Throughout the book Melinda faces many hindrances, but it all started at the summer party. Everyone was drinking and having a fun time until Andy Evans, Or as melinda likes to refer to him as “it”, took advantage of her and raped her. Like every scared girl would she called the cops but didn’t say anything about her being raped. So as she started school mostly everyone hated her for ruining the party, just another…
This shows that not only was Melinda damaged externally, she was also hurt internally. As one reads the book, they can observe that the whole year, Melinda barely speaks as a result of the fact that she is still not able to cope with what happened at that party. Imagine more young teenage girls going through that. Melinda definitely did what we would all do in this situation. She called the police and told them that she was in…
At the party all of the kids were drinking and some drank too much. Melinda got raped by a kid named Andy in the woods at the party. She ended up calling the cops and ended up shutting down the party. Everyone at the party got so mad at her because everyone was having so much fun and no one knew what happened. That's how she lost all of her friends that…
As people began to know that she was the culprit at the party who called the cops, the majority of the school hated her. They hated her for no apparent reason they know of besides the fact that she was the girl who called the police at a popular Jock’s party intentionally to get everyone in trouble while she ran back home. The antagonist of the novel is Andy Evans. He’s the reason why Melinda’s friends abandoned her and why she’s outcasted in school. He’s also the senior that raped her at the party.…
(Anderson 198) Melinda did suffered in moment of realization. She acknowledges that there is no way to go away with the reality that she got raped. Also, she recognizes it was not her fault and accept the fact that she needs help. Again, this was the process of Melinda to "germinate" and as a result, she seems like she was…
"I hate you," she mouths silently.” (Halse Anderson 7). When Melinda decided to call the cops, because she was raped by IT, and broke up the party, she instantly became one of the most hated people in her school. This took a huge toll on her because, again, she had no support. No one to lean on, or tell everything.…
Suicide is a disease like no other. The disease is spreading ultimately infecting teens across the world. The Program is used to stop the infectious outbreak and to heal those that are sick. In her novel The Program, Suzanne Young shares society's attempt to treat suicide. Young uses cultural and physical surroundings to shape psychological and moral traits in the protagonist Sloane as she fights the epidemic and the program to attempt to change the way society continues to treat suicide.…
The United State of America is known as the land of the free. Citizens have freedom of speech and freedom of the press along with many other rights, but do Americans have the right to die? The Cable News Network, also known as CNN, has followed the story of a terminally ill woman who fought for the right to die on her own terms. The article, “Brittany Maynard, Advocate for 'Death with Dignity, ' Dies” by Catherine E. Shoichet, summarizes the controversial and complicated subject of controlling your own death in the case of terminal illness. Published on November 1, 2014, the recent article helped spread the issue throughout social media leaving many people to question if we deserve to die with dignity.…
Jumping off buildings, falling to your death, because you think your life is over from the collapse of the stock market. This is what the Great Depression is widely recognized for: crashing stock market, thousands of suicides and how quickly poverty spread across the nation. On October 29, 1929, which is commonly known as the black Tuesday, 40 percent of paper values decreased dramatically (Nelson). The period that followed from 1929 to 1945 was known as the Great Depression. Millions of Americans lost their jobs and money when the stock market crashed.…
The big idea that I get from this book is that some burdens are just to big and the only was to handle them is together. The problem is that so many people are ashamed and would rather hide it that handle the situation. If all girls, or boys, who were put in situations like Melinda would speak up maybe there would be more justice in our…
A high risk factor for suicide is a traumatic/stressful life event that is humiliating. In Robin’s case, it was her husband leaving her and living with another woman which resulted in the feeling of rejection. Borderline Personality Disorder is defined, by the DSM-IV, as instability of interpersonal relationships, paranoia or dissociative symptoms, and impaired self-image. People with BPD have the tendency to misinterpret life events and see them as more stressful or humiliating than they actually are. As Robin’s case stated, when her friends would disappoint her, she would feel rejected and feel as if it was a personal affront which led to poor self-image of herself and would lead her into a state of “autopilot” of self-harm.…
When her mother saw that she was cutting her wrists, she said “I don’t have time for this, Melinda”(88). This made Melinda feel even more lonely and depressed. Throughout the book, Melinda heals by talking to herself in her head about what happened and trying to understand it on her own. The school isolated her, but she also isolated herself from anyone she could learn to trust. She skipped class almost everyday and hid in an “abandoned janitor’s closet”(26).…
Suicide……why? It will never solve any problems. In fact, it will make things worse, you may not think it will but it will, maybe not for you but for someone that loves you very much, it will hurt them. They may even think about suicide if you die. There is no direct reason to harm yourself.…
Imagine feeling so desperate, alone and suffocated that your walls are caving in and the only way you see out of this is by taking your own life. There is no other option. No one wants you. No one will care. You are not enough.…
Everyone knows that death is inevitable. It is the circle of life. Most people hope to live up to their 80’s at least, some maybe even older. However, there are some who may not want that at all. These people may be struggling to want to live a life at all.…