me alive like an infestation of thoughts‚ shame‚ mistakes‚" says Melinda Sordino‚ the main character from the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Melinda is a freshman at Merryweather High School and chose the right not to speak. Mirrors in this story are one of the motifs‚ and Melinda learns that mirrors give a reflection‚ whether she likes what she sees or not‚ along with protection to an abundance of things. As Melinda goes through her freshman year of high school feeling like a social
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takes a lot of courage to overcome your fears. I agree with the statement that I have interpreted. In the text‚ Speak‚ Melinda Sordino shows her bravery by facing her fears against Mr. Neck and Andy Evans. One example of Melinda’s bravery is when she defies Mr. Neck. This example is the conflict between Melinda against Mr. Neck which may be considered as man vs. man (woman). Melinda does not have any advantages against Mr. Neck but does have disadvantages such as not being able to speak. Melinda’s
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problematic and realistic. When the protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ got raped‚ it turned her whole world upside down. Her friends turned against her because they didn’t know what happened. She was also
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Gabriella Rodriguez “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson Summer Reading Assignment 1. Pg. 11 “Her eyes meet mine for a second. I hate you!” | Melinda and Rachel have been best friends since kindergarten. That hurts considering how close their friendship is. Melinda never returns Rachel’s hatred. | 2. Melinda Sordino | Melinda is very bright‚ but her vision is sometimes clouded by her suffering. She is 14 years old and has to deal with the memory of being raped at the end of the summer
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Anderson characterizes of Joyce and Jack Sordino being neglectful and incompliant for parenting towards their daughter‚ Melinda Sordino. Essentially to start Anderson portrays Melindas parents as two different personalities. Joyce (Melindas mom) as the hardworking manager at Efferrs‚ a clothing store. Giving off that shes a practical yet busy woman who struggles to balance home and career. On the other hand‚ Jack (Melindas dad) sells insurance whom Melindas thinks is too easy and resents what she
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Outcast The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a 9th grade girl called Melinda Sordino whose life is being terrorized by her memories from a bad incident at an end-of-the-summer party. It is the first day of 9th grade for Melinda at Merry Weather High School‚ nobody likes her because she called the cops at the party‚ making her an outcast and speechless. By the end of the novel Melinda finally speaks to her mom and her ex-friends about the party‚ and the narrator learns that having the
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1. Melinda Sordino is a selectively mute high school freshman. She avoids speech unless absolutely necessary and misbehaves in interesting ways to try to give meaning to her own existence or to avoid the pain she feels so deeply. Melinda becomes silent and secretive; she becomes distrustful of people. Because of Melinda’s strong internal voice‚ it’s clear that she is not weak. To the contrary‚ she is witty and clever‚ observing those around her. Other characters accept the rules‚ systems and structures
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In the book “Speak”‚ a girl named Melinda Sordino experiences something very terrifying. The author‚ Laurie Halse Anderson‚ describes how Melinda was raped by an upperclassman that goes to the exact same high school as her. As result‚ Melinda is now scarred and mute‚ even though she wants to speak very badly to someone about her assault. Laurie Halse Anderson uses allusions and archetypes to show the difficulties Melinda faces. Such uses in the book are tree‚ cave‚ lightening‚ and for archetypal
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English Period 1 Speak In the novel Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino is the protagonist who was raped and traumatized in a summer party. She was unable to speak as she became emotionally distressed. She struggled in school as she was not focused and her relationship with other people changed negatively ."When people don’t express themselves‚ they die one piece at a time." p122. The essence of the story is about secrets and what it can do to a person. Moreover how keeping the wrong
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leading role. This is about a girl who isolates herself from everyone in school and chooses not to speak. Melinda Sordino a freshman‚ starts her school year being mute and distant‚ and after what happened last summer everyone at school hates her‚ even her best friends won’t talk to her. Thus‚ there is a feeling that she wants to speak to someone to what had happened last summer. But she can’t even talk to her parents in regards to what happened. Eventually‚ when she starts talking about it‚ things become
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