Anderson’s novel Speak focuses on this very issue. The protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ must face the challenges of high school‚ family issues‚ and the inability to express herself. Mr. Freeman‚ David Petrakis‚ and sports are the things Melinda relies on to overcome the past that haunts her. Mr. Freeman is a factor that motivates Melinda Sordino to learn from her mistakes and took look beyond times of difficulty. On the first day of school Melinda is an outcast who encounters Mr. Freeman‚ an art teacher
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Melinda the main character from the award-winning book speak. She is a trouble character she is just going to highschool‚ with all of her weight on her shoulders‚ she does not even try to try anyone to share some of that weight that way so she not carrying it all. This weight mainly came from her being Sexlluy assaulted by a kid that goes to her high school named Andy Evans. Melinda goes through many changes during this mainly to her personality she has personality disorder where she has different
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won’t express feelings. Melinda didn’t feel loved for which made her hurt herself by biting her lip and feeling depressed. Melinda started to thaw out a little to her friends David and Ivy because both of them helped her in some way. Melinda finally thawed out completely to Mr.Freeman because he showed that he cared for her which lead to Melinda telling him everything. Thawing out takes time and people need to feel loved and cared for in order to express their feelings Melinda didn’t feel loved which
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who was always there for Melinda. They would often go to each other’s houses‚ share their thoughts and feelings and hangout‚ however Heather began to desperately want to create a reputation for herself and join a popular group as she didn’t feel Melinda was good enough. So she tried to join the Marthas. Heather gets a modeling job in a mall‚ and from then on the Marthas begin to love Heather‚ and Heather comes rude‚ arrogant‚ and starts to ignore Melinda. For instance‚ Melinda says to herself “lunch
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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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In the story Speak Melinda is being seen by other students on the bus is very different from how the readers are viewing Melinda. At the beginning of the story Melinda gets on the bus at the first stop and she decides that she will sit in the front in hopes that one of her friends would sit with her. In the story Melinda says‚ “If I sit in the front‚ it will make me look like a little kid‚ but I figured it is my best chance I have making eye contacts with one of my friends‚ if any of them decided
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Speak: Melinda and Tree “When the roots are deep‚ there is no reason to fear the wind.” This is a famous proverb of Africa. There might be a lot of similarities between human and tree. Therefore‚ people make comparisons between tree and human easily by their appearances due to their shape——bark is like their skin‚ a trunk with branches‚ just like human bodies and arms. In addition‚ people can also compare the way trees grow and die to the human life. Thus‚ trees are often used to symbolize of human’s
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Noah Beygelman Mrs. Johnson February 14‚ 2013 English Honors Period 3 An Untold Story “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” (Maya Angelou) The 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
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Alex Volkov Per. 3 English “Speak” Essay Melinda escaped her tough times by going to her art class. She was assigned to draw and sculpt trees. Her art had a really strong connection with her personal feelings throughout the book. Melinda goes through tough times and her problems show in her art. In her first phase (the confused phase) she really isn’t sure of her art assignment. This is similar to her life‚ because on her first day of high school she wasn’t sure of what clan she was going
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“I should probably tell someone‚ just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out‚ blurt it out” (99). In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda is a freshman in highschool who struggles to escape the traumatizing past of being raped by a popular senior‚ Andy Evans. Because of her painful memories Melinda would circumvent Andy all year‚ experiencing bullying‚ rejection‚ and social isolation along the way. The essence of this story illustrates Melinda’s transformation from being silent and
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