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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This passage from Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak shows how the main character‚ Melinda‚ has to face and overcome her biggest fear‚ speaking up against Andy Evans. When Melinda gets locked in the closet with Andy Evans‚ she is scared for her life. She sees him as “made out of slabs of stone”(193). Melinda still thinks of Andy as an invincible beast and she is still obscenly afraid of his strength. She envisions his hands as “enormous”(193). Therefore showing how frightening his size and physique
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but then she wouldn’t because we’d have kids‚ so instead she’d become the angry woman at the other end of the kitchen table‚ and the kids would grow up watching this… If that was life‚ then it was twisted” (190-191). In the novel Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Tyler John Miller is an average nerd and senior in high school‚ living in a household of harsh language and constant fighting. He lived in the social background‚ having only one friend‚ Calvin Hodges‚ nicknamed Yoda for his obsession of Star
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Speak is a short 208 page novel focusing around a highschool girl named Melinda Sordino‚ a school outcast who doesn’t speak at all. She lost all of her friends after she broke up a party that had occurred over the previous summer by calling the police. Now in high school she is completely isolated and never speaks‚ though since the book is from her perspective we see that her internal personality is sarcastic and slightly rude. On the first day a girl named Heather attempts to speak to her but she
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fiction novel‚ Fever 1793‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ took place in this advanced‚ busy city when the Yellow Fever came to town. Matilda “Mattie” Cook‚ the main character of the novel‚ has to learn how to survive the fever and keep herself and the ones she loves alive while doing it. All through the novel‚ Matilda learns a lesson about how saying goodbye to people she cares about is difficult‚ and has to learn to accept the pain that lingers afterwards - something that Anderson also shows through her use
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actions of others can also alter someone’s life. How people treat someone‚ what they say to them‚ and their other non-verbal communication can affect someone’s overall personality and ultimately their current identity. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ this situation plays out with the main character‚ Melinda. She becomes an outcast and is ridiculed by her friends due to her 911 call over the summer during a party. Her friends and others believe that she called the police for no reason‚
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I’ve read this book numerous times. I always get hooked and can’t stop reading. The author of the book is Laurie Halse Anderson. In this book she writes from the aspect of a teenage boy. I found this surprising because she is so accurate on how men thought and how they’re portrayed in the book. This book really is one of the major things to inspire me because it showed
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Being a Survivor In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford shows physical strength‚ and bravery. From the book Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino shows bravery and mental strength. The major traits of a survivor are bravery‚ physical strength‚ and mental strength and all of these people show these traits. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford shows many traits of a survivor. The first trait is bravery
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Laurie Halse Anderson writes children’s and young adult novels. She wrote the novel Wintergirls and it was published in 2009. The main character is Lia Overbrook‚ and she wants to forgive herself and move on from her best friend’s death. She tries almost everything she can to forget that her friend died because she wasn’t there to help her‚ but others won’t let her forget. The other students at school keep reminding her that it’s her fault and makes sure she knows she should’ve answered her phone
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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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