In Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda, a 8th grade girl goes to a party enforced by peer pressure.At this party where there was alcohol, Melinda meets an attractive young man. In which, it concluded as sexually assauly by the young man.Consequently, Melinda call the cops, in revere incognizance of what to do. Regrettably, no one thought this was an acknowledgeable action, since they considered it as a resolute action . Melinda feels reluctant to speak up, which causes her to be bullied , not solve her issues, and lastly be a social outcast. In High School it is common to get bullied because the victim does not speak up, they get bullied more. Though Melinda is bullied when she enters the school on the first day, in which she has to face
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In Speak Melinda is also afraid to speak up, and ends up not having any friends. An example of this is when Melinda went to the school pep rally. “The others have the social power to sit with other losers. I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, "Complete and Total Loser…”(Anderson 128).melinda feels like she doesn't have the ability to make friends and hence, she is left as a social outcast. Though she she doesn’t even try to speak up and make friends. Melinda becomes further of a social outcast, when she loses her one and only friend heather who rejected her and doesn’t want to be friends with Melinda. Heather stated “You don’t like anything. You are the most depressed person I ever met, and excuse me for saying this, but you are no fun to be around, and I think you need professional help.”(Anderson 105). Melinda still doesn;t talk and stays quiet, she doesn't tell Heather why she is so depressed. She doesn’t tell Heather what happened to her, and as a result heather doesn’t want to be Melinda's friend anymore. Though really, if she spoke up and told everyone she got raped, she wouldn’t be that social outcast with no …show more content…
One of the problems she had was trying to save Rachel from Andy, in fear that something similar that happened to Melinda could happen to Rachel.In the book it says ”I can't escape the arguments circling my head. Why worry about Rachel/Rachelle? (He'll hurt her.)... (She was my best friend through middle school, that counts for something.) ”. Even though Melinda has hatred and wants to help Rachel, she ends up telling Rachel what happened at the party, she says “I pick it up again—them because some guy raped me….Rachel writes in a heavy, fast hand. WHO DID IT??? ...Andy Evans. “(Anderson 183,184) when Melinda finally tells Rachel who did it, Rachel first didn’t believe Melinda, though later, she find out herself at prom with what Andy was doing. Since, Melinda spoke up she saved Rachel/Rachelle from Andy Evans. If not the same thing could’ve happened to Rachel/Rachelle Another, Example of Melinda not solving her issues was when she got bullied, by the two girls. In which they insulted her, “My brother got arrested at that party. He got fired because of the arrest. I can't believe you did that. Asshole.” (Anderson 28). If Melinda could have spoke up and told them what happened at the party, then she could’ve stopped all the bullies aiming to bully her. Though instead she stayed quiet and wasn’t able to stop that issue of her getting bullied, by not speaking up. Unfortunately, If Melinda had spoken
In Speak Melinda is also afraid to speak up, and ends up not having any friends. An example of this is when Melinda went to the school pep rally. “The others have the social power to sit with other losers. I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, "Complete and Total Loser…”(Anderson 128).melinda feels like she doesn't have the ability to make friends and hence, she is left as a social outcast. Though she she doesn’t even try to speak up and make friends. Melinda becomes further of a social outcast, when she loses her one and only friend heather who rejected her and doesn’t want to be friends with Melinda. Heather stated “You don’t like anything. You are the most depressed person I ever met, and excuse me for saying this, but you are no fun to be around, and I think you need professional help.”(Anderson 105). Melinda still doesn;t talk and stays quiet, she doesn't tell Heather why she is so depressed. She doesn’t tell Heather what happened to her, and as a result heather doesn’t want to be Melinda's friend anymore. Though really, if she spoke up and told everyone she got raped, she wouldn’t be that social outcast with no …show more content…
One of the problems she had was trying to save Rachel from Andy, in fear that something similar that happened to Melinda could happen to Rachel.In the book it says ”I can't escape the arguments circling my head. Why worry about Rachel/Rachelle? (He'll hurt her.)... (She was my best friend through middle school, that counts for something.) ”. Even though Melinda has hatred and wants to help Rachel, she ends up telling Rachel what happened at the party, she says “I pick it up again—them because some guy raped me….Rachel writes in a heavy, fast hand. WHO DID IT??? ...Andy Evans. “(Anderson 183,184) when Melinda finally tells Rachel who did it, Rachel first didn’t believe Melinda, though later, she find out herself at prom with what Andy was doing. Since, Melinda spoke up she saved Rachel/Rachelle from Andy Evans. If not the same thing could’ve happened to Rachel/Rachelle Another, Example of Melinda not solving her issues was when she got bullied, by the two girls. In which they insulted her, “My brother got arrested at that party. He got fired because of the arrest. I can't believe you did that. Asshole.” (Anderson 28). If Melinda could have spoke up and told them what happened at the party, then she could’ve stopped all the bullies aiming to bully her. Though instead she stayed quiet and wasn’t able to stop that issue of her getting bullied, by not speaking up. Unfortunately, If Melinda had spoken