“Every scar I have makes me who I am” proclaimed an anonymous author. Sometimes people make decisions that will stick with them for forever even if they don’t want it to. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, she writes about a teenager named Melinda who goes through a ton of drama over the summer before and during her freshman year. A boy named Andy Evans sees Melinda and comes by her. Andy sees her and stays with her all night. Later through the night he brings her away from everyone else and rapes her. Melinda gets extremely scared and calls the police, Rachel (her ex-best friend) finds out she called the cops. Rachel then leaves her at the party and hates her, for calling the cops, from that moment on. In conclusion to this Melinda…
Furthermore she has treated her emotional wounds by speaking and letting the truth free. In addition, Melinda has evolved to a better person because now her experiences in life are abundant. She now understands the lives of different people because she experienced both popularity and loneliness. She was in fear before when she taught that everyone was against her, but as soon as she opened her story, she discovered she was loved. She felt sorrow for herself and hated joy after she was raped but she had the courage to do whats right. Furthermore she was like a wounded zebra and a bunny rabbit because she was prey to predators around her. In addition despite her circumstances she still gave hope to life and she availed in the…
The author of this book is named Sarah Dessen and was born in Illinois on 1970. But grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill. Sarah studied creative writing and graduated with a degree in English. Sarah is married, has a daughter, two dogs, and she enjoys gardening. A motion picture base don her first two books was released in July 2003 and it is entitled “How To Deal” Sarah’s first two books are tilled “Someone Like You” and “That Summer”. Her 10th novel tilled “What Happened To Goodbye” was published in May 2011. Five of Sarah’s books were chosen as ALA Best Books for Young Adults, and her book titled “The Truth About Forever” was voted a YALSA Teen Top Teen book; but Sarah is also one of New York Times best selling author.…
As the novel opened, Taylor Geer was one of the main characters, she was strong and practical in the different things that she did. The feisty protagonist left her rural home in Pittman Country, Kentucky to begin a new life with a new identity. ''When I drove over the Pittman kine I made two promises to myself. One I kept, the other I did not. The first was that I would get myself a new name. I wasn't crazy about anything I had been called up that point in life.' However, Taylor Geer discovered important thing about herself and her life. Taylor became more worldly as she witnessed the cruelties of human suffering and becomes sympathetic to the personal tragedy of a little girl and a friend who struggled not to offend people for fear of rejection. By bringing love to Turtle(the baby that she took), Taylor is able to restore the damaged the irony of her life. ''Do you know, I spent the first half of my life avoiding motherhood and tires, and now I'm counting them as blessings.''…
2.The author alludes to personal trauma and a need to control and to take care her own feelings. She needs to stay strong by herself.…
She finds a way to rebel (no matter how small), by writing all of her stories, so that in turn, all of her readers can “pass on the tradition” of her life. With her persistence in writing to God with everything she sees and hears and feels, she is unconsciously telling herself that she deserves to be heard; even if it’s just through her writing that no one is going to see but God and her sister.…
Melinda didn’t feel loved which made her hurt herself by biting her lip and feeling depressed. The author stated in the book “I bit my lip clear through. It needs stitches” (Anderson 136). Melinda’s situation is so serious that it made Melinda pass out and get stitches on her head. The book stated “David says I hit my head on the edge of the table on my way down. I need stitches” (Anderson 81). Melinda found a closet which she keeps coming back to because she wants to be all alone. In the book it said, “This closet is abandoned-it has no purpose,no name.” Melinda doesn’t have anyone to express her feelings with which leads to her…
Melinda escaped her tough times by going to her art class. She was assigned to draw and sculpt trees. Her art had a really strong connection with her personal feelings throughout the book. Melinda goes through tough times and her problems show in her art.…
She never really believed in herself and though since I missed a year of school a collage won't ever accept me with that on my record. When she got to school collage wasn't on her mind what was on her mind though was more how am I going to survive. Surprisingly she didn't know it was possible for her to get good grades she had no hope for herself. As the book went on though she found out how to get herself better grades and she found hope as if it was her lost phone. At that moment she realized what was right and that was to get into college and get a good grade.…
I chose this piece of literature because it follows the life line of a woman from her childhood to her adulthood. By reading the story, we’re able to observe her maturity from a young näive girl into a knowledgeable, mature woman. As well as a complete life line we ultimately have a window into her mind. We are able to know exactly what Janie feels and the way she thinks; it ties us into her journey of maturing from a young girl to a woman. These themes could definitely be tied into my life. One major theme of this book is Janie’s search for happiness and companionship. I can tie this into my life. I don’t like being alone very much; it makes me think about situations and subjects that I would rather not think of, and it puts me in an extremely awkward place. Having companionship could mean being with my sister for as long as I’d like, or being with a friend. Either way, having someone to talk to is very comforting, as I can release my mind and let it wander. Everyone is looking for happiness. I don’t think there’s one person in this world who doesn’t want to be happy. Janie’s happiness is being able to be free and interact with whomever she’d like. Her dream is similar to mine. I want to be free to make my own decisions and choose what I’d like to do; I don’t want to obey one person and do anything and everything he wants, as Jody did with Janie.…
The writer’s purpose in this memoir was to open the minds of her readers. To help them appreciate the things in life that has contributed to their success, and to never be ashamed of where you come from. The genre is biographical since she discusses her life experiences. She appeals to the younger group of adults and females with the sensitivity on the writing. She also focuses on independence and originality of individuals.…
She talks about how being a young child with misfortunes that occur are routine. But once your mature they exist and we learn to accept them, live life fully, experience pain along with joy.…
People's lives are shaped through their success and failure in their personal relationships with each other. The author Sylvia Plath demonstrates this in the novel, The Bell Jar. This is the direct result of the loss of support from a loved one, the lack of support and encouragement, and lack of self confidence and insecurity in Esther's life in the The Bell Jar. It was shaped through her success and failures in her personal relationships between others and herself.…
I would recommend this book to another person for many reasons.First the narrator tell her story not as a sad story or in way the reader should feel sorry for her but rather as a story of what she experienced going through depression and overcoming it, making the story come out as a inspiration. The emotions is raw and it mirrors what a depressed person would feel. Her mother think that depression is a choice and it…
This memoir shows examples of what it would be like if you lived a tough life. In jacks life he had to do a lot by himself and depend on himself to do the role of a parent because his relationship with his mother doesn’t get better until they both grow more grown and marcher. Jack tended to run away from all his problems which caused more confusion in his life. Growing up wasn’t essay because he found himself alone in many ways considering he did not get along with his mother. In the memoir important people promise jack things and they most of the things jack gets let down on so it is hard for him to trust anyone. Jack lies to himself to a point were it seem all way to real to him, as he goes way too far to adopt them as if they were the truth.…