Ralph Fletcher Last Kiss Quotes

Last Kiss
In life, things will change and you might have harsh or nice reactions to them. It might not be obvious, but everything is slowly changing. You also might need to push through some changes. In the short story, “Last Kiss” by Ralph Fletcher, the character experiences horrific change: his father and him are drifting away. He needs to push through this change. The story teaches that things will change even if you don’t want them to. The text teaches this in the beginning, in the middle, and most of all in the end.

In the beginning of the story, “Last Kiss”, the character gets a kiss every night before bed but one day, he doesn’t get a kiss. He is about to go to bed and then asks his dad for a kiss. The text says,
“ ‘I’m going to bed,’ I told him.

At first I just stood there confused.” He is puzzled about why his dad had not kissed him. I think this a shows change. If the character gets something over and over again (in this case a kiss) and one day, he doesn’t get one, this is something not staying the same. The character has not noticed that a major change had just passed him.

Then, in the middle of the story, the character tries again to get a kiss from his dad. No help. His dad says “ ‘Good night.’ He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a bear hug. ‘Night.’” This shows that nothing different is happening. Still no kiss. Then the text says, “ For a few seconds I didn’t move.” The text is saying that the character is confused when it says this. Only a person that is surprised would stand frozen. This proves change because his thoughts are changing. He used to think the last night was just a once coincidence, but now he realises his dad’s personality has actually