In Anderson’s book Speak, Anderson uses this quote “This looks like a tree, but it is an average, ordinary, everyday, boring tree. Breathe life into it make it bend— trees are flexible, so they don’t snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch— perfect trees don’t exist. Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.” (Anderson pg.153). Meaning, people go through many things in their life and hide their scars where no one will notice and raise any questions that pass the mind. You may see a tree on the outside and it looks like a normal, healthy tree. But in reality it is rotten in the inside and ready to fall any second. A tree may have many scars on its trunk, but it still stands tall and keeps fighting for its urge to live on. The tree
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Even on tough occasions. In the novel Anderson uses another quote. ‘When I close the closet door behind me, I bury my face into the clothes on the left side of the rack, clothes that haven’t fit for years. I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.” (Anderson pg.162) Melinda had a lot to deal with because of Andy Evans. She had to see him every day, face him in the halls. Melinda became a quiet girl. She never really spoke to anyone except to David Petrakis and her art teacher (Mr. Freeman). They both helped her get her voice heard. David helped her gain her own since of confidence in herself by speaking in front of the class, to get her to add some life in her artwork. They both helped her grow throughout the novel. Melinda had to draw a tree in Mr. Freeman’s class. In the beginning she couldn’t find any light in herself so; she ended up showing a dead tree and a sculpture of some kind made out of chicken bones. So all of this reminds me how much life can throw at you. How much it can weigh a person down. Life has its twists and turns, and for Melinda to not speak, she finds a way for herself to let all her anger and stress out. When she was in Mr. Freeman’s class, she felt a way to let all her emotions out a paper or anything she could get her hands
Even on tough occasions. In the novel Anderson uses another quote. ‘When I close the closet door behind me, I bury my face into the clothes on the left side of the rack, clothes that haven’t fit for years. I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.” (Anderson pg.162) Melinda had a lot to deal with because of Andy Evans. She had to see him every day, face him in the halls. Melinda became a quiet girl. She never really spoke to anyone except to David Petrakis and her art teacher (Mr. Freeman). They both helped her get her voice heard. David helped her gain her own since of confidence in herself by speaking in front of the class, to get her to add some life in her artwork. They both helped her grow throughout the novel. Melinda had to draw a tree in Mr. Freeman’s class. In the beginning she couldn’t find any light in herself so; she ended up showing a dead tree and a sculpture of some kind made out of chicken bones. So all of this reminds me how much life can throw at you. How much it can weigh a person down. Life has its twists and turns, and for Melinda to not speak, she finds a way for herself to let all her anger and stress out. When she was in Mr. Freeman’s class, she felt a way to let all her emotions out a paper or anything she could get her hands