Book Report: The Help The Help is a 522 page novel about 3 women in the 1960s. Kathryn Stockett explains how people treated each other due to the color of their skin and how day to day life felt like. It’s a very touching novel about how we really aren’t all that different and how some may come to extreme measures to pursue that equality. Aibileen is a black maid living in Jackson Mississippi. She has a calm‚ wise feel to her‚ always wanting to make others happy no matter what it comes
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1. Melinda Sordino is a selectively mute high school freshman. She avoids speech unless absolutely necessary and misbehaves in interesting ways to try to give meaning to her own existence or to avoid the pain she feels so deeply. Melinda becomes silent and secretive; she becomes distrustful of people. Because of Melinda’s strong internal voice‚ it’s clear that she is not weak. To the contrary‚ she is witty and clever‚ observing those around her. Other characters accept the rules‚ systems and structures
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That is how it is in the novel "Speak". Melinda keeps trying to pull her self up. But Melinda keeps collapsing‚ Melinda was nearly Going to give up‚ although she got up and started over. In the novel "Speak"‚ Melinda progressed very uniquely‚ and this is important. In the novel “Speak”. Melinda is the main character‚ and she defines bravery. Melinda knows this isn’t the end of her story
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Anderson’s novel Speak has won multiple awards and is recognized for its raw and powerful story of Melinda‚ the protagonist. Melinda is a ninth grade rape victim‚ who is sexually assaulted by a senior student at her high school in the summer between her eighth and ninth grade school years. The trauma of the rape causes Melinda to lose her voice that would allow her to speak out about the event‚ so instead she spends a majority of her ninth grade school year silenced. It is only when her rapist attempts
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When Words Fail‚ Music Speaks Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. -Maya Angelou. During my 6th grade year‚ I sparked an interest in the music world. I had attended a football game in which my brother played. It was my first time being at one of these games so when halftime was announced‚ I did not know what to expect. The band took their place on the field and started to play piece after piece. I was fascinated with how one stuck to
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From Interpreter of Maladies‚ Thumpa Lahiri When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine I N THE AUTUMN OF 1971 a man used to come to our house‚ bearing confections in his pocket and hopes of ascertaining the life or death of his family. His name was Mr. Pirzada‚ and he came from Dacca‚ now the capital of Bangladesh‚ but then a part of Pakistan. That year Pakistan was engaged in civil war. The eastern frontier‚ where Dacca was located‚ was fighting for autonomy from the ruling regime in the west. In March
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In Jhumpa Lahiri’s “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine‚” she explores the theme of being a strange in a foreign land‚ even showing that those who call a land home can feel disconnected at times as well. For Mr. Pirzada‚ America is a great big mystery to him. Many of the cultural practices described throughout the story are understandably foreign to him‚ such as saying “thank you” for everything and carving pumpkins on Halloween. He is a lonely man who is lost and confused in this new country. Rather
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numerous individuals from different backgrounds and beliefs are mingling with each other everyday‚ which shows that people accept you despite your beliefs. The theme for the poem “THE ARMBANDS” in October Mourning by Lesleá Newman and the theme for “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” is acceptance of people despite their beliefs‚ which is shown numerous times in these works. Many examples from the poem “THE ARMBANDS” show that the theme is about acceptance of other people. One couplet states‚ “Though we
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that demonstrate the exploitation of the masses are Let me speak and One day of life. When thinking about the quote‚ "Any critical examination of exploitation is at the same time a critique of capitalism‚ for capitalist relations of exploitation are central to capitalism” these two books immediately come to mind. While reading Let Me Speak‚ the reader can see that Domitila was constantly looked down on as the wife of a miner and as a woman. When she begins to fight for justice‚ many people label her
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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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