Peer Pressure In Speak By Laurie Halse Anderson

In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel “Speak”, peer pressure is a recurring aspect of the story. Melinda Sordino, the teenage protagonist of the novel, is faced with Peer Pressure many times, like when she is at the party, and Andy wants to do stuff with her, and when she said no, he raped her. At the party she was pressured into drinking and dancing with Andy, before he raped her. Later, Heather always pressures Melinda into helping her with the work the Martha's give her, before ultimately dumping her when the work is done.
In another one of Anderson’s books, “Chains” Isabel, protagonist of the story, is pressured by Curzon, into eavesdropping on her Master’s family to gain important information about the British and their plans to defeat the