Melinda Sordino

Phases in the Life of Melinda Mr. Freeman said “Be the tree.” to Melinda in Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak. Melinda’s growth is described through her artwork, and other forms of the trees in this novel. In this story, Mr. Freeman, the art teacher, passes around a globe full of subjects for the students to work on for the entire year. Melinda reaches inside, and pulls out the slip of paper that says “tree”, at first she thinks that the subject is stupid and boring, but it ends up helping…

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…

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 ,…

is the book SPEAK. This book has touched various topics that showcase the life of a teenager, named Melinda Sordino. She is shown as the main character, as well as the narrator of the novel who was revealed as a rape victim that was traumatized at a senior's summer party. Due to this incident, Melinda has suffered from depression and anxiety. Though, over the course of her freshman year, Melinda had experienced various phases that exemplified her emotional state. The 3 main phases were the Dead…

When Bill Gates went to school he made the school’s scheduling program. He also made the program put a disproportionately large amount of girls in his classes (“Bill Gates”). Bill Gates said he would be a millionaire by age thirty and now he is the richest person in the world. Then Bill Gates was arrested for driving without a license. He then dropped out of college and started Microsoft. Bill Gates had a very intriguing childhood. Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28th,…