to shoplift,”she said, subdued. “A lot. Nothing big. Just more for the thrill of doing it.” “Used to?” “Not anymore. I got caught. Actually, I got caught twice, but the second time it was an accident. I went to court, but the charges were continued for a year. Basically, it means that if I don‟t get in trouble again, the charges will be dismissed.”Sparks, 2009:86 Ronnie lives disorderly. She also breaks the curfew that her mother that has been set by her mother. “...or the fact that Ronnie continually ignored her curfew...” Sparks, 2009:9. Ronnie and her mother usually fight about the curfew. Kim thinks if she sets the curfew for Ronnie, Ronnie will obey it. But the fact, Ronnie does not obey the curfew. Kim has a boyfriend after she divorced with Steve. His name is Brian. Brian often comes to Kim‟s house. “How do the kids feel about him?” “Jonah seems to like him, but Jonah likes everyone.” “And Ronnie?” “She gets along with him about as well as she gets along with you.” Sparks, 2009: 22 Jonah can accept Brian as her mother‟s boyfriend, but Ronnie cannot accept it. Ronnie always hangs out if Brian comes to her house. She does not want to meet Brian. Steve smiled. “Are you still going to church?”He asked. “Yeah. But it‟s not the same one we went to. It‟s the one where Brian likes to go. And Ronnie doesn‟t always come with us. She locks herself in her room and refuses to come out, but as soon as we leave, she goes over to Starbucks to hang out with her friends. It makes Mom furious.” Sparks, 2009:27 Jonah tells Steve that Ronnie does not always come to the church with him, Kim and Brian especially if Brian comes to go to church together. She locks herself in her room. She waits until her mother, Jonah and Brian go to the church. After that, Ronnie hangs out with her friends. It makes Kim furious. Ronnie and Kim fight every day.

2. The Characteristics of Steve

Steve Miller is a father of two children, Ronnie and Jonah. He is forty eight years old. He had a wife. Her name is Kim. Three years ago, he divorced with Kim. Steve‟s personalities were very different from Kim‟s personalities. “Unlike Kim, who‟d been outgoing and gregarious, he‟d always been more reticent and blended into crowds” Sparks, 2009:17. Although Steve does not really like the crowds, but he is a good musician. Steve is also a good composer. He teach piano in the prestigious music schools, Juill iard. There are four Steve‟s characteristics that will be explained in this part.

a. Religious

Three years after he divorces with Kim, Steve focuses his life to experience the presence of God. When Ronnie at her father‟s house, she finds her father‟s bible. “Beside her, on the bed stand, was her father‟s Bible” Sparks, 2009:380.