Laurie Halse Anderson

That summer, everything had changed for Melinda Sordino. Her peers would not view her the same consequently her freshman year would be off to a rocky start, but when the past is uncovered things will change.Through the book Speak by Laurie Halsey Anderson we live through the sad story of a depressed teen who enters high school with no friends and is hated by her peers. We are able to understand the difficulty high school teenagers face, specifically when faced with something so big.There is no…

In the award winning novel Chains, the author, Laurie Halse Anderson, presents an historical Revolutionary War novel where a young slave girl must escape to freedom to save her sister, Ruth. This takes her on a perilous journey through eighteenth century America towards freedom, where the only way out is perseverance and courage. Through scenes in the book, Anderson implies that to improve your situation and work towards a cause risks must be taken. This idea is shown in the scenes when she…

choices are important because they determine our character and future, but they are also important because many, if not all, of our choices, directly affect others and the people around them. A novel that highlights this fact is Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. One piece of evidence showing choice affecting others in Speak is after Andy Evans raped Melinda Sordino at a senior party. Andy wasn’t treated too differently until nearly a year…

Slavery is the main topic in the book “Chains” by the author, Laurie Halse Anderson. A slave’s life such as the main character, Isabel, could take place in locations ranging from small farms, plantations, or the city. A slave’s life that took place on a small farm was usually in the highest quality. These small farms were not very common and they existed mainly in the Northern colonies. The Americans usually owned one to two slaves in order to put them to work on their small family owned farms.…

In the novel Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character, Isabel is a young slave girl who lives in a Loyalist household during the Revolutionary War. In the Lockton mansion she endure loss of family and a great deal of abuse. Moreover, Isabel goes through a lot of emotional fluctuation, from wanting to drive a sword through her owner; to being in such indecision she cannot think straight. Anderson depicts how there is no progress without struggle through her use of repetition,…

their fears like miscommunication. Often teen miscommunication and cause them to become more isolated. There are few pieces of evidence that can be found in novels, news, or personal life experiences. In the novel “Speak” written by Laurie Halse Anderson, in the book Melinda was isolated…

How does fear fuel bravery, when fear is the total opposite of bravery in the novel Chains, written by Laurie Halse Anderson? In Chains, Isabel, a thirteen-year-old slave, feels fear, but manages and overcomes her fear when she takes action to fulfill her desires to become free. However, Isabel and her sister, Ruth, were sold to the malicious Locktons before reaching their lawyer. Furthermore, with their lawyer and old mistress’s will out of reach, Isabel accepts the challenge to achieve her…

In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda is a freshman who struggles with her first year of highschool. She called the police during a summer party and now the entire school hates her. Melinda is filled with fear, anxiety, and depression and is alone with no support. Melinda still has a fun and sarcastic mindset, making her compare herself to several objects or animals seen throughout the book. Some examples of these objects she used to compare, or symbolize with herself, are of the…

Slavery. A topic that is extremely debatable due to the fact that the treatment of them varies immensely. The treatment of a slave will vary depending on the type of place they are living, their owners, and much more. In the book, Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, there are three main placements of the slaves. Within those placements, there are three different lifestyles that the slaves live. The placements in which the slaves live are a plantation, a small farm, and a city. First, there is the…

The lives of slaves in the book, Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, differed between living in plantations, small farms, and cities. The book was based on a slave named Isabel and her life during the Revolutionary War. She lived on a plantation, a farm, and a house in the city of New York. Plantations, farms, and cities had different habitats and jobs for slaves. One of these lifestyles were easier on slaves while one of the others were very, very difficult. There were three main differences…