to ‘fit in’ turns sour‚ most people never see it coming. The book Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ shows the detrimental side of popularity not often considered by kids‚ and rarely mentioned in books. Speak is about a girl named Melinda and her first year in high school‚ where‚ after being raped by a popular kid‚ experiences bullying‚ exclusion‚ depression‚ and a myriad of different issues‚ in addition to not speaking. So Melinda withdraws into herself‚ indirectly because of popularity. Popularity
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they have." In the book Speak‚ Melinda a young girl just beginning her first year of high school has some obstacles from her past‚ destroying her future. Melinda was faced with the unfortunate affects of being sexually abused and it holds her back. Melinda goes through many different stages before all of the pain goes away. Melinda’s greatest obstacle is growing as a person; throughout the book she overcomes this by developing socially‚ academically‚ and emotionally. Melinda has found her voice over
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The book I have just finished reading is called Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The publisher of the novel is Farrar Straus Giroux and was publisher in October 1999 with 197 pages. The genre of this novel was teen fiction. The cover automatically caught my attention when I first saw it‚ when I started reading it nothing failed to impress me. I instantly fell in love with the storyline and the concept due to the fact that it was so relatable. In the novel they give us the impression that the setting
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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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Speak Speak; a novel by Laurie Anderson is set in a small town in New York with a young teenager girl‚ Melinda‚ who starts her high school years as an outcast. Her ex-best friends all split up into different clans except her; she was just by herself along with new girl‚ Heather. Melinda hasn’t spoken much since the accident over the summer and leaves her silent throughout most freshman year. At home she doesn’t speak much either and kind of leaves her parents curious as to why she doesn’t talk anymore
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Speak: Perfectly full of flaws Art has the power to express what words cannot; it describes what one is feeling and thinking. The novel “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson demonstrates how art can express more than a thousand words. Her artwork is a symbol of how she struggles with finding her herself like she struggles to create the perfect tree. Melinda’s efforts to create the right tree in her art class represent her hardship and her ability to overcome them. Melinda is struggling with hiding
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Anderson‚ author of Speak‚ is no stranger to the world of censorship and book banning. Born on October 23‚ 1961 in northern New York‚ Anderson was in the literary world from the beginning (“Speak- Anderson”). She received a Bachelor’s degree in Languages and Linguistics in 1984 after transferring to Georgetown University (“Speak- Anderson”). “[Anderson] began her career as an author of three picture books: No time for Mother’s Day (1998)‚ Turkey Pox (1996)‚ and Ndito Runs (1996)” (“Speak- Anderson”). Don
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Mental Illness ‘Speak’ by Laurie Halse Anderson is an novel that explores a girl in high school who is raped at a party and she calls the cops and everyone hates her for it but she tells nobody about what happened which turns her to a very dark place and she ends up in a depressed state. Laurie Halse Anderson said herself "I’ve learned that Speak is not just a book about rape. Speak is a book about depression." Mental illnesses like depression are disorders that affect your behavior‚ mood and the
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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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