health” Greetman and Dunne, 1990:9. She must live with mother and her brother, she also loses her father figure after the divorce. She tries to divert her
attention from that problem. As the result, she becomes worse than before.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
This chapter contains the conclusion of this thesis. The object of this thesis is a novel by Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song. There are two problems
formulation in this thesis. The first problem formulation is about the characteristic of Ronnie and Steve, and the second problem formulation is about the influence of
father figure absence on Ronnie‟s behavior. To answer the first question in the problem formulation, the first part of
analysis discusses about Ronnie‟s characteristics when there is her father figure and when she loses her father figure. From the analysis, the writer finds out
Ronnie‟s characteristics when there is her father figure, she is described as caring, nice, and religious. Meanwhile, Ronnie‟s characteristics when she loses her father
fig ure are angry, rude, and rebellious. The writer also analyzes Steve‟s
characteristics. Steve, Ronnie‟s father is described as religious, wise, kind, and loving. These characteristics are presented through various ways based on
Murphy‟s theory. The characteristics can be described through personal description, characters as seen by another, speech, past life, conversations of
other, reactions, direct comment, thoughts and mannerisms. To answer the second questions in the problem formulation, the writer
anal ysis the influence of father figure absence on Ronnie‟s behavior. To reveal the
influence of father figure absence, the writer uses several theories. Theory of behavior, theory of parent‟s role in child development, theory of adolescence and
theory of repression in psychoanalysis are used to finds out the influence of father figure absence on Ronnie‟s behavior. Because of her parental divorce, Ronnie
must accept the reality that she loses her father figure. After the parental divorce, Steve moves to North Carolina and does not live with his family anymore. Ronnie
lives with her mother, Kim and her little brother Jonah in New York. There are four influences of the absence of father figure on Ronnie‟s behavior. The first
influence is Ronnie has negative feelings towards her father, Steve. Ronnie always ignores her father‟s call and never wants to meet Steve if Steve goes to
New York. She blames her father as the cause of her parental divorce. She thinks that her father betrayed her personally. She becomes a girl who hates piano and
her father so much. Steve is her first piano teacher. Steve introduced piano to Ronnie when she was child. Ronnie also does not get along with Kim. Ronnie
always fights with her mother. She breaks the curfew and the rules. When Kim has a boyfriend, Ronnie also does not care about it. She always locks herself in
her room when her mother‟s boyfriend comes to her house in New York. Ronnie becomes cynical about whole things and she becomes rebellious girl. She changes
