Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak has won multiple awards and is recognized for its raw and powerful story of Melinda‚ the protagonist. Melinda is a ninth grade rape victim‚ who is sexually assaulted by a senior student at her high school in the summer between her eighth and ninth grade school years. The trauma of the rape causes Melinda to lose her voice that would allow her to speak out about the event‚ so instead she spends a majority of her ninth grade school year silenced. It is only when
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identity and a theme of speaking up for justice in Speak. In Speak‚ Melinda is an introverted girl who did not have the courage to speak up. After she was raped at a party and called the cops‚ she has not told anyone the truth of what really happened. Ever since‚ no one‚ not even her best friends‚ have yet to talk to her. She keeps everything to herself which as a result‚ makes her lonely and isolated. In this quote‚ Melinda believes that no one can punish for for not speaking up. She says‚ “What do
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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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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Analysis Langston Hughes was a great writer who was a representative of black writers during Harlem Renaissance. Most of his work depicts the lives of African Americans and race issues. He was known for his poems‚ and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is one of his famous poems (Hughes Biography). In the poem‚ Hughes tells African Americans’ evolution‚ and he is proud of his race. In “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ Hughes uses point of view and figurative language to create
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Letting Nature Speak If you were walking in the woods and suddenly a tree started speaking to you‚ most likely you would either faint or start running the opposite direction. It would be pretty scary‚ to say the least. But nature does speak to everyone in a sense; we are just so busy with life that we do not take the time to listen. There is so much in nature that we can learn from and apply to our lives‚ but so often we only look at it for its face value and do not see the deeper benefits. Speaking
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Yelling‚ making snarly comments‚ talking in what as well be a different language to most people are just parts of the way you speak. Depending on the situation you are going to speak differently. If you are at Work‚ with your friends‚ or with your family more than likely you talk almost as a different person. At work you should be acting professional and speaking in a more proper way. Using more of a “Yes sir” way of speaking is the way to talk. However different jobs would call for a certain way
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Bernard Boahen Explorer Class 4/3/13 | Anwummerε | Evening | | Anadwo | Night | | Anɔpa hema | Dawn | Let’s start with day time; 4:00 – 7:00 PM EVENING 4:00 – 7:00 PM = anwummerε nnɔn + (number) | anwummerε nnɔn nan | 4 PM | | anwummerε nnɔn num | 5 PM | | anwummerε nnɔn nsia | 6 PM | | anwummerε nnɔn nson | 7 PM | NIGHT 8 PM – 12 midnight = anadwo nnɔn + (number) | anadwo nnɔn nwotwe | 8 PM | | anadwo nnɔn nkron | 9 PM | | anadwo nnɔn du | 10 PM | | anadwo
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Julia Gariepy Period 2 12/11/12 Literacy Letter #2 Speak by: Laurie Halse Anderson The summer before her freshman year 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
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never conquers.” This means that in literature there is often a case where evil wins a battle but it never wins a war. This consensus seems reasonable because most books or movies the characters overcome the evil. This is especially true in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Evil may appear to be dominating‚ but in the end‚ good prevails. The major evil that Melinda‚ overcomes is that she has been raped. This is the main conflict of the story. This is a man vs. man conflict. Melinda‚ the
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Luis Flores Simon the Cyrenian Speaks This poem talks about a black man who at first refuses to do the work that he’s suppose to do because he thinks their making him do this because he is black and how he speaks out to say what he thinks. "He never spoke a word to me‚ And yet He called my name; He never gave a sign to me‚ And yet I knew and came. 1. At first I said‚ "I will not bear His cross upon my back; He only seeks to place it there Because my skin is black." But He was
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