Stand Up and Speak Up After reading “The Journey” written by Mary Oliver‚ I have noted that the author of the poem was suggesting a few different themes and ideas. One of which is that although there will be countless things dragging you down in life‚ you must stay strong and carry on. From line four to line seven‚ the author mentioned that bad advice was shouted at you‚ and the entire house began to tremble. They represent the people who tell you that you will never succeed and the awful things
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Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams centers on the character Blanche Dubois‚ whose life tailspins into guilt and depression after the passing of her late husband. Similar themes can be seen in the second novel‚ Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The main character Melinda Sorino goes through similar emotional problems after what happens with an older boy. In the play A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche moves to New Orleans after all the tragic events regarding Bell Reeve
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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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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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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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State University. Sandusky was recently imprisoned for these crimes. His victims‚ much like main character Melinda Sordino in the novel Speak‚ suffered in silence until they revealed their secret helping to finally express inner emotions. As I read this novel I compared scenarios and found the similarity between Sandusky’s victims and Melinda‚ they needed to speak in order to heal. Melinda begins to develop a coping mechanism that negatively affects her psychologically. She withdraws from her family
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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. Melinda and Heather’s personalities are very
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Alex and Melinda In the Alex and Melinda video‚ Alex presents Melinda with the new quarterly figures and said that he felt that there was a problem. He explained to her that her sales in the district were off by 40% and that it was a major issue. Melinda expressed to him that she had no idea why this might be. Alex recounts that Melinda was placed in the Mexico and Brazil territory because she was one of his best people and in result‚ was positioned for a success‚ so that she had a real shot at
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employee enjoys and does not enjoy their managers. Specifically if I were Melinda I’d find my self-enjoying his positive feedback of him saying‚ you are one of the top five sales people in the company. I think he is quite savvy for having Melinda‚ a top sales person with the cultural back ground‚ and same ethnicity sent to do sales in Mexico and Brazil. Not to mention‚ she can relate to the customers as well as maybe speak their language making the process easier‚ creating relationships‚ and making
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