Bravery In Melinda's Speak
"You see a bird trying to fly, falls down, and gets back up to try again." That is how it is in the novel "Speak". Melinda keeps trying to pull her self up. But Melinda keeps collapsing, Melinda was nearly Going to give up, although she got up and started over. In the novel "Speak", Melinda progressed very uniquely, and this is important. In the novel “Speak”.
Melinda is the main character, and she defines bravery. Melinda knows this isn’t the end of her story, there is more. But the past, the people, and the …show more content…
scars, pull her down. “That some things that are broken stay broken. Some of the strongest people are the ones that cry behind closed doors, and fight battles that nobody knows about.” Melinda was her own warrior and transformed herself from weak, to the so called
"rock".
Some think she was cold hearted. But when Melinda told "Rachel" about the
real wild animal "Andy" is, she was trying to protect her. Melinda was crippled and
had no confidence, or no self esteem. She then realized she can't go on like this
forever. She doesn’t want other people to feel this way either. Melinda was heroic.
Melinda notified others to avoid damage and risk. Melinda would never want anybody
to feel the damage that "Andy" has done.
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It was not that she didn't want to talk to her
family, or that she just couldn't speak. might think what she did was ridiculous. Although Melinda was stuck in her own thoughts, only negative thoughts. That to be alive, is to have scars.
Things don't always turn your way or as planned, or the way you think it should. Things that go wrong don't always get fixed or put back together the way they were before. Melinda's past was a tsunami, chaos running through her head twenty four seven. Secondly, it wasn't one thing happening at once it was multiple things throwing her off.“I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?” Melinda says in the novel "Speak". After
Melinda was pinned against the wall in that horrifying moment, but stuck in the room
with her never ending nightmare "Andy", made her lionhearted. She understood at
last, that you should never trust your fears, they don't know your strength.
Andy's
voice lingers in Melinda's head. Pounding it still. A bad daydream that will not leave.
Next, the moment that she roared on Andy, was the split second she knew that life is so tough, but so is she. “The fire inside her burned brighter than the fire around her.”
Andy was around her, she always saw Andy as a beast, stronger. But the only thing
that Andy did that scared Melinda, were his words. He was always threatening her.
Thinking she would just quit and let him get what he wanted. Although when they
were in a closed space together. Melinda burned him off her skin. She fought back. If
Melinda's parents were so concerned about her, then why didn't they ask. Everyone
Melinda told has the question lingering in their heads. "Did anybody know?"
Not even her parents. That is why Melinda was stuck in her mind. “I wonder how
long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking" says Melinda in the
novel "Speak".
Melinda had flashbacks that trigger the simple things, and then …show more content…
it
completely just throws her off. Melinda felt insane in her sane world. Melinda never asked for the things that she have been through, and she most certainly did not ask
for them to be repainted in flashback form through her head. The people who
consider her weak have not yet noticed the wolf hiding behind her eyes, nor the
flames inside her soul. “She let them think she was weak and did what wolves and
fire do best.” Surprise them when they least expect it.
Melinda is not her abuse. She is not what he did to her. It was both her and the cleverness that survived. “The power that hid and protected a tiny spark of her light.” "You did a good job with that Cubist sketch," he says. I don't know what to say. We pass a dead dog. It doesn't have a collar. "I'm seeing a lot of growth in your work. You are learning more than you know." Mr Freeman said to Melinda. Mr Freeman was one of the most understanding person in her life. He did not pressure her on telling him what happened. He told Melinda if she wants to tell him then she could tell him when she is ready to notify him what was happening. Although he acknowledged that she is still traumatized of everything that happened. That there was so much happening at once.
ABDELAZIZ 3
Melinda needs to process it all.
Melinda still has a redundant about of things to envision. And if the word spreads, her parents will be concerned. Although Melinda's parents needs to understand that pain changes everyone's names In an immense way. It makes them trust less, over think more, and shut people out. Melinda has made dozens of progress. It describes her strength. "You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against." Says Melinda in the novel "speak". She stands for herself, she has courage, and boldness. Melinda did not think about Andy. Melinda focused on what needed to go against him. "I never raped anybody. I don't have to. You wanted it just as bad as I did. But your feelings got hurt, so you start spreading lies, and now every girl in school is talking about me like I'm so kind of pervert. (87.8)" Said Andy to Melinda in the beginning of the school year. Andy got into her head, now Melinda knows
better.
Andy felt guilt and blame. So he confronted Melinda. Andy expected that his narcissistic self would have been able to get into her head, and switch her weakness on. The author Laurie Halse Anderson created a novel with such suspense. The type of book, that when readers scrutinize a line that such as.
I'm trying to remember how we got on the ground and where the moon went and wham! shirt up, shorts down, and the ground smells wet and dark and NO!--I'm not really here, I'm definitely back at Rachel's crimping my hair and gluing on fake nails, and he smells like beer and mean and he hurts me hurts me hurts me and gets up and zips his jeans. And smiles; (135-136)
It runs tingle up the spine. The goosebumps are triggered. At first Melinda was just a fragile and delicate teenaged girl. Nobody knew the history, or the incident that had happened. That Melinda had no one to talk to. To release her thoughts. It was that not a soul would neither believe, nor understand.
ABDELAZIZ 4
IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. Andy Evans raped me in August when I was drunk and too young to know what was happening. It wasn't my fault. He hurt me. It wasn't my fault. And I am not going to let it kill me. I can grow; (198)
Melinda said herself she can grow. That Melinda will not live off of this petrifying
reminiscence. Melinda bloomed, and thrived. The progression Melinda made as outstanding. For that split second Melinda is the “Beast”. Melinda is on to her next stage. “A seed finally sprouting”. Melinda knew what she was made of.
Shards of glass slip down the wall and into the sink. IT pulls away from me puzzled. I reach in and wrap my fingers around a triangle of glass. I hold it to Andy Evans neck. He freezes. I push just hard enough to raise one drop of blood; (194)
Therefore, Melinda
Melinda is the main character, and she defines bravery. Melinda knows this isn’t the end of her story, there is more. But the past, the people, and the …show more content…
scars, pull her down. “That some things that are broken stay broken. Some of the strongest people are the ones that cry behind closed doors, and fight battles that nobody knows about.” Melinda was her own warrior and transformed herself from weak, to the so called
"rock".
Some think she was cold hearted. But when Melinda told "Rachel" about the
real wild animal "Andy" is, she was trying to protect her. Melinda was crippled and
had no confidence, or no self esteem. She then realized she can't go on like this
forever. She doesn’t want other people to feel this way either. Melinda was heroic.
Melinda notified others to avoid damage and risk. Melinda would never want anybody
to feel the damage that "Andy" has done.
ABDELAZIZ 2
It was not that she didn't want to talk to her
family, or that she just couldn't speak. might think what she did was ridiculous. Although Melinda was stuck in her own thoughts, only negative thoughts. That to be alive, is to have scars.
Things don't always turn your way or as planned, or the way you think it should. Things that go wrong don't always get fixed or put back together the way they were before. Melinda's past was a tsunami, chaos running through her head twenty four seven. Secondly, it wasn't one thing happening at once it was multiple things throwing her off.“I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?” Melinda says in the novel "Speak". After
Melinda was pinned against the wall in that horrifying moment, but stuck in the room
with her never ending nightmare "Andy", made her lionhearted. She understood at
last, that you should never trust your fears, they don't know your strength.
Andy's
voice lingers in Melinda's head. Pounding it still. A bad daydream that will not leave.
Next, the moment that she roared on Andy, was the split second she knew that life is so tough, but so is she. “The fire inside her burned brighter than the fire around her.”
Andy was around her, she always saw Andy as a beast, stronger. But the only thing
that Andy did that scared Melinda, were his words. He was always threatening her.
Thinking she would just quit and let him get what he wanted. Although when they
were in a closed space together. Melinda burned him off her skin. She fought back. If
Melinda's parents were so concerned about her, then why didn't they ask. Everyone
Melinda told has the question lingering in their heads. "Did anybody know?"
Not even her parents. That is why Melinda was stuck in her mind. “I wonder how
long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking" says Melinda in the
novel "Speak".
Melinda had flashbacks that trigger the simple things, and then …show more content…
it
completely just throws her off. Melinda felt insane in her sane world. Melinda never asked for the things that she have been through, and she most certainly did not ask
for them to be repainted in flashback form through her head. The people who
consider her weak have not yet noticed the wolf hiding behind her eyes, nor the
flames inside her soul. “She let them think she was weak and did what wolves and
fire do best.” Surprise them when they least expect it.
Melinda is not her abuse. She is not what he did to her. It was both her and the cleverness that survived. “The power that hid and protected a tiny spark of her light.” "You did a good job with that Cubist sketch," he says. I don't know what to say. We pass a dead dog. It doesn't have a collar. "I'm seeing a lot of growth in your work. You are learning more than you know." Mr Freeman said to Melinda. Mr Freeman was one of the most understanding person in her life. He did not pressure her on telling him what happened. He told Melinda if she wants to tell him then she could tell him when she is ready to notify him what was happening. Although he acknowledged that she is still traumatized of everything that happened. That there was so much happening at once.
ABDELAZIZ 3
Melinda needs to process it all.
Melinda still has a redundant about of things to envision. And if the word spreads, her parents will be concerned. Although Melinda's parents needs to understand that pain changes everyone's names In an immense way. It makes them trust less, over think more, and shut people out. Melinda has made dozens of progress. It describes her strength. "You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against." Says Melinda in the novel "speak". She stands for herself, she has courage, and boldness. Melinda did not think about Andy. Melinda focused on what needed to go against him. "I never raped anybody. I don't have to. You wanted it just as bad as I did. But your feelings got hurt, so you start spreading lies, and now every girl in school is talking about me like I'm so kind of pervert. (87.8)" Said Andy to Melinda in the beginning of the school year. Andy got into her head, now Melinda knows
better.
Andy felt guilt and blame. So he confronted Melinda. Andy expected that his narcissistic self would have been able to get into her head, and switch her weakness on. The author Laurie Halse Anderson created a novel with such suspense. The type of book, that when readers scrutinize a line that such as.
I'm trying to remember how we got on the ground and where the moon went and wham! shirt up, shorts down, and the ground smells wet and dark and NO!--I'm not really here, I'm definitely back at Rachel's crimping my hair and gluing on fake nails, and he smells like beer and mean and he hurts me hurts me hurts me and gets up and zips his jeans. And smiles; (135-136)
It runs tingle up the spine. The goosebumps are triggered. At first Melinda was just a fragile and delicate teenaged girl. Nobody knew the history, or the incident that had happened. That Melinda had no one to talk to. To release her thoughts. It was that not a soul would neither believe, nor understand.
ABDELAZIZ 4
IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. Andy Evans raped me in August when I was drunk and too young to know what was happening. It wasn't my fault. He hurt me. It wasn't my fault. And I am not going to let it kill me. I can grow; (198)
Melinda said herself she can grow. That Melinda will not live off of this petrifying
reminiscence. Melinda bloomed, and thrived. The progression Melinda made as outstanding. For that split second Melinda is the “Beast”. Melinda is on to her next stage. “A seed finally sprouting”. Melinda knew what she was made of.
Shards of glass slip down the wall and into the sink. IT pulls away from me puzzled. I reach in and wrap my fingers around a triangle of glass. I hold it to Andy Evans neck. He freezes. I push just hard enough to raise one drop of blood; (194)
Therefore, Melinda