This summer I read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The story begins with Melinda‚ the narrator‚ starting ninth grade. Everyone‚ even her old friends‚ won’t talk to her. It’s later announced that during the summer‚ Melinda called the police on a party and it got shut down. After this incident‚ Melinda became the most hated girl in her school. Something horrible happened to Melinda at the party that she hasn’t told anyone about. She shuts herself in‚ withdrawing from school‚ her family‚ and any possibility
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Aranpreet Singh Ms. Ceci ENG 1D1-07 Speak In Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak‚ trees symbolize Melinda’s growth throughout her life to stay sane and pass the horrific time of her life. Depression is her first phase‚ when she starts to paint the trees that were hit by lightning. It is also shown by her not talking to many people. She starts to realize that she cannot be perfect when she imagines a beautiful oak tree but really cannot carve it properly. Her third phase comes when the trees outside
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Martin Luther once said‚ “There is no more lovely‚ friendly and charming relationship‚ communion or company than a good marriage.” Marriage is seen as a beautiful thing‚ where a man and a woman fall in love with each other and make the immense decision to spend the rest of their lives together and work together to be happy. However‚ it wasn’t always that way. Think back to the 1770s. It was a very turbulent time period: colonists were rebelling against their British masters‚ and war was ravaging
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(1)Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Twisted grab the readers in a way that is very intriguing. (2)For example‚ Anderson unique style of developing her characters. (3)The way she form the transition‚ Tyler‚ the main character‚ goes through as he went from being very nerdy to a hot popular looking guy‚ is captivating‚ as she uses Tyler inner conflict to create suspense within the story. (4)In which‚ Anderson continue to built with quote like‚ “Sometimes I scare myself‚ because once you’ve thought long and
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“Every scar I have makes me who I am” proclaimed an anonymous author. Sometimes people make decisions that will stick with them for forever even if they don’t want it to. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ she writes about a teenager named Melinda who goes through a ton of drama over the summer before and during her freshman year. A boy named Andy Evans sees Melinda and comes by her. Andy sees her and stays with her all night. Later through the night he brings her away from everyone else
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In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Isabel is kindhearted.This is shown in chapter 5 when she protects her little sister‚ Ruth‚ from being harmed by Mrs. Lockton. When the sisters arrive to New York City‚ they overhear Madam’s argument with a cargo inspector over having her chest full of underclothes searched. This is a humorous scene‚ but while Isabel knows not to laugh‚ Ruth accidentally laughs. Feeling offended‚ Mrs. Lockton announces‚ “‘Which one of you made that noise’”(33)? Instead
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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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bullying. I think Laurie Halse Anderson the author of “Speak” is saying that you shouldn’t sink in peer pressure because Melina was pressured to drink at a party and she ending up getting raped. She is influenced by peer pressure when she goes to a party and she she’s people drinking and she started drinking. (Halse). I experienced peer pressure when i went to a party and people wanted me to drink. When it comes to peer pressure‚ what experience(s) do you and Melinda have in common? (Halse).When it comes
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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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Only her art class offers any amenity and “soul”as stated in the novel.Through her work she is finally ready to accept what happened. She was raped by an senior‚ a guy who still attends Merryweather High School and is still a threat to her.Laurie Halse Anderson depicts ‚sexual violence can have psychological‚ emotional‚ and mental effects on a victim. Damage that has been placed can take years of recovering and healing.Situations like these aren’t ones you forget about the next day or in a week.Sexual
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