Melinda Gates

Anderson uses lips in the book Speak to portray emotions in the main character Melinda. Melinda is not a very happy girl. She never really show her true feelings other than sadness. When she does show sadness it's alone and no one can see what's actually going on. Most of the time when lips are mentioned they aren't portraying emotions other than feelings of pain,sadness, or insecurity.In a stressful situation in class…

Speak there is a girl, Melinda, who is very negative. What made her like this? She got raped in August at a party and this guy, David Petrakis, invited her to his house to have pizza in February and she freaked out and came up with an excuse not to go. After her getting raped at the party she called the cops and everyone thought she did it to rat everyone out, even though she didn’t. She never told anyone what actually happened so now all of her friends now hate her. So, Melinda is shaped into…

book written by Laurie Halse Anderson portrays a girl named Melinda, who was raped at a party and later called the cops. After she had called the cops she ran away and the whole student body began to hate her because the police broke up the party. However, she had run away like a coward and never spoke up about what happened, instead she let everyone hate her; soon, she became the school's outcast. Unable to find her voice to speak up, Melinda Sordino faces…

Melinda’s Coming of Age In the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, a girl named Melinda gets raped during a summer party before starting high school of her freshman year. After getting raped by Andy Evans, Melinda quickly calls the police. However, when they arrive, she is at such a loss for words, and not a sound comes out of her mouth. The police shut down the party and began to arrest a couple of the kids. As Melinda’s freshman year approaches, all the kids in the school hate her, even…

“TITLE” Melinda found her voice by three different people. Those three people were not really her friends, accept for herself. But when she was telling the truth about a dark secret she was feeling better about herself and was also talking a lot more. The first person that help her was Andy Evens. He help her attacking her so she stood up for herself and was also treated real bad by him and she didn’t really fall for many tricks that he had up his sleeve. Melinda also help herself by doing…

don’t speak out, and suffer as a result. The PSA intends to show the dangers of situations that are brought up in Speak. For instance, the presentation includes the fact that undergoing a stressful event can often cause depression. Andy Evans raping Melinda certainly qualifies as stressful, not to mention her starting high school and being bullied. Melinda’s story shows obvious indicators of her having depression, such as when she actively isolates herself. The depression and trauma section…

help. Melinda expresses her deep emotion that she doesn’t show anyone, without trying to in her artwork. “I see a girl caught in the remains of a holiday gone bad, with her flesh picked off day after day as the carcass dries out.” Pg.64 Mr. Freeman said this to Melinda after looking at her turkey bones exhibit. Mr. Freeman could realize that melinda based off of her artwork was showing she had a terrible holiday and she is feeling very done with her family. Mr. Freeman is trying to get Melinda…

In Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda, a 8th grade girl goes to a party enforced by peer pressure.At this party where there was alcohol, Melinda meets an attractive young man. In which, it concluded as sexually assauly by the young man.Consequently, Melinda call the cops, in revere incognizance of what to do. Regrettably, no one thought this was an acknowledgeable action, since they considered it as a resolute action . Melinda feels reluctant to speak up, which causes her to be bullied ,…

The Oracle of Omaha Considering that he is the third wealthiest person in the world, his modest upbringing makes him one the most humble and generous billionaires revealing that not all the consequences of one's actions are negative. With a net worth of 78.7 billion dollars, Warren Buffett lives a very, very modest lifestyle compared to other billionaires and even some millionaires. He worked his way through the ranks from a middle class family to being the third richest person in the world.…

Meghan McCain, daughter of former presidential candidate and Senator John McCain stated, “This is the worst election ever” (Hensch 1). Alan Abramowitz a PhD and a political scientist at Emory University says, “A lot of voters are angry. Very angry” (1). Polls of Americans show that an upward of sixty-two percent of citizens think that the country is on the wrong track. People are mad at the political system. They want to see major change. The voters are tired of hearing a new candidate preach…