The Progression of Melinda Sordino Melinda Sordino‚ the main character in Laurie Halse Anderson’s award winning novel‚ Speak‚ is a 9th grade student attending Merryweather High. In a flashback it is discovered by the reader that Melinda‚ Mel for short‚ was raped by an upper classman during a party in the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Mel calls the cops but by the time they arrive Andy‚ her rapist‚ is gone so everyone who attended the party was lead to believe Mel called the cops because of
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Melinda Sordino was raped by Andy Evans at a party during summer in August. She called the police but she was too shocked and scared from the event that she couldn’t say anything to the woman on the phone. Someone from the party found out she called the police and told everyone. The police came and arrested some of the students‚ but by that time Melinda has already left and gone home. Ever since then none of Melinda’s friends have talked to her. They ignore her and blame her for ruining the party
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Anderson’s novel Speak focuses on this very issue. The protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ must face the challenges of high school‚ family issues‚ and the inability to express herself. Mr. Freeman‚ David Petrakis‚ and sports are the things Melinda relies on to overcome the past that haunts her. Mr. Freeman is a factor that motivates Melinda Sordino to learn from her mistakes and took look beyond times of difficulty. On the first day of school Melinda is an outcast who encounters Mr. Freeman‚ an art teacher who
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Melinda the main character from the award-winning book speak. She is a trouble character she is just going to highschool‚ with all of her weight on her shoulders‚ she does not even try to try anyone to share some of that weight that way so she not carrying it all. This weight mainly came from her being Sexlluy assaulted by a kid that goes to her high school named Andy Evans. Melinda goes through many changes during this mainly to her personality she has personality disorder where she has different
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Melinda in “Spotlight” has a vivid inner voice‚ where the reader can make an inference that she is a analytical introvert. The quotes “I see a few friends - people I used to think were my friend - but they look away” and “There’s that new girl‚ Heather‚ reading by the window. I could sit across from her. Or I could crawl behind a trash can. Or maybe I could dump by lunch straight into trash and keep moving out the door.” shows how the author’s use of diction helps create her voice as analytical
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Imagine being an outcast have no friends and have everybody hate you. That’s just one day in the life of Melinda Sordino‚ Melinda Sordino is a protagonist in the “novel Speak” she is an outcast and is afraid to speak up for herself and face the world out of her safe zone. I describes melinda in three traits Insecure‚ Sarcastic‚ Unspoken Melinda thinks that she is an outcast she even said “I am an outcast there is no point looking for my ex-friends” she doesn’t have any friends because she called
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Today I had a session with Melinda Sordino‚ a high school freshman dealing with depression. She talked about the difficulties she was having‚ including losing her best friend‚ Rachel Bruin‚ and recently losing her friend‚ Heather. Rachel stopped being friends with her after Melinda had called the police at an end of the summer party‚ but not for the reasons many would expect. She expressed her feelings sadness towards Rachel and how she felt like she couldn’t tell anyone about what really happened at
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Being a Survivor In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford shows physical strength‚ and bravery. From the book Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino shows bravery and mental strength. The major traits of a survivor are bravery‚ physical strength‚ and mental strength and all of these people show these traits. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford shows many traits of a survivor. The first trait is bravery
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darkness‚ swirling downhill through a dark and twisty hazy world hoping and hoping for someone to listen. This is what Melinda was hoping for. Hoping for someone to listen‚ to help‚ to guide. Melinda Sordino from the novel Speak was full of sarcastic wits and funny remarks. One problem. It is all in her mind. She doesn’t talk. Refuses to break her silence. Will not speak up. Melinda is practically a mute since the incident that that happened to her August of Melinda’s 8th grade summer. Melinda’s attempt
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of high school‚ Melinda Sordino‚ meets Andy Evans at a party. Outside in the woods‚ Andy rapes her. Melinda calls 911‚ but does not know what to say. The police come and break up the party. Melinda does not tell anyone what happened to her‚ and no one asks. She starts high school at Merryweather High School as an outcast‚ shunned by her friends for calling the police. She remains silent and sinks into depression. Melinda is befriended by Heather‚ a new girl‚ who clings to Melinda only to ditch her
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