Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Coal Miners August 15‚ 1912 “I live in the Untied States‚ but I do not know exactly where. My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression…. My address is like my shoes: it travels with me.… I abide where there is a fight against wrong‚” remarked Mary Jones in her infamous speech‚ “Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Coal Miners”‚ on August 15‚ 1912 as she addressed William E. Glasscock‚ Governor of the State of West Virginia (Jones 69). Mary Harris Jones
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In the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson the readers are introduced to Melinda Sordino‚ a freshman in high school who is suffering at the hands of another student. It is clear that through out the story that Melinda’s family is dysfunctional. Throughout the book Melinda’s parents do not hear her desperate cries for the help she so desperately needs. This is shown through the way the family interacts with each other‚ how Melinda’s parents respond to her signs of deep suffering‚ and how
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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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Tom and Daisy seem to be pretty set in their ways. They’re both used to money and attention. Both are a part of the advanced‚ sophisticated‚ elite crowd which views the world in a scorned‚ cynical way. 9. Why does Daisy speak in such exaggerated phrases? Why does Nick feel she is trying to be a cynic (believes the worst about people / life)? a. By overdoing her remarks‚ Daisy manages to minimize everything she says. If she describes something as utterly wonderful instead
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Speak About It Laurie Halse Anderson is no stranger to the world of censorship and book banning; following the debut of her Printz Honor Award wining book‚ Speak. Some may argue that this book is considered explicit‚ but it is considered an awakening for the youth. The fact that the main character is around the adolescent age makes this book a little more relatable to teens. Overall‚ Speak encourages both teens and adults to speak up about their experiences and seek help if necessary. Through Speak
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Heather is the ‘new girl’ from Ohio who wants to find her clan and social standing in the school. Throughout the story Speak‚ she’s shown as the friend who uses their friendship more than how much she cares about her friendship. Heather is shown throughout the book to be proven guilty as a bad friend. To begin‚ Heather doesn’t care about anyone else except herself. During the duration of the book‚ Heather doesn’t ask about Melinda’s problems furthermore help her with her problems. For instance‚ when
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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 bring it to life‚ I’d love to give it up” (78). The tree that she
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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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Speak is a short 208 page novel focusing around a highschool girl named Melinda Sordino‚ a school outcast who doesn’t speak at all. She lost all of her friends after she broke up a party that had occurred over the previous summer by calling the police. Now in high school she is completely isolated and never speaks‚ though since the book is from her perspective we see that her internal personality is sarcastic and slightly rude. On the first day a girl named Heather attempts to speak to her but she
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its culture. A well known poet during this time period was Langston Hughes. Hughes‚ a young boy at the time‚ was famous for his very deep and inspiring poems. He normally wrote about African Americans and their struggles in society. In “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ Hughes conveys the perseverance of African Americans and the racial inequality faced over the years through the use of various literary devices in order to display those previous struggles of his ancestors that empowered him as a young
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