Speak Readers Response Anderson‚ Laurie Halse. Speak. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux‚ 1999. Print. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about the protagonist Melinda Sordino and her journey through her freshmen year of high school. She started school with no friends but in the end she had more than she thought she would. In school she struggles with paying attention and getting good grade and her home wasn’t much better. She had a mother that was always working and a father that really didn’t care
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I really enjoyed listening to renowned author Laurie Halse Anderson because she is different author than I’m used to reading/hearing about. She said that she was born in 1961 and she was raped at age 13‚ which prompted her style of writing. She had a broken childhood and she was on the path of living a broken 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
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The book ¨Speak¨ by Laurie Halse Anderson was about a girl named Melinda that was raped at a party during the summer by Andy Evans. Speak has many different themes; Adolescence‚ communication‚ growth‚ female empowerment‚ friendship. But depression was the accurate theme . You see Melinda go through depression and her not speaking up about it. Melinda knows she has depression but wants to forget about. My evidence for this is “the whole point of no talking about it‚ of silencing the memory
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In the book Speak by Laurie Anderson‚ the author uses a combination of flashbacks and suspense to create the text of the story. Melinda‚ the main character of the book‚ is dealing with both man vs. self and man vs. man. After the summer kickoff party‚ she was ostracized by her former friends because of her act of calling the cops. Anderson uses flashbacks to build suspense of the story: “The moon looked closer back in august. Rachel got us into the end of the year party‚ a cheerleader party‚ with
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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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On March 1st‚ 2016 I was privileged to witness Laurie Hazard speak on Procrastination. She centered her speech on the goal of organizing your behavior over an extended period of time. She than proceed with giving us the advice of organizing your goals into two categories called objective and subjective goals. Objective goals focus on attaining a specific standard of proficiency on a task‚ usually within a specified time. On the other hand‚ a subjective goal tends to be more of a general statement
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In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ characterization‚ setting and plot all assist in the theme. The theme is you need to speak up in order to help yourself. Anderson uses characterization to elevate the theme. Melinda is immature‚ which make her problem even worse. For example‚ Melinda acknowledges‚ “I almost tell them right then and there [about the rape]” (Anderson 72). Melinda foolishly tries not to tell anyone about her rape. Eventually‚ she learns that telling someone about the rape
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Critical Commentary on a passage from Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee This passage starts with the words as time goes on’ which suggests to the reader that something happened prior to this‚ but doesn’t explain what. Its goes on to explain that as the children grew up and left home‚ their mothers little habits got worse and worse. The writer gives good descriptions producing a visual imagery of these habits: plant pots and newspapers left throughout the house‚ reading more and sleeping upright
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During the novel‚ When by Victoria Laurie‚ a character named Arnold Schroder (Stubby) who is the main characters best friend. Throughout the beginning of the book‚ Stubby is characterized as imaginative‚ awkward‚ and reliable. He is a supportive‚ caring friend with good morals. When Stubby used to go to elementary school‚ he is quoted doing‚ “wearing a red cape everyday and telling everyone he was going to grow up to be Superman. (page 14)” This quote gives a perfect example of how imaginative he
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Popularity being harmful seems like an oxymoron. Popularity is something so many people strive to have- to be respected‚ accepted‚ admired‚ even envied. But when that need to ‘fit in’ turns sour‚ most people never see it coming. The book Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ shows the detrimental side of popularity not often considered by kids‚ and rarely mentioned in books. Speak is about a girl named Melinda and her first year in high school‚ where‚ after being raped by a popular kid‚ experiences bullying
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