are words of hate‚ an example is Rachel mouthing the words‚ “I hate you.” Other people at school whisper about her in the halls and one girl at the pep rally knees her in the back and pull her hair because her brother was arrested at that party. Melinda tells herself‚ “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‚”(page 9) In a way what
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experience growth and change in their own ways. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak‚ readers are given a mental picture of who they think Melinda Sordino is. “The bus picks up students in groups of four or five…I close my eyes. This is what I’ve been dreading. As we leave the last stop‚ I am the only person sitting alone” (3). What the reader gets is this picture of Melinda Sordino predicting that she’s going to have the worst freshman year ever. What I think a lot of readers don’t pick up on right away
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It tells the story of Melinda Sordino‚ a freshman in high school who is trying to overcome being raped over the summer by her classmate‚ Andy Evans. At the end of eighth grade‚ Melinda was raped at a party and no one saw it happen. In a panic‚ Melinda called the cops and they tracked her location and they busted the party. Her old friends turn against her and people she doesn’t know also hate her. Since she doesn’t have friends anymore‚ Melinda developed the mindset that no one cares
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by Tennessee Williams centers on the character Blanche Dubois‚ whose life tailspins into guilt and depression after the passing of her late husband. Similar themes can be seen in the second novel‚ Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The main character Melinda Sorino goes through similar emotional problems after what happens with an older boy. In the play A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche moves to New Orleans after all the tragic events regarding Bell Reeve and the death of her family
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societal welfare. This is because some of the profit gained from the selling of such technology is used to help those in need. Hence‚ money earned is‚ in a way‚ redistributed to the poor to boost their welfare. A case in a point is the Gates Foundation in which Bill Gates‚ the founder of Microsoft‚ channels some of his profit from his business in the computer field to build this foundation to empower the needy to lead a better life. his is obviously unacceptable because every person has the right to
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A Book Review Barbarians At The Gate The Fall of RJR Nabisco By Bryan Burrough and John Helyar Barbarians at the Gate has been called one of the most influential business books of all time - the definitive account of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November of 1988 from the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco‚ Inc. by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $24.9 billion. It was the largest takeover in Wall Street history. It was co-written by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
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Speak Yu-Feng‚ Chen English B Period B 10/17/2013 "Speak" is about Melinda Sordino‚ an angst-filled freshman who is hated by all of her "best friends" because she called the cops during the end of the summer senior party. Everyone got busted. Her parents aren’t much help either‚ always fighting about what’s best for Melinda and communicating through post-it notes on the refrigerator wall. When the new semester began‚ there are many kind of clans were formed‚ but she is not belong to any group
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have defined how a soldier should act in modern day. From Greek mythology’s Hercules to Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Middle East‚ men have been given prime examples of strength‚ heart‚ and a passion for defending their country. In the novel‚ Gates of Fire‚ author Steven Pressfield shows an unseen viewpoint of the Battle of Thermopylae. In this novel we see the Spartan army‚ unlike any other of its time‚ leading a prime example in strength in individual characters‚ heavy training and passion
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themselves‚ including “The Journey” and “Speak”. They both pass along the message that if you don’t let people know how you feel‚ what you have gone through‚ and what you stand for‚ you are not going to reach anywhere in life. In the novel “Speak”‚ Melinda never told anyone that she was raped at the party‚ therefore people in her school misunderstood her action. At the end of the story‚ She decides to tell her friends about the incident. People now understand her and she was accepted by others as a
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2. Should you have read Melinda her rights prior to interviewing her? Why? No‚ at this point of the investigation I am not interrogating her‚ I am merely trying to pin down her alibi for the night in question. 3. Should you continue to look at the papers? Explain. No‚ I should not continue looking at the papers. This is a consented search‚ at any time Melinda can remove her consent. However‚ I might consider getting a search warrant at some point to
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