Undeniably, the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is an interesting yet enlightening read about a girl named Melinda Sordino who faces depression after a traumatic incident. There are multiple settings, but there are two major ones. The story mostly takes place at the MerryWeather High School. This is a place where Melinda fears to be at because she can run into Andy Evans, the boy who raped her at the summer party that left her devastated. The next setting is at Kyle Rodger’s party, this is where her depression began. At the party, Andy Evans approached the intoxicated Melinda and asked her to follow him out into the woods. There, Andy sexually harrases Melinda as she was unable to push him away in her intoxicated state. After Andy raped
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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. Once Andy wishes for something he will obtain even if he has to use force. At the party he forced Melinda no matter how much she screamed no, he just continued to do so until he was …show more content…
This is an excerpt from the book “ Listen, the suffragettes were all about speaking up. You can't speak up for your rights and be silent. I thought what you did was cool but you can't make a difference unless you speak up.” This is Melinda’s lab partner David Petrakis giving her a little lecture that she should speak up against Mr. Neck so that her voice will be heard. As you can see Melinda is unable to stand for her own opinions, so it must have been very hard for her to talk about the rape incident. So the overall message of this novel is to speak up for yourself. By reading this book I have learned that there most people who are shy are most unlikely for themselves because they are
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. Once Andy wishes for something he will obtain even if he has to use force. At the party he forced Melinda no matter how much she screamed no, he just continued to do so until he was …show more content…
This is an excerpt from the book “ Listen, the suffragettes were all about speaking up. You can't speak up for your rights and be silent. I thought what you did was cool but you can't make a difference unless you speak up.” This is Melinda’s lab partner David Petrakis giving her a little lecture that she should speak up against Mr. Neck so that her voice will be heard. As you can see Melinda is unable to stand for her own opinions, so it must have been very hard for her to talk about the rape incident. So the overall message of this novel is to speak up for yourself. By reading this book I have learned that there most people who are shy are most unlikely for themselves because they are