Overcoming Adversity In Sherwood Anderson's Speak

In the novel “Speak” there is a lot of adversity that some people face. In the first body paragraph, we will talk about how Melinda faces adversity negatively. In the second body paragraph, we will talk about how Melinda faces adversity positively and how she comes back to have a normal life once again. In the third body paragraph, we will talk about how I face adversity during my life. Individuals will usually face adversity differently than others. Melinda faces adversity in many ways during and before her grade nine year. Melinda faces a lot of adversity because of something that happened at a party she went to in the summer. While she was at the party, she had been raped but she did not know that at the time. Andy Evans had taken her into the forest and sexually abused her. “Do you want to?”(135). While that was happening she struggled and tried to say no but, …show more content…
She tried to warn Rachelle about Andy Evans but she did not listen. While she was at the prom with Andy Evans she realized that Melinda was right, so she told the whole school what Andy did. “Rachel burned everything he ever gave her and left the ashes in front of his locker”(191). Once everyone found out Melinda started living a normal life again, she could finally talk to people. Some people face adversity almost every day if not every day, even I face adversity sometimes. I sometimes face adversity but it is never as serious as Melinda’s. Some people will bully me or judge me for what I am wearing. I try not to pay attention to people that say these things because I wear what I want to wear. I also wear it because I like the clothes or shoes that I buy and if other people do not like that it is not my problem. If other people want to judge and say what I want to wear is not right or it is ugly, I do not really care if that's what they think. Everyone faces adversity in their