tell someone‚ just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out‚ blurt it out” (99). In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda is a freshman in highschool who struggles to escape the traumatizing past of being raped by a popular senior‚ Andy Evans. Because of her painful memories Melinda would circumvent Andy all year‚ experiencing bullying‚ rejection‚ and social isolation along the way. The essence of this story illustrates Melinda’s transformation from being silent and afraid to proving she’s
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Laurie Anderson is set in a small town in New York with a young teenager girl‚ Melinda‚ who starts her high school years as an outcast. Her ex-best friends all split up into different clans except her; she was just by herself along with new girl‚ Heather. Melinda hasn’t spoken much since the accident over the summer and leaves her silent throughout most freshman year. At home she doesn’t speak much either and kind of leaves her parents curious as to why she doesn’t talk anymore. Melinda is having
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finally said no to Heather. When she said no to Heather she found courage to speak up and use her voice. “No‚ I haven’t decided on colors yet. That’s not what I mean‚ I mean no‚ I won’t help you” (Anderson 179). It’s important for her to find courage and speak up for herself otherwise she was always be stuck doing things for Heather that she never really wanted to do and Heather never really appreciated what Melinda did for her. When Melinda found the courage to say no to Heather it could’ve also
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Melinda carries the burden of this secret with her in shame and in silence‚ from the hallways of her school to the doors of her home; internally isolating herself from everyone. However‚ she seems to have one friend‚ Heather‚ who is terribly desperate for popularity and validation. Heather even tries to get Melinda to join in on her attempts to climb the social ladder and gain status‚ but to no avail. Melinda is far too
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high school where the guy who raped her went to school‚ he dated her ex-friends and was always around her somehow. Melinda lost a lot of peers after she called the cops on the party and she also lost “friends” for being depressed as her “friend’ heather told her “...You are the most depressed person I’ve ever met…(105 Anderson)” The setting of the story is at Merryweather high in New york. This story’s narrator is Melinda as this was written in the first person. The Protagonist in the story
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Syracuse‚ New York‚ with a heavy secret weighing on her. Over the summer‚ she and her friends went to a party and Melinda ended up calling the police‚ causing her friends and everyone at the party to socially reject her. Melinda’s only friend is Heather‚ a new student‚ who tries to get Melinda involved in her schemes to gain popularity. Which stabs her in the back by telling everyone her secrets. Melinda‚ however‚ is not interested in gaining popularity and spends much of her time in an abandoned
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Mr.hoodhood is always right‚ to an exact point‚ and that not practice‚ but precision makes perfect. Mr.hoodhood has been seen as a man of perfection and precision. “I walked back to the perfect house that afternoon.” “Suddenly‚ all the cement squares were perfectly white‚ and none of them had a single crack. Not one.”(5.1) Hollings house is a perfect‚ punctual‚ precise house that we can only assume is kept that way by Mr.hoodhood himself. “I guess things aren’t so bad‚” I said. “Keep them that way
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that part of the story. The images of herself that she sees progress through the story along with Melinda’s attitude. In the beginning of the story Melinda is just going into high school as a freshman. The boy who raped her over the summer‚ Andy Evans‚ who is a senior‚ goes to her school and Melinda sees him a lot so she gets reminded that he raped her every time she sees him. The first time Melinda looks in a mirror in the story she comes home from school and lays down on the couch and looks in
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John and Heather Heat: Letter of Advice Instructor: Enrique Vasquez COM200: Interpersonal Communication Olevia Johnson September 5‚ 2012 Introduction: Dear John and Heather Heat‚ My name is Olevia Johnson and I am going to be giving you a little advice on how you should communicate with one another in your new marriage. I am going to address the way you should properly use interpersonal communication with one another on a healthy daily basis. I want to address in this letter: Understand
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will stick with them forever‚ even if they don’t want it to. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ she writes about a teenager named Melinda who goes through a ton of drama over the summer before and during her freshman year. A boy named Andy Evans sees Melinda and comes by her. He stays with her all night. Later through the night he brings her away from everyone else and rapes her. Melinda is terrified and calls the police. Rachel‚ her former best friend‚ finds out and leaves her at the party
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