compelled by delicacy and a regard for personal reputation . . . to submit to them in silence‚ and conceal them from observation.” - Unsigned Colonial-era letter. This quote perfectly describes the situation in which Mrs. Lockton‚ a character from Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel‚ Chains‚ finds herself in. Her story takes place in a revolutionary war torn New York. The novel is centered in a loyalist household where Isabel is a slave to Madam Lockton. They both must resist the chains by which life and
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Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel‚ Fever 1793‚ takes place in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. Mattie is the main character of the book. In the beginning of the book‚ she only thinks about herself and not about others. In the middle of the book‚ something tragic happens‚ and she has to learn to cope and mature throughout the rest of the book. By using descriptive words‚ and repetition‚ the author creates a lesson that when people mature‚ they learn to appreciate what they have‚ rather
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Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction book Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia‚ PA‚ a place taken over by the Yellow Fever. Matilda “Mattie” Cook goes through horrid experiences throughout the story‚ such as death‚sickness‚ and learning how to mature on her own. By using analogies and descriptive words‚ Laurie Halse Anderson creates the lesson that although Mattie faced many tough times in Fever 1793‚ she learned how to adapt and this made her an overall more independent and mature person
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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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In the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the characters face many conflicts. Conflict is the struggle for a desired outcome or achievement. It is the adversity a person faces while going through with an action for or against something. Mattie‚ the main character‚ faces three challenges in the novel that help her mature from an unruly child to a mature young adult. Mattie’s perseverance while facing the challenges of the yellow fever in 1793‚ grows her maturity and understanding of life.
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This passage from Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak shows how the main character‚ Melinda‚ has to face and overcome her biggest fear‚ speaking up against Andy Evans. When Melinda gets locked in the closet with Andy Evans‚ she is scared for her life. She sees him as “made out of slabs of stone”(193). Melinda still thinks of Andy as an invincible beast and she is still obscenly afraid of his strength. She envisions his hands as “enormous”(193). Therefore showing how frightening his size and physique
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Courage is having enough bravery to do something out of the normal. Speak by Laurie Anderson is about Melinda Sordino struggling through freshman year‚ she called the cops during a summer party and is afraid to tell the truth of why she did. But once she does reveal the truth‚ everything changes. Courage pushes people go farther in life‚ helps people do things they don’t want to do‚ and makes change. Courage can help people do things they normally wouldn’t do‚ things that they once thought were too
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fiction novel‚ Fever 1793‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ took place in this advanced‚ busy city when the Yellow Fever came to town. Matilda “Mattie” Cook‚ the main character of the novel‚ has to learn how to survive the fever and keep herself and the ones she loves alive while doing it. All through the novel‚ Matilda learns a lesson about how saying goodbye to people she cares about is difficult‚ and has to learn to accept the pain that lingers afterwards - something that Anderson also shows through her use
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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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actions of others can also alter someone’s life. How people treat someone‚ what they say to them‚ and their other non-verbal communication can affect someone’s overall personality and ultimately their current identity. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ this situation plays out with the main character‚ Melinda. She becomes an outcast and is ridiculed by her friends due to her 911 call over the summer during a party. Her friends and others believe that she called the police for no reason‚
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