How Does Laurie Anderson Show Courage

Courage is having enough bravery to do something out of the normal. Speak by Laurie Anderson is about Melinda Sordino struggling through freshman year, she called the cops during a summer party and is afraid to tell the truth of why she did. But once she does reveal the truth, everything changes. Courage pushes people go farther in life, helps people do things they don’t want to do, and makes change.
Courage can help people do things they normally wouldn’t do, things that they once thought were too difficult for them to do. Courage can help people learn things faster, since if they are courageous, they will try thinking they can do it. “She doesn’t say a word. She is already dead. A scream starts in my gut—I can feel the cut, smell the dirt, leaves in my hair. I don’t remember passing out”(Laurie Anderson 81). This is obviously something she normally wouldn’t do, but she is feeling courageous so she gives it a go.
These are things people want to do, but are new things or they haven’t done in a while, so we are nervous about failing and making fools of ourselves. “I didn’t call the cops to break up the party, I write. I called—I put the pencil down. I pick it up again—them because some guy raped me. Under the trees. I didn’t know what to do. (183) She called the police because Andy Evans raped her, Melinda was simply scared about telling people this because it’s one of those things that’s embarrassing to tell other