Nooo! In Speak by Laurie Anderson. Speak is about a young woman Melinda who just started high school and everybody hates her because she was rapped at a party before school started and she called the cops. When Melinda is given a project in art to make a tree come alive the projects she made showed how melinda changd after being rapped ecause‚ She iked to hid in a closet her tukey sculpture‚ her dead tree face‚ and her cubist tree phase. Melinda likes to hide just like her turkey sculpture
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This passage from Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak shows how the main character‚ Melinda‚ has to face and overcome her biggest fear‚ speaking up against Andy Evans. When Melinda gets locked in the closet with Andy Evans‚ she is scared for her life. She sees him as “made out of slabs of stone”(193). Melinda still thinks of Andy as an invincible beast and she is still obscenly afraid of his strength. She envisions his hands as “enormous”(193). Therefore showing how frightening his size and physique
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How We Define Depression Depression is a word of many meanings and can be defined in diverse ways for different people. Depression can be defined as a serious‚ long-term condition that people wish they could get out of. However‚ One could even say that‚ at times‚ depression is a natural and possibly even healthy occurrence. If we don’t ever feel gloomy now and again‚ then how could we ever differentiate feeling happy from sad? I believe the main idea of how people view depression is a condition
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His parents divorced when he was young and his father moved to Mexico. Because his mother traveled a lot to find work and was often absent‚ his grandmother raised Hughes until he was 12. His childhood was lonely and he often occupied himself with books. It was Hughes’s grandmother‚ a great storyteller‚ who transferred to him her love of literature and the importance of becoming educated. In 1914 he moved to Lincoln‚ Illinois‚ to live with his mother and her new husband. It was here that he started
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Why Speak English? English. What is English? English is a language spoken by the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England a long‚ long time ago. I speak English. Am I from England? Of course not‚ I am a Filipino. But why do I need to speak English? They say English is the international language. Well‚ history reveals that Filipinos started speaking English when the Americans came to the country. They spoke American English. Anyway‚ American or English‚ they’re the same foreign language to my tongue
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Autism-speaks Just imagine your child was diagnosed of having autism. The realization of your child perhaps being autistic may be lurid. You now know that your child will be found with many challenges‚ and may have a severe difficulty making sense of the world. Autism is an illness that can affect your communication‚ socialization‚ intelligence‚ and you may act in many unusual behaviors. To try to help an autistic child is being very courageous. Having a child‚ who is autistic‚ will be a struggle
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Rape is a difficult subject to explain to others because it is traumatic experience that people not involved will be unable to deal with the situation. Laurie 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
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How has the image of Africans develop from being savages to being portrayed as more human individuals? In other words‚ in what ways has the roles of African reversed over time? Refer to five or more of the assigned readings to support your assertions. A stereotype can be defined as a “representational practice” that categorizes an individual or group of individuals based on their differences‚ often classifying them with a positive or negative label. For example‚ the classification of an individual
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and it becomes each employee’s job to answer it. When answering the telephone‚ use a friendly‚ professional manner. Our greeting is the first thing heard by callers; you are setting an example and making the first impression for the department. Speak distinctly‚ with a warm welcoming tone. Let your caller know which office he or she is talking with‚ by identifying the division/agency and telling him or her your name. Imagine that you are the caller‚ and answer in the way that you would want to
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Can the Subaltern Speak? An understanding of contemporary relations of power‚ and of the Western intellectual’s role within them‚ requires an examination of the intersection of a theory of representation and the political economy of global capitalism. A theory of representation points‚ on the one hand‚ to the domain of ideology‚ meaning‚ and subjectivity‚ and‚ on the other hand‚ to the domain of politics‚ the state‚ and the law. The original title of this paper was
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