As Michael Morpurgo once said, “Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it’s through writing, drama, or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self worth.” In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino feels that her voice is taken away after being raped by Andy Evans which he is referred to as IT, and Andy Beast. She goes into high school as a young teen, depressed and silenced. Melinda grows stronger throughout her freshman year as she struggles to find her voice again. When she is going through the process of trying to put the pieces together of what really happened the night she went to the party and got drunk, Ivy, helps her understand that there's hope of finding her voice through expressing herself in
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Melinda struggles to find her voice again while forgiving for what happened to her, expressing herself in a way that her art has given her the answers that she has been looking for all along, all she needed was a little encouragement, faith, and hope.
Melinda starts off high school with no friends and the entire high school body despising her existence. She struggles to speak and find her voice as she replays the tragic night; Andy Evans raped her at the party after she had been drinking. As she struggles to speak to anyone about the incident, she says “It's easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” (Anderson 9). Nobody really knows the truth about why she called the cops the night of the party, but judge her for crashing it and leaving before the cops got
Melinda struggles to find her voice again while forgiving for what happened to her, expressing herself in a way that her art has given her the answers that she has been looking for all along, all she needed was a little encouragement, faith, and hope.
Melinda starts off high school with no friends and the entire high school body despising her existence. She struggles to speak and find her voice as she replays the tragic night; Andy Evans raped her at the party after she had been drinking. As she struggles to speak to anyone about the incident, she says “It's easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” (Anderson 9). Nobody really knows the truth about why she called the cops the night of the party, but judge her for crashing it and leaving before the cops got