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Flashbacks And Suspense In Speak By Laurie Anderson
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 beer and seniors and music.” (Anderson 133). This quote showed that she was using a flashback leading into suspense by using the key phrase “ the moon looked closer back in august” saying that she is about to talk about a night that happened in august.
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