“Every scar I have makes me who I am” proclaimed an anonymous author. Sometimes people make decisions that will stick with them 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. He stays with her all night. Later through the night he brings her away from everyone else and rapes her
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Andrea Thomas Speak Essay In the movie Speak Melinda was raped by this guy by named Addy at a party‚ she was reluctant to talk to anyone about what happened because she was so traumatized‚ and everyone hated her for calling the cops. She was mad at herself for not being able to do anything about it. So she resorted to silence‚ so that she doesn’t have to bring back the horrible memories she was trying to forget even though all she had to do was speak. In fact‚ if Melinda had told the truth
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Neil Gadingan Mr. Bambrick English Period 1 Speak In the novel Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino is the protagonist who was raped and traumatized in a summer party. She was unable to speak as she became emotionally distressed. She struggled in school as she was not focused and her relationship with other people changed negatively ."When people don’t express themselves‚ they die one piece at a time." p122. The essence of the story is about secrets and what it can do to a
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In the story Speak Melinda is being seen by other students on the bus is very different from how the readers are viewing Melinda. At the beginning of the story Melinda gets on the bus at the first stop and she decides that she will sit in the front in hopes that one of her friends would sit with her. In the story Melinda says‚ “If I sit in the front‚ it will make me look like a little kid‚ but I figured it is my best chance I have making eye contacts with one of my friends‚ if any of them decided
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Mulwray. Mrs. Mulwray is a dignified and elegant rich woman‚ while Gittes is a wise-cracking and crude private investigator. This works out in their favor because Mrs. Mulwray has a more dodging and more hidden personality and Gittes is more of a straight forward man‚ allowing them to work well together‚ but also switches up the game. Gittes
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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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that the major character is a woman named Mrs. Mallard. The term major character or main character is the character we see more of overtime‚ and tend to be more realistic and complex. Mrs. Mallard is viewed as the “good guy” or protagonist in this short story. She tends to be a round and dynamic character in the story due to the conflicts with her husband Mr. Bentley Mallard. In The Story of an Hour‚ Mrs. Mallard is often found under the category of a round character. A round character acts from varied
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Character Analysis of Mrs. Mallard in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” explores a woman’s unexpected reaction to her husband’s assumed death and reappearance‚ but actually Chopin offers Mrs. Mallard’s bizarre story to reveal problems that are built-in to the marriage. By offering this depiction of a marriage that confuses the woman to the point that she celebrates the death of her kind and loving
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intriguing. Descriptive characters. Either best book of the year or a newberry award. Fun and very addictive. Gosh‚ was that an actual story? How can erase my memories of this to read this for the first time again? Intellectually stimulating. Jovial and simultaneously‚ sad. Keeping the spirit of mr. Terupt with making him survive the surgery really gives the book the ‘classic’ feel. Loving Mr. Terupt is easier and easier when his flaws arise and people realize nobody can be perfect----but Mr. Terupt is pretty
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Characters make up a big part of a story‚ being able to connect with a character and being able to watch them change. The main characters are what really keeps the story moving. One character that undergoes a pretty be change is Mrs. Mallard from "The Story of an Hour" written by Chopin. Mrs. Mallard mentions a bit of her past‚ goes through a dramatic issue when her husband was announced dead‚ and finally has a realization for a new life. In the past‚ Mrs. Mallard was a submissive wife. From
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