Analysis Of Say What You Will By Amy Van Dorn

The reader immediately thinks of Mark Kinney and so does Susan McConnell. Right after her mom reads to her it a clinical description of psychopaths.

Melinda, the main character of speak was raped at a summer party. She calls the cops and that is where it all started. When Melinda reaches high school she is faced with all her old friends. They all hate her and want nothing to do with her, because of her calling the cops. Throughout the whole book Melinda runs into tough situations that eventually lead to her standing up for herself. Eventually, everyone finds out the truth, of why Melinda calls the cops. Although Melinda learns to stand up for herself, throughout the book she shows signs of depression such as poor performance in school, sadness and hopelessness, and withdrawal of friends and activities.

“paper round, birthday- plus my nan sent me a bit and I was saving up for a computer” Jam is a very kind boy, but wanting more instead of being Laurens best friend. As a reader, you will know that Jam loves Laurens without Lauren even knowing. You also see Lauren’s view on him, which shows us that she doesn’t have a clue that Jam likes her. The author makes Jams a powerful character in the book by making Lauren forget about the small important things going on whiles she thinks about all the big things in her life; Focusing on the small things can help you fix the big things in

The book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, tells the story of high-school freshman, Melinda Sordino. After busting an end-of-summer party, she’s taunted and teased by her peers because she won’t give reason as to why she called the police. She soon slips into depression and starts her freshman year off in “all the wrong ways.” Melinda needed help. Help with confidence. Help with her mentality. Help in general. Throughout the book, very few characters try to help Melinda but one character in particular stands out. Mr. Freeman.

The book “Speak” stated many great themes, but the one that stood out to me the most was the theme of isolation. At the beginning of the book Melinda is outcasted by her peers. A good representation of how she felt is when she says “I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to”. Even at the beginning of the book, isolation is big problem, because not only is Malinda isolated but everyone else is isolated in their own groups. Detachment from society feeds Melinda’s depression to an extent were she can no longer control. Not only is she excluded at school but at home as well. The unfortunate thing is that Melinda can not even speak to her own parents.

Ian, a teenage caucasian boy is the one of the main characters in the novel “Shattered”. Ian has a lanky body type which in others words means he is very tall and skinny. Ian’s family consists of him an only child his two hardworking busy parents and his caring nanny Berta. Ian comes off as shy and vulnerable to many people in the story possibly because of his shyness and physical stature. Ian has many habits he has and obtains during the period of the book. One of his main habits is helping out at the soup kitchen to gain his 40 hours needed for his high school civics class. Ian also gains a habit of learning more about the Rwandan genocide later into the book. Ian can also is very determined at sometimes in the book, that shows when Ian is so determined and inclined research Rwanda that he researches to the point that he gets scared to read more about it. Ian also is very trendy in the book, which is shown when Ian was approached by 3 young males in park at night attempting to steal his shoes which I would believe to be expensive and stylish. Ian has one big challenge in the book which is also related to one of his hopes, the one large hope Ian has is for Sarge to get better and get off the streets but the challenge he faces is sarge in denying that he will go to it or that he even needs it. Another hope Ian has near the end of the book is that his nanny Berta will stay in guatemala to help the street children there. Besides both those fears Ian pushes through and succeeds

Part of human nature is maintaining pleasant and enjoyable relationships with others. Once a person has formed an emotional connection to another, a bond that has formed over a long period of time, the impression of that person is nearly obstinate. Though Arlene Tribbia’s poem, “Sure,” begins with a description of a brother’s misconduct, she ends her piece with a memory that conveys what the character misses about him. The attachment that a person may have regarding others affects his or her emotional perception towards them, and causes him or her to overlook imperfections and disagreeable actions.

Jamal is a black kid from the Bronx, William is an accomplished writer. They let these differences show but find a mutual love for writing through it. Jamal and William come from very different walks of life and have many differences, but when these many differences surface and were able to be compared, William and Jamal actually find similarities and create a strong, trustful relationship. Jamal is the new kid at school and Claire knows the school quite well. This difference surfaces and leads to Claire showing Jamal around the school.

In “Taking the Least of You”, Rebecca Skloot combines medical stories from different people and how they were either positively or negatively affected by allowing researchers to use their bodily samples for research. She discusses the use of consent, ownership, legality, and ethics. In each individual case she discusses. One man named Ted Slavin allowed his blood samples to be used for research to create a Hepatitis B cure. He signed a consent form that gave his blood to research, but he also made sure that he could get legal compensation from the research. However, a man named John Moore was different. He allowed the researchers to use his samples for research, and when he found out they were worth billions of dollars, he tried to get awarded

Melinda Sordino is a typical teenage girl with a not so typical life. Melinda is the main character in the novel “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson. This novel is about a young girl who calls the cops at the summer party thrown before her freshman year. At this party she was raped by Andy Evans, the dreamy boy who is wanted by every girl in school. As school finally begins, Melinda is left friendless and alone. She goes through extreme problems, such as: bullying, self harm, skipping school, failing grades, thoughts of her rape, and the loss of her best friend, Rachel. While she is going through all of theses issues she is assigned an art project that lasts all year. Melinda’s task was to take the word ‘tree’ and sculpt it into something of magic. At first, Melinda is annoyed by the project,

, one can discover how a girl’s actions brought her things that she did not desire. Oates reveals how actions have consequences and one will receive what one deserves. The main characters Connie and Arnold Friend showcase what their consequences were for the actions that they displayed. Connie is a fifteen year old “spoiled daughter

The article “Gimme an A (I Insist!) by Abigail Sullivan Moore is a commentary on grade inflation in high schools. The author discusses how high school averages are on the rise while SAT scores are staying the same. Moore goes into detail about how teachers are giving students better grades in an attempt to spare their feelings. She then covers how this negatively affects our students. The major points that will be covered in this paper are how relevant this article is and how the problem discussed is affecting our students.

In the book Speak, the main character is a girl named Melinda. Her life is being shaped by multiple factors . Two factors that have shaped Melinda is losing heather as a friend and her being depressed.

In the novel Speak, Melinda used to be a straight B student, no behavioral problems and a few absences but, She is a depressed person. Melinda was a good student now her grades get worse every semester and she is getting in more trouble then she usually does. Melinda’s identity in school.

Christopher Boone articulates The Curious Incident, however, this novel isn’t told by an average fifteen-year-old boy; Christopher has Asperger’s syndrome—this isn’t stated in the novel, but we can acquire this knowledge simply by reading Christopher’s words. People with Asperger’s tend to have difficulty with social interactions, and Christopher clearly displays this inability when trying to figure out the emotions on the paper that Siobhan draws for him (1), also when he states, “ I find people confusing” (17). Another aspect of Asperger’s syndrome is a fascination with letters and numbers, this aspect is clear in the labeling of the chapters with prime numbers, his tactic to calm him self down by doing math in his head and finally by his adamant need to take A-level math and eventually physics. Nevertheless, this uniqueness about Christopher creates an unexpected narrative twist on this murder mystery novel.