In The Last Song, the main conflict I would say, is the cancer Ronnie's father was diagnosed with and having Ronnie and her brother find out their dad isn't going to live much longer. When they arrive at their dad's house in Georgia, they didn't know that any of this was going on. I think that they really should have been told by someone so that they would spend quality time with their dad because once he's gone, there is no way to get any of the lost time back.
This conflict is extremely unpleasant to resolve for Ronnie and Jonah, her brother, because the only way possible for it to end in this story is death. The doctors had told their dad to prepare for his passing, and that is why Ronnie and Jonah came to live with him in Georgia for the summer; they hadn't really spent time with their dad in the past. When Ronnie finished the song her dad was composing, it gave her less sadness in her life because she felt she gave herself another was to relieve herself from her father's death. As we all know, death is a horrible way for anything from a book, to real life to end.
Ronnie and Jonah resolve their sadness through being with their dad when he was dying. Also for Ronnie, finishing the song he was writing before he died. For Jonah, it was just spending the summer with his dad that meant so much; looking back on all the memories of things they did that summer. They both needed to forgive their dad for leaving their mom and leaving them.
Nice job explaining the conflict :) The only thing I would say is explain a bit more about how Ronnie resolves this conflict by finishing her dad's piece and playing it to get through this...and I would mention what kind of conflict this is.
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