Remembering #9 I absolutely love how Laurie Halse Anderson is able to easily put herself into the mind-set of a teenager and write in a way that we are able to relate too. Melinda’s words and actions actually sound like something a teen would say or do. Too many times I have been forced to read a book that I am not able to relate to or make connection with in my own life. Contemporary literature‚ like Speak is a lot easier to for high school students to understand and apply. This is one of the many
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and ideas. It is an important factor for both others and the person to understand themselves better. The results of self expression‚ both physically and mentally‚ can reveal a lot about the person who created it. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ the main character expresses herself through drawing and appearances to show how she truly is feeling inside throughout the novel. In the first half of speak‚ Melinda’s tree has been symbolically representing what state of mind she is in. “I can’t
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The Minority Report‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1956‚ is one of his better known short stories and was adapted into a film in 2002. This story‚ not unlike many of Dick’s other works‚ has a central theme of potential realistic controversies or issues that could arise from the existence of certain technologies. Dick has become somewhat famous for this particular genre of science fiction‚ having identified many major aspects of modern society years before they were present. This story describes a
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Philips Healthcare Export Planning Project Class: Team: Norway Table Of Contents 1. General Characteristics 3 2. Norway’s Economic Structure 6 2.1 The output structure 6 2.2 Current account characteristics 7 3. Current and foreseeable macroeconomic situation 9 3.1 Macro Economic Indicators 9 3.2 Economic crisis 10 4. Special Issues 11 5. The Country Risk Index for Philips Patient Monitors in Norway 12 5.1 The Country Risk Index 12 5.1.1 GDP 12 5.1.2 Government
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How did this happen? How will this affect her in the future? These are questions being asked by readers in M.T. Anderson’s book Feed. The book is about a teenage boy‚ Titus‚ who lives in a society where a computer feed is implanted directly into people’s brains. His girlfriend‚ Violet‚ has a seizure which causes her to lose a year’s worth of memories. Later‚ when Titus visits her‚ something doesn’t seem right. She seems nervous about what the feed is doing to her mind. She also later tells him about
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Courage is having enough bravery to do something out of the normal. Speak by Laurie Anderson is about Melinda Sordino struggling through freshman year‚ she called the cops during a summer party and is afraid to tell the truth of why she did. But once she does reveal the truth‚ everything changes. Courage pushes people go farther in life‚ helps people do things they don’t want to do‚ and makes change. Courage can help people do things they normally wouldn’t do‚ things that they once thought were too
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to some‚ as was being a peasant‚ working on the farm and having nothing in your name to others. Both Philip II of Macedon and Alexander III of Macedon were above average and above normal in the sense that they achieved far more greatness than most in their time. This father/son duo ruled the Macedonian Empire and conquered a vast amount of surrounding land between 360-323 B.C. (1). Before Philip came to rule‚ the Macedonian empire was disintegrating and divided. The two men used different tactics
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Literacy Essay : Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson A deep deep darkness‚ swirling downhill through a dark and twisty hazy world hoping and hoping for someone to listen. This is what Melinda was hoping for. Hoping for someone to listen‚ to help‚ to guide. Melinda Sordino from the novel Speak was full of sarcastic wits and funny remarks. One problem. It is all in her mind. She doesn’t talk. Refuses to break her silence. Will not speak up. Melinda is practically a mute since the incident that that happened
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Attention Getting Title with link attached‚ so I can edit Peer pressure influence teenagers in many ways one of the main ones are bullying. I think Laurie Halse Anderson the author of “Speak” is saying that you shouldn’t sink in peer pressure because Melina was pressured to drink at a party and she ending up getting raped. She is influenced by peer pressure when she goes to a party and she she’s people drinking and she started drinking. (Halse). I experienced peer pressure when i went to a party
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In the book‚ “Speak” by‚ Laurie Halse Anderson‚ we are taken on a journey through the life of a young girl‚ named Melinda Sordino. We quickly learn that Melinda is a rape survivor that becomes mute after encountering sexual violence at a party during summer break‚ right before the start of her freshman year of high school. 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
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