The Progression of Melinda Sordino Melinda Sordino‚ the main character in Laurie Halse Anderson’s award winning novel‚ Speak‚ is a 9th grade student attending Merryweather High. In a flashback it is discovered by the reader that Melinda‚ Mel for short‚ was raped by an upper classman during a party in the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Mel calls the cops but by the time they arrive Andy‚ her rapist‚ is gone so everyone who attended the party was lead to believe Mel called the cops because of
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Imagine being an outcast have no friends and have everybody hate you. That’s just one day in the life of Melinda Sordino‚ Melinda Sordino is a protagonist in the “novel Speak” she is an outcast and is afraid to speak up for herself and face the world out of her safe zone. I describes melinda in three traits Insecure‚ Sarcastic‚ Unspoken Melinda thinks that she is an outcast she even said “I am an outcast there is no point looking for my ex-friends” she doesn’t have any friends because she called
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Today I had a session with Melinda Sordino‚ a high school freshman dealing with depression. She talked about the difficulties she was having‚ including losing her best friend‚ Rachel Bruin‚ and recently losing her friend‚ Heather. Rachel stopped being friends with her after Melinda had called the police at an end of the summer party‚ but not for the reasons many would expect. She expressed her feelings sadness towards Rachel and how she felt like she couldn’t tell anyone about what really happened
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Melinda Sordino was raped by Andy Evans at a party during summer in August. She called the police but she was too shocked and scared from the event that she couldn’t say anything to the woman on the phone. Someone from the party found out she called the police and told everyone. The police came and arrested some of the students‚ but by that time Melinda has already left and gone home. Ever since then none of Melinda’s friends have talked to her. They ignore her and blame her for ruining the party
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Melinda‚ a young girl just beginning her first year of high school has some obstacles from her past‚ destroying her future. Many teenagers like Melinda are faced with the unfortunate affects of being sexually abused and it holds the teens back. Many young teens think it is over for them and just give up on life. Though‚ there are those like Melinda who just take time to break free and heal. These teens go through many different stages before all of the pain goes away. These young adults begin by
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Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. In Speak there are many little acts of courage by many different people but I believe the main character Melinda had the most big and small acts of courage. In this essay I will talk about why I believe she does and why I think courage is important in the ways it comes into this book. The first reason I think Melinda has the most courage is when Melinda finally said no to Heather. When she said no to Heather she found courage
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People who go down in history as Influential people‚ gain their title by showing great acts of courage. It doesn’t take anything special to be known as a hero. The men and woman who made a difference have risked and dedicated their lives. Today they are praised not only for their accomplishment but also their outstanding acts of courage. Oskar Schindler‚ a German who joined the Nazi party‚ is a name that symbolizes courage. In his lifetime‚ he saved the most Jews from unnatural deaths in World
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to work for them. Most people in the United States did not want anything to do with black people‚ but there were some who showed courage for black people. In the book to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer‚ shows courage by choosing to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black person‚ through Atticus’ moral values of equality. Atticus Finch displays courage by choosing to defend Tom Robinson in court. First‚ Atticus takes a case that no other lawyer would want to take because of racism
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Dr Phil: Today we have a guest that witnessed a major issue going on in our society today. Please put your hands together for Melinda Sordino. *Crowd applauds* Dr. Phil: Hello‚ Melinda Melinda: Hello‚ I’m so thankful to be here today to share my story and thoughts. Dr. Phil: So would you mind going ahead and explaining your situation‚ being all truth and no lies. Melinda: Yes‚ I will try my best. So here is how my rape went down. I was at a party Freshmen year. I went with 4 friends‚ I’d prefer
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To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee “Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgment that something else is more important.” (Johnson‚ Samuel) Courage is something that lives in all of us; however‚ many don’t use the virtue. Many let the aspect of fear interfere with being brave and courageous. Often enough‚ people overlook the main objective of pursuing something because they are scared of the minor problems which may or may not occur based on the situation. When people are put
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