The Progression of Melinda Sordino Melinda Sordino‚ the main character in Laurie Halse Anderson’s award winning novel‚ Speak‚ is a 9th grade student attending Merryweather High. In a flashback it is discovered by the reader that Melinda‚ Mel for short‚ was raped by an upper classman during a party in the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Mel calls the cops but by the time they arrive Andy‚ her rapist‚ is gone so everyone who attended the party was lead to believe Mel called the cops because of
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school board.”That’s because people speak coarsely in real life”this shows people speak bad word in real life‚so why can’t books have bad words.Both the article supports my opinion that book shouldn’t be banged from high school.”Two books pulled form Republic school library shelves”this article is two of the three Republic High books singled out in a public complaint last year will now removed from the school curriculum and library.Those three books are “Speak”by Laurie Halse Anderson.Kurt Vonnegut’s”Slaughterhouse
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Gabriella Rodriguez “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson Summer Reading Assignment 1. Pg. 11 “Her eyes meet mine for a second. I hate you!” | Melinda and Rachel have been best friends since kindergarten. That hurts considering how close their friendship is. Melinda never returns Rachel’s hatred. | 2. Melinda Sordino | Melinda is very bright‚ but her vision is sometimes clouded by her suffering. She is 14 years old and has to deal with the memory of being raped at the end of the summer
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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 for people to discuss. She uses her novel Speak to support that notion. Speak is the story of a girl named Melinda who was raped at a party over the summer in Syracuse‚ New York by Andy Evans. She keeps the rape to herself for a very long time
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amendment." - www.Ala.org I have read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is often banned or challenged because of its rape scenes and the depressing and emothional feelings expressed throughout the book. On macbookkids.com it states "Andersons book sends a critical message not only to teenagers‚ but to adults as well. If you are or have been a victim of sexual assault‚ speak up‚ you dont have to go through this on your own." In My opinion‚ Speak should not be banned. Too many young girls face
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Maameyaa Danso 9-4-12 Pd.5 I Love…Hate…love Reading! Reading‚ if you’d asked me what came to mind when I heard that word three years ago I would have to you
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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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until you know the problem they are faced with or are facing. Monster by Walter Dean Myers and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson used theme and setting to prove the critical lens. The main characters in both these novels overcome challenging situations by taking advantage of the opportunities presented to them. In their struggle to make the best of their circumstances‚ the main character Melinda in Speak and Steve in Monster illustrate the critical lens. In Monster the main character Steve is faced
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triumphs‚ but never conquers” in famous novels like “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson or “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The evil is considered the major issues brought upon the protagonists by the antagonists (when comparing these two novels)‚ such as the character of Andy Evans in Speak and Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. However‚ the protagonists always found a way to conquer with the good‚ and will always shine brighter than the evil. In “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ the evil in this story
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Outcast The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a 9th grade girl called Melinda Sordino whose life is being terrorized by her memories from a bad incident at an end-of-the-summer party. It is the first day of 9th grade for Melinda at Merry Weather High School‚ nobody likes her because she called the cops at the party‚ making her an outcast and speechless. By the end of the novel Melinda finally speaks to her mom and her ex-friends about the party‚ and the narrator learns that having the
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