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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Imagine being an outcast have no friends and have everybody hate you. That’s just one day in the life of Melinda Sordino‚ Melinda Sordino is a protagonist in the “novel Speak” she is an outcast and is afraid to speak up for herself and face the world out of her safe zone. I describes melinda in three traits Insecure‚ Sarcastic‚ Unspoken Melinda thinks that she is an outcast she even said “I am an outcast there is no point looking for my ex-friends” she doesn’t have any friends because she called
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Today I had a session with Melinda Sordino‚ a high school freshman dealing with depression. She talked about the difficulties she was having‚ including losing her best friend‚ Rachel Bruin‚ and recently losing her friend‚ Heather. Rachel stopped being friends with her after Melinda had called the police at an end of the summer party‚ but not for the reasons many would expect. She expressed her feelings sadness towards Rachel and how she felt like she couldn’t tell anyone about what really happened
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Melinda Sordino was raped by Andy Evans at a party during summer in August. She called the police but she was too shocked and scared from the event that she couldn’t say anything to the woman on the phone. Someone from the party found out she called the police and told everyone. The police came and arrested some of the students‚ but by that time Melinda has already left and gone home. Ever since then none of Melinda’s friends have talked to her. They ignore her and blame her for ruining the party
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Melinda‚ a young girl just beginning her first year of high school has some obstacles from her past‚ destroying her future. Many teenagers like Melinda are faced with the unfortunate affects of being sexually abused and it holds the teens back. Many young teens think it is over for them and just give up on life. Though‚ there are those like Melinda who just take time to break free and heal. These teens go through many different stages before all of the pain goes away. These young adults begin by
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Dr Phil: Today we have a guest that witnessed a major issue going on in our society today. Please put your hands together for Melinda Sordino. *Crowd applauds* Dr. Phil: Hello‚ Melinda Melinda: Hello‚ I’m so thankful to be here today to share my story and thoughts. Dr. Phil: So would you mind going ahead and explaining your situation‚ being all truth and no lies. Melinda: Yes‚ I will try my best. So here is how my rape went down. I was at a party Freshmen year. I went with 4 friends‚ I’d prefer
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Alex and Melinda In the Alex and Melinda video‚ Alex presents Melinda with the new quarterly figures and said that he felt that there was a problem. He explained to her that her sales in the district were off by 40% and that it was a major issue. Melinda expressed to him that she had no idea why this might be. Alex recounts that Melinda was placed in the Mexico and Brazil territory because she was one of his best people and in result‚ was positioned for a success‚ so that she had a real shot at
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Anderson’s novel Speak focuses on this very issue. The protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ must face the challenges of high school‚ family issues‚ and the inability to express herself. Mr. Freeman‚ David Petrakis‚ and sports are the things Melinda relies on to overcome the past that haunts her. Mr. Freeman is a factor that motivates Melinda Sordino to learn from her mistakes and took look beyond times of difficulty. On the first day of school Melinda is an outcast who encounters Mr. Freeman‚ an art teacher who
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1) I could see myself enjoying Alex as a manger and not. Then again‚ I think every employee enjoys and does not enjoy their managers. Specifically if I were Melinda I’d find my self-enjoying his positive feedback of him saying‚ you are one of the top five sales people in the company. I think he is quite savvy for having Melinda‚ a top sales person with the cultural back ground‚ and same ethnicity sent to do sales in Mexico and Brazil. Not to mention‚ she can relate to the customers as well as maybe
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Melinda the main character from the award-winning book speak. She is a trouble character she is just going to highschool‚ with all of her weight on her shoulders‚ she does not even try to try anyone to share some of that weight that way so she not carrying it all. This weight mainly came from her being Sexlluy assaulted by a kid that goes to her high school named Andy Evans. Melinda goes through many changes during this mainly to her personality she has personality disorder where she has different
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