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The Last Song
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Essay Topics
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness and emotional abuse.
How does the novel’s use of shifting narrative perspectives—contrasting Ronnie’s first-person narration with the third-person views of Steve, Will, and Marcus—develop the theme of perception versus reality regarding the concealment and revelation of secrets?
Are Steve’s decisions to conceal his illness and his ex-wife’s affair ultimately acts of selfless protection or a form of control that denies his children agency and emotional truth?
The piano and the stained-glass window are central symbols of artistic creation. Analyze how these two objects function differently as mediums for communication and legacy, with one representing a personal, shared history and the other representing a communal act of faith.
