Speak: Perfectly full of flaws Art has the power to express what words cannot; it describes what one is feeling and thinking. The novel “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson demonstrates how art can express more than a thousand words. Her artwork is a symbol of how she struggles with finding her herself like she struggles to create the perfect tree. Melinda’s efforts to create the right tree in her art class represent her hardship and her ability to overcome them. Melinda is struggling with hiding
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school.”Two books pulled form Republic school library shelves”this article is two of the three Republic High books singled out in a public complaint last year will now removed from the school curriculum and library.Those three books are “Speak”by Laurie Halse Anderson.Kurt Vonnegut’s”Slaughterhouse Five”and Sarh Ockler’s “Twenty Boy Summer”.And they didn’t banned “Speak”because it didn’t describe sex so much‚and it has a good message.Also they just banned those books in classroom‚students can still
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English 27 August 2012 In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino proved that anyone can overcome anything if they find their voice. Melinda became mute the moment she was traumatized after she was date raped. Ever since then‚ she felt lonely and empty. I chose Melinda as my character because she showed anyone can overcome any hardships on their own. Melinda was a strong character who overcame depression and found her voice though art. Her artwork helped her tell her story
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Emerson. Emerson is saying that if you stay yourself after all the peer pressure that surrounds you‚ it is a big accomplishment. He is saying to not go with the flow‚ but to stand out as you. I agree with this critical lens. The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman illustrate the critical lens. Speak is about how the main character‚ Melinda‚ is trying to find her identity and trying to be herself. The book Maus is about the Holocaust‚ which was caused by one
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and exciting experience. The novel Speak is about a social outcast named Melinda and her struggles to fit in in high school. She doesn’t have any true friends because no one stays around long enough to hear her story. The book is written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Throughout the novel Melinda shows her emotional discomfort through actions instead of speaking out. In the end she speaks up for herself and she finds a happier state of being. In the beginning of the novel Melinda enters high school
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really wants to hear what you have to say” (Anderson 9). All of her thoughts are trapped inside of her because she has no one to talk to and she refuses to tell anyone what happened to her. Throughout the novel‚ she has an internal battle with herself. She wanted to tell someone because the truth was eating her up‚ but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. “I should probably tell someone‚ just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out‚ blurt it out” (Anderson 99). When Andy Evans attacked her again on
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thirteen tapes each for thirteen different reasons why Hannah kills herself. In these books you will explore the vivid imagery of authors Jay Asher and Laurie Halse Anderson. Also‚ we will dive into the creative and maybe not so creative points of view of the authors. In the book Twisted there defiantly is a twisted image. Throughout the book Anderson provides extensive details the make the book feel real. But what is imagery? Imagery is when you’re reading the book and in your mind you can hear the
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Mackenzie Calderon Miss Bone English 2 Period 2 14 December 2012 English Literature Data Sheet Quarter 2: Speak Summary & Theme: The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about an incoming freshman named Melinda Sordino. She’s riding the bus to school but she doesn’t have any friends to sit with. While she’s looking over the crowd of kids on the bus she spots her ex best friend‚ Rachel‚ but even she mouths “I hate you.” After Melinda attends her first few classes she already hates high
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Compare and contrast mini essay The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and the poem Alone by Maya Angelou are very similar but different in some ways. The novel Speak is about a young girl named Melinda who is raped at a party the summer before she starts high school. Throughout the book Melinda is afraid to speak of the incident and becomes silent and speaks to no one. The book is about Melinda finding herself and overcoming the fear and learning to speak out. Throughout the book Melinda
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people who go through a crisis have trouble speaking so they have to find another way to speak. In this case it is drawing art it how she will speak instead of actually talking.As Mr.Freeman said. “You’re on fire Melinda‚ I can see it in your eyes”(Anderson 61). This shows that he really does care and he can see that see is really expressing herself through pictures. No one else has seen it that’s why he gets along with him so long . This is what she wishes could say or everyone could see what happened
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