Nick Graham Symbol in Speak Analysis Professor Denny "Mr. Freeman thinks I need to find my feelings. How can I not find them? They are chewing me alive like an infestation of thoughts‚ shame‚ mistakes‚" says Melinda Sordino‚ the main character from the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Melinda is a freshman at Merryweather High School and chose the right not to speak. Mirrors in this story are one of the motifs‚ and Melinda learns that mirrors give a reflection‚ whether she likes
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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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Speak by Laurie Anderson‚ is the type of book that makes you really think about the choices you will have in your life. It is about friendship‚ and how art is the only way you can really express yourself. Speak has all the parts for a successful “teen” drama. It has suspense that makes your eyes want to fly across the page‚ back and forth until you know what‚ why‚ and how the book turns out in the end. I have read almost one third of the book and I now know a lot about Melinda life and why she so
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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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decided that I will fight for my niece. Body I. Autism is a neurological brain disorder. A. How it affects the brain. 1. Communication Barriers. a. Takes everything you say literally black and white.(Autism Speaks) b. 25 percent are nonverbal (Autism Speaks). B. Motor coordination and attention is affected. 1. Cannot focus on two different things at one time. a. If overloaded meltdown happens. b. No direct eye contact given for attention. C. Sleep is affected
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Chris Webb Period 8 12/2/10 Essay 3 Speak Essay Speak is an inspirational story of a young girl struggling to manage her teenage life. Melinda‚ the protagonist of the book‚ transformed from a withdrawn girl to a outgoing one. Melinda changed dramatically from the beginning of the book to the end. Melinda started off the story as an outcast in her school of Merryweather High School. She was kneed in the back by a girl at the school pep rally and taunted by kids in the hallways. All
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“It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap‚ button your lip; can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” (Speak. Pg. 9‚ Paragraph 4.) Everyone at some point in their lives have felt that terrifying feeling of dejection‚ sorrow‚ anger‚ frustration and pain. Whether it is an action done by one or an action done by others‚ there is always the fear of being judged‚ to which people decide it is best
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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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Throughout the book Speak Melinda had many topics in each of her many passages. These passages help us find out what type of a person Melinda is and what her character is all about. The entire book is narrated by Melinda. In the beginning we find out that she busted a party by calling the cops during the summer right before high school. Everyone thought she was a rat. Little do we know is that she never spoken up that at the party Andy Evans raped Melinda. During her freshman year nobody likes her
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“Speak”‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson characterizes of Joyce and Jack Sordino being neglectful and incompliant for parenting towards their daughter‚ Melinda Sordino. Essentially to start Anderson portrays Melindas parents as two different personalities. Joyce (Melindas mom) as the hardworking manager at Efferrs‚ a clothing store. Giving off that shes a practical yet busy woman who struggles to balance home and career. On the other hand‚ Jack (Melindas dad) sells insurance whom Melindas thinks is too
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