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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BIBLIOGRAPHY - Anderson‚ Laurie Halse . Speak . New York : Puffin ‚ 1999 . SUMMARY- Melinda Sordino is a just starting her freshman year at Merryweather High School and is not off to a good start . Before school started Melinda attended a party with her best friend which ended in her calling the police for reasons the reader learns throughout the book . Her year starts rough with her friends not speaking with her and her not speaking at all . She begins to become slightly depressed
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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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Neil Gadingan Mr. Bambrick English Period 1 Speak In the novel Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino is the protagonist who was raped and traumatized in a summer party. She was unable to speak as she became emotionally distressed. She struggled in school as she was not focused and her relationship with other people changed negatively ."When people don’t express themselves‚ they die one piece at a time." p122. The essence of the story is about secrets and what it can do to a
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things. For instance‚ I was involved in the band. Which I consider helped my creativity. I found a book that truly interested me and actually had me hooked from beginning till end. Some things from this time didn’t always seem to pan out‚ but that’s something pretty common and we’ll discuss this at a later time in this. There were people who along this time who inspired my writing and introduced new books to me to enjoy thoroughly. At this time‚ I believe I’ll start by talking about the people who got
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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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The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a very good book. The characters are very well developed and change throughout the course of the book‚ including learning an extremely important moral with which many people agree. There are many dynamic characters‚ including Melinda‚ Heather‚ Rachel‚ Melinda’s parents‚ and Andy. By the end of the book‚ Melinda learns an important lesson about being able to speak up for yourself. Between this important moral‚ well-developed characters‚ and many other factors
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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is a book that was set in the American Revolutionary War in the undecided colony of New York. New York was a colony that was undecided on choosing whether to cheer on the Rebels or the British. During this time period everybody would encourage one side one day and then the other the next and try to fight‚ in the end they all fought which lead to more bloodshed. In the text on page 46 it states‚ “You don’t like the Rebels?” I asked… “Listen to me good. Them that feed
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Friendship is a bond between two people. Friendships can change over. Their similarities and differences affect this bond. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda and Heather had changes in their friendship because of their personalities and other things happening around them. The personalities of Melinda and heather have things in common but also have differences.
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I really enjoyed listening to renowned author Laurie Halse Anderson because she is different author than I’m used to reading/hearing about. She said that she was born in 1961 and she was raped at age 13‚ which prompted her style of writing. She had a broken childhood and she was on the path of living a broken life until she decided to take a different path down the writing lane. One of the main things that Anderson repeatedly mentioned in her talk is that she writes about the things that are hard
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