In the book “SPEAK” written by Laurie Halse Anderson, there is a girl named by Melinda. Melinda is a very shy and depressed person. After a summer party she attended, Melinda was raped and forced to call the cops, which ended up busting the party. Since Melinda wouldn't say why she called the cops, this caused her to lose a lot of her friends and trust. Eventually, Melinda stops talking altogether. When Melinda starts high school, she is looked down upon, because she broke up the party. Only one girl wished to be her friend, Heather from Ohio. Heather is probably Melinda's only friend during the first marking period until they break up. Heather thought that they were "too different”. Melinda's depression became worse after the break up.
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She decides to use a half-melted palm tree and then realizes, “There was no more for the palm tree, so I tossed that to the side”. The palm tree symbolizes Melinda because the tree is melted, which expresses that Melinda is now a half-person, someone less after the party. The isolation of the single palm tree also symbolizes Melinda's loneliness.
After Thanksgiving disaster, when Melinda's mom forgets to thaw the turkey, her dad tries to help but only makes it worse. Melinda remarks, “Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner” and “I dig the bones out of the trash and bring them to art class”. This symbolizes Melinda because the turkey bones represent her life by being always lousy and can never have things go right for her.
While Melinda is doing her art-project she thinks that it is not quite right. She starts to rummage in the bin to find supplies when she stumbles upon a Barbie doll head and decides to use it. “I pop the head off the Barbie and set it inside the turkey's body, that feels right”. The way the Barbie doll symbolizes Melinda is because since the Barbie doesn’t speak it represents Melinda because she also doesn’t speak. It also symbolizes someone caught inside a dead body, but with a beautiful person trying to get
She decides to use a half-melted palm tree and then realizes, “There was no more for the palm tree, so I tossed that to the side”. The palm tree symbolizes Melinda because the tree is melted, which expresses that Melinda is now a half-person, someone less after the party. The isolation of the single palm tree also symbolizes Melinda's loneliness.
After Thanksgiving disaster, when Melinda's mom forgets to thaw the turkey, her dad tries to help but only makes it worse. Melinda remarks, “Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner” and “I dig the bones out of the trash and bring them to art class”. This symbolizes Melinda because the turkey bones represent her life by being always lousy and can never have things go right for her.
While Melinda is doing her art-project she thinks that it is not quite right. She starts to rummage in the bin to find supplies when she stumbles upon a Barbie doll head and decides to use it. “I pop the head off the Barbie and set it inside the turkey's body, that feels right”. The way the Barbie doll symbolizes Melinda is because since the Barbie doesn’t speak it represents Melinda because she also doesn’t speak. It also symbolizes someone caught inside a dead body, but with a beautiful person trying to get