books: No time for Mother’s Day (1998)‚ Turkey Pox (1996)‚ and Ndito Runs (1996)” (“Speak- Anderson”). Don Latham summarizes Anderson’s Speak as “the story of teenager Melinda Sordino’s rape‚ recovery‚ and eventual coming out as a rape victim” (Latham). Speak is a novel that is geared towards young adults who could possibly relate to Melinda and her story; however‚ the novel has faced countless criticisms for its crudity and inappropriateness. Despite critics‚ Anderson’s Speak immediately received astonishing
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is an novel that explores a girl in high school who is raped at a party and she calls the cops and everyone hates her for it but she tells nobody about what happened which turns her to a very dark place and she ends up in a depressed state. Laurie Halse Anderson said herself "I’ve learned that Speak is not just a book about rape. Speak is a book about depression." Mental illnesses like depression are disorders that affect your behavior‚ mood and the way you think. Depression‚ anxiety and the bipolar
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Dr Phil: Today we have a guest that witnessed a major issue going on in our society today. Please put your hands together for Melinda Sordino. *Crowd applauds* Dr. Phil: Hello‚ Melinda Melinda: Hello‚ I’m so thankful to be here today to share my story and thoughts. Dr. Phil: So would you mind going ahead and explaining your situation‚ being all truth and no lies. Melinda: Yes‚ I will try my best. So here is how my rape went down. I was at a party Freshmen year. I went with 4 friends‚ I’d prefer
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Alex and Melinda In the Alex and Melinda video‚ Alex presents Melinda with the new quarterly figures and said that he felt that there was a problem. He explained to her that her sales in the district were off by 40% and that it was a major issue. Melinda expressed to him that she had no idea why this might be. Alex recounts that Melinda was placed in the Mexico and Brazil territory because she was one of his best people and in result‚ was positioned for a success‚ so that she had a real shot at
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1) I could see myself enjoying Alex as a manger and not. Then again‚ I think every employee enjoys and does not enjoy their managers. Specifically if I were Melinda I’d find my self-enjoying his positive feedback of him saying‚ you are one of the top five sales people in the company. I think he is quite savvy for having Melinda‚ a top sales person with the cultural back ground‚ and same ethnicity sent to do sales in Mexico and Brazil. Not to mention‚ she can relate to the customers as well as maybe
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In art class‚ Melinda picks the word “tree” and has to draw a tree for the rest of the school year. Her art teacher‚ Mr. Freeman states‚ “You will each pick a piece of paper out of the globe...You will spend the rest of the year learning how to turn that object into a piece of art.” (Anderson 12) One day‚ Melinda decides to “[paint] watercolours of trees that have been hit by lightning.” (Anderson 30). The tree symbolizes Melinda‚ Melinda is the tree. Ever since the summer party‚ people from Melinda’s
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an event lead to traumatized a person by making her/him insecure about their body and everything else about themselves? In the novel‚ the writer later explains and informs the reader that Melinda was raped by a guy named Andy during a summer party. After she was raped‚ Melinda got traumatized by the event that she wasn’t able to be confident with herself‚ saying that she was ugly‚ and she wasn’t able to speak. Melinda’s feeling about her body changes as she sees herself in the mirrors or just as she
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worldwide. Melinda Gates is not only a business women and philanthropist; she is married to one of the richest human beings on earth‚ Bill Gates. I did not choose this piece of rhetoric because of Melinda’s high status in society‚ but as a woman myself I find this piece of rhetoric as valuable for women worldwide. It is just as important today for women’s voices to continue to be heard and for them to be honored for their sacrifices‚ as it was ages ago. In the article written by Melinda Gates on CNN
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a brighter future. This theme is demonstrated through the context of hope and a new beginning. After the traumatic experience that Melinda goes through‚ she is isolated due to her action of calling the police.This puts a negative effect on Melinda’s life and led her towards depression due to her friends and students in her school excluding her. At school‚ Melinda is faced with many challenges and eventually changes her perspective‚ and she sees a new beginning including knowing what is wrong and
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