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with her father, after three years she never wants to meet her father. She gets her father figure again during the holiday. After she spent time with her father everyday and got her father figure again, she changes into a kind person anymore. She changes into a girl like three years ago before the divorce happened. One day, Ronnie visits a funfair which is being held in Wrightsville Beach. She meets Wi ll, a volley ball player who already spilled his drink into Ronnie‟s clothes before. She sees Will and his friend, Scott involves in a fight with Marcus and his friends. It makes a fray in the funfair. The situation in the funfair becomes chaotic. Ronnie a lso sees Blaze, her new friend. Blaze is Marcus‟s girlfriend. In the middle of the fight, Ronnie realizes there is a toddler. The toddler is crying. Ronnie shouts and tells them to finish their fight. She pushes away Marcus and Scott, then she walks into that toddler. “The fight‟s over There is no fight Can you see this kid is hurt?” Challenging them to contradict her, she pushed her way between Scott and Marcus and stopped to the cry toddler, who had been knocked 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. “Are you okay, sweetie? Where‟s your mom? Let‟s go find her, okay?” Sparks, 2009:60-61 Ronnie takes care of the toddler and until the toddler‟s mother comes and takes him away from Ronnie. Ronnie does not let that toddler cries and helps him to find his mother. According to Murphy , the author tells about Ronnie‟s characteristic through mannerism 1972:173. The reader of the novel can know Ronnie‟s characteristics through her manners. Ronnie has one little brother. His name is Jonah. Jonah is a very talkative boy. There are times she‟s still as sweet as ever. Like with Jonah. Even though they fight like cats and dogs, she still brings him to the park every weekend. And when he was having trouble in math, she tutored him every night. Sparks, 2009:23 Jonah and Ronnie often fight. They do not always get along. Kim, their mother says that Ronnie and Jonah fight like cats and dogs. But, Ronnie is still a good sister for Jonah. Sometimes, she brings Jonah to the park every weekend. When Jonah gets trouble in math, Ronnie also helps him. She tutors her brother. From Kim‟s words above, the author of the novel implies that Ronnie is very attentive to Jonah. According to Murphy, the author of the novel uses a character to describe the other character in the story 1972:164. Sparks uses Kim to describe Ronnie‟s characteristics. She cares a lot about her brother. ii. Nice Ronnie also has a friend in North Carolina. Her name is Galadriel, but her nickname is Blaze. Blaze also comes from a broken home. She leaves her home because she does not like her mother‟s new boyfriend. She is a nomadic. She just lives in a car with her boyfriend, Marcus. Marcus is not a good guy and he does not like Blaze. Blaze knows it, but she cannot do anything. She only has Marcus after she leaves her home. When Ronnie and Blaze meet Marcus and his friends, Marcus always does whatever he wants to do. When he will eat Blaze‟s french fries, Ronnie forbids Marcus because that french fries is Blaze‟s, but Marcus does not hear her Sparks, 2009:86. Unfortunately, Blaze is jealous with Ronnie. Blaze thinks that Marcus likes her. When Blaze and Ronnie meet in a shop, Blaze puts things in Ronnie‟s tote bag. ...the man removed two CDs and half a dozen of the signed 45s from her tote bag that she realized she‟d been right about Blaze expecting Ronnie to find her. The CDs were the ones that Blaze had been holding, and Blaze had taken down the 45s from the wall. In shock, she began to understand that Blaze had planned it all along Sparks, 2009:111. Blaze puts that thing in Ronnie‟s tote bag deliberately. Because of that Ronnie is arrested and taken to the police station. Ronnie knows that Blaze does it to her, but she does not revenge to Blaze. One time Ronnie meets Blaze again, she has separated from Marcus. Blaze‟s mom kicks her out from her home. Her mother will marry with her boyfriend, they get really big fight because she does not like he r mother‟s boyfriend. Her mother changes the locks of the house. “I know what you want me to do,” Blaze said. “But I can‟t. And it‟s not because I don‟t like you. I do. I think you‟re nice, and I shouldn‟t have done what I did. But I‟m as trapped as you are. And I don‟t think Marcus is done with you, either.” Ronnie stiffened. “What do you mean?” Blaze stood. “He‟s been talking about you again. And not in a good way. I‟d stay away from me if I were you.” Before Ronnie can respond, Blaze starts walking off. “Hey, Blaze,” she called out. Blaze slowly turns around. “If you ever need something to eat or a place to stay, you know where I live ” Sparks, 2009:294. Ronnie also helps Blaze when Marcus throws fireballs to her. In that time, Blaze is hit by a fireball and that fireball starts to burn her body. Ronnie and Will help Blaze and bring her to the hospital Sparks, 2009:335.