Rape In Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak

Rape is Illegal no one should be forced into something without consent and be scarred for the rest of their life, leading into having body scars, being involved with laws, and lastly the effects of rape.Since Anderson was a child who experienced lots of things that affected her during high school, which that is why she wrote Speak. Even through her books mostly involve teen problems, it is a great first read. In Anderson’s Speak,she is giving a real life story about Melinda and she is having a horrible start and it gets worse from there. The combination of drama really represents this book. Comparing this book to rape is still a big deal and people are still not standing up and telling someone. If not, you will be under lots of stress and the attacker would go after that person again are the people. This problem will just keep on growing and spreading. Laurie Halse Anderson was born October 23, 1961 in Potsdam New York and currently lives in Mexico, New York. She was popular and still is.More books by her are coming out and the latest book that came out was in 2009, WinterGirls. Laurie Halse believes that with “Writing, the best part of writing is when the magic flows so strong and lose track of …show more content…
The definition for Rape is unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent(Dictionary.com).Women are the number one for the most rape cases around the world, unlike men who are less than ten percent. Rape usually happens because of jealousy or just the sexual attraction to someone but the victim not wanting to have any sexual interaction with that person. Females don 't want anyone to know what happened or what would have happened, so leading to not reporting these kinds of