1. Melinda Sordino is a selectively mute high school freshman. She avoids speech unless absolutely necessary and misbehaves in interesting ways to try to give meaning to her own existence or to avoid the pain she feels so deeply. Melinda becomes silent and secretive; she becomes distrustful of people. Because of Melinda’s strong internal voice‚ it’s clear that she is not weak. To the contrary‚ she is witty and clever‚ observing those around her. Other characters accept the rules‚ systems and structures
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Fierstein‚ a popular children’s book author once stated; “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life‚ but define yourself.” In Laurie Halse Anderson’s book Speak‚ the main character‚ Melinda‚ was raped at a high school party in the summer. Now going into high school as a freshman‚ she has become extremely depressed and both unable and unwilling to speak. She ignores her parents‚ many of her teachers‚ friends‚ and peers in her life until
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paper integrated solution has been offered to the transport related issues based on Atmel controller. It is the core which has hardware modules such as RFID‚ GPS‚ GSM and MEMS to handle the new transport related issues viz. Accident alert‚ Toll gate control‚ Parking slot management‚ Traffic rule violation control and special zone are explained in this paper. An efficient utilization of communication link between RF Modems over a wireless channel to facilitate vehicle monitoring‚ vehicle authentication
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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 school. When she gets to Art class she is assigned a subject that she must turn into art for the rest of the year. Melinda receives the word “Tree” and doesn’t understand
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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 remains silent and sinks into depression. Melinda is befriended by Heather‚ a new girl‚ who clings to Melinda only to ditch her
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girl named Melinda and her first year in high school‚ where‚ after being raped by a popular kid‚ experiences bullying‚ exclusion‚ depression‚ and a myriad of different issues‚ in addition to not speaking. So Melinda withdraws into herself‚ indirectly because of popularity. Popularity in Melinda’s high school plays both a complicated and consequential
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problematic and realistic. When the protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ got raped‚ it turned her whole world upside down. Her friends turned against her because they didn’t know what happened. She was also
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novel Speak details the life story of Melinda Sordino‚ a freshman in high school‚ and how both the traumatic and happy events of her life shape her character. In the summer before entering high school‚ Melinda is invited to a party that changes her life; and it is not for the better. A senior in high school named Andy Evans rapes her‚ and since she is so scared‚ she calls the police‚ they arrive shortly‚ and proceed to break up the party. Throughout Speak‚ Melinda is reassured by a poster of Maya Angelou
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subjective‚ and affect the way in which they are perceived.We are shown this in the text ’The Fiftieth Gate’ which is a documented account written by Mark Raphael Baker as a historian‚ a father and also as a son. In order to discover his parent’s stories from both personal and professional views‚ the author revisits the past of his parents who both survived the Holocaust. In ’The Fiftieth Gate’ the author Mark Baker combines different types of texts including video sessions‚ conversations‚ documents
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takes a lot of courage to overcome your fears. I agree with the statement that I have interpreted. In the text‚ Speak‚ Melinda Sordino shows her bravery by facing her fears against Mr. Neck and Andy Evans. One example of Melinda’s bravery is when she defies Mr. Neck. This example is the conflict between Melinda against Mr. Neck which may be considered as man vs. man (woman). Melinda does not have any advantages against Mr. Neck but does have disadvantages such as not being able to speak. Melinda’s
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