There are many things that people can achieve to help comfort Melinda to express the emotions that are bundled up inside her. When Mr.Freeman dropped off Melinda to the store, he tells her, “ “If you ever need to talk, you know where to find me… “Melinda,” Mr. Freeman says. Snow filters into the car and melts on the dashboard. “You're a good kid. I think you have a lot to say. I’d like to hear it.”” (123 Anderson). Mr. Freeman offers to listen to Melinda. He is the only person in Melinda’s life that notices her depression and encourages her to tell her story. Meanwhile, he waits patiently and purposefully does a few things for Melinda that nobody have done for her. In simple modest ways, he directly reaches out to Melinda and shows that he can relate to her suffering.
