Staying Silent In Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak

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How Silence Affects Melinda
Staying silent can affect a person's life in many different ways. when someone keeps quiet, they are letting the other person succeed and are making themselves feel more helpless than they already are. This is evident in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson emphasizing how, the protagonist, Melinda keeps to herself, making her problems much worse. Melinda is impacted by being silent when she has no one to talk and communicate with. She has no one to share her feelings and thoughts with since no one listens to what she has to say. Another example in speak is that Melinda suffers mentally and physically and she can not help herself. She has no one who cares about what she is going through. Furthermore, Melinda

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