Nothing but Quiet
Preston Frisch
Ms.Bell
English 9
10 May 2018
In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, we see the positive and negative qualities of Heather, Rachel, and Melinda.The qualities of each person affects them each personally. The first quality of Melinda “It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.”(Melinda, 9) is that she is really shy and hates to talk to people.She will not tell anyone what happened last summer.She likes to keep things to herself.She is very much a loner and prefers to be by herself do her own things like art.Because of her shyness it was hard to find friends to be with hers.
The Rachel is Melinda’s former best friend. Rachel hates Melinda after she …show more content…
Rachel begins spending time with the foreign exchange students and changes her looks, her attitude, and her name to Rachelle. In the spring, she starts dating Andy Evans, and Melinda tries to warn her of the danger of being with him. Rachel was the first person Melinda tells about what happened to her . Although Rachel seems at first to not believe Melinda, she publicly leaves Andy at prom because of it. She reaches out to Melinda at the end of the novel “I just want to sleep. The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. I'll need brain surgery to cut it out of my head.”(Melinda,
Preston Frisch
Ms.Bell
English 9
10 May 2018
In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, we see the positive and negative qualities of Heather, Rachel, and Melinda.The qualities of each person affects them each personally. The first quality of Melinda “It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.”(Melinda, 9) is that she is really shy and hates to talk to people.She will not tell anyone what happened last summer.She likes to keep things to herself.She is very much a loner and prefers to be by herself do her own things like art.Because of her shyness it was hard to find friends to be with hers.
The Rachel is Melinda’s former best friend. Rachel hates Melinda after she …show more content…
Rachel begins spending time with the foreign exchange students and changes her looks, her attitude, and her name to Rachelle. In the spring, she starts dating Andy Evans, and Melinda tries to warn her of the danger of being with him. Rachel was the first person Melinda tells about what happened to her . Although Rachel seems at first to not believe Melinda, she publicly leaves Andy at prom because of it. She reaches out to Melinda at the end of the novel “I just want to sleep. The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. I'll need brain surgery to cut it out of my head.”(Melinda,