Hairwoman-Ivy-Ivy Character Analysis

Russell writes about the girls getting human names and this concludes stage one. The nuns approach the pack to give them human names. Jeanette, the oldest sister, “howled something awful and inarticulable, a distillate of hurt and panic” (Russell 228). All the other girls in the, “pack ran in a loose, uncertain circle” (Russell 228). The girls were torn between two powerful things; fear and friendship (Russell 228).

Ivy: Another one of Melinda’s friends who stops talking to her for a while. They reconnect with each other through art and their distaste of Andy

Tess woke up in the middle of the night with Ivy not there.Tess walked down the spiral staircase and saw a sliver of light coming from Ivy’s office. Tess walked in and saw pictures of the men that were killed and a picture of her father, the one that died before she could meet him.Ivy explained why she had the pictures of these men hanging in her office and Tess was astonished. “I left you there, and it broke me. It shattered me, and I didn't know how to go back.” Family will always do what's best for

Melinda's english teacher has crazy hair, so crazy the students call her “hairwoman” (20). However towards the end of the story hair woman gets a sleek new hairdo and Melinda hopes it's a sign that she is starting a new life.

to lose her grip on her past. Ivy Rowe, in Lee Smith's Fair and Tender

She steals book bag and leaves. She runs away to a university. Alice asks a girl for a ride to get close to where the computer lab would be. When Alice final makes to the computer lab she realizes she needs a student ID but doesn’t have one. Luckliy a group of boys are walking down hall. When they finally reach her she asks if they could open the door for her since she “forgot to get hers”. She notices that one of the boys was familiar. Paul who use to go to her school, they had a short conversation but he didn’t recognize her.

Melinda and her friends decorated their rooms to show who they were, Melinda stole a little bit from everyone else. The only part that is really her is a stuffed rabbit collection from when she was younger. You can see that Melinda doesn't know who she is. "My stuffed rabbits crawl out of their burrows,noses awiggling, pink bunny, purple bunny, a gingham bunny from my grandma, all excited to have company"(177). She obviously doesn't usually get company because her stuffed rabbits are excited to see Heather,even after she dumped Melinda. Melinda is lonely and this just adds to her feelings of helplessness.

She then takes one of Ivy’s markers and writes: “Guys to Stay Away

“Rome, Paris, London. Maybe I could stay for more than a semester and not come back until graduation.” Reality is Grace Collier is just a highschool girl that wanted to have a fun night with her friends at a party drinking. This party consisted of her four main friends and others but in particular, Zac being god’s gift to laurel Point and Grace’s ex boyfriend from just a couple days of dating. Miranda was one of Grace’s best friend but she liked Zac. Lindsey was also Grace’s best friend. Finally Ian was Zac’s best friend and teammate on the lacrosse team.

In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino starts her freshman year of high school with a secret. At an end of summer party Melinda and her friends went to she ended up calling the cops, so now her old friends won’t talk to her, and people she doesn't know hate her from a distance. Melinda’s only friend is a new student, Heather who ends up trying to gain

Melinda builds up enough courage to go and talk to Rachel about what happened to her over the summer. Although, Rachel neglects to believe Melinda and ignores her Melinda finds ultimate acceptance with the incident knowing she's done all she can to help. Finally, as freshman year comes to an end Melinda is forced to confront Andy who will be graduating soon in her self-place known as the janitor's closet. Melinda thankfully defends herself and no longer fears

“Well, well, well” Brianna says. “What do we have here girls? Little Sally Walker, walking down the halls. She didn’t know what to do...which makes this a lot more fun” she exclaims with an evil grin. If I mentioned to any of these girls that my name is not Sally Walker, that would just lead to further trouble. Despite this, I’m jealous of the creativity these girls possess.

Ivy really believes that she found the love of her live and that the fact that he is her cousin is not important in the grand scheme of things. When Barbara and Karen ask her about her relationship with Little Charles and they recall that he is their first cousin, she just tell

On Rosaleen and Lily’s adventure they found a house, it is a honey farm. Living there are three women August, May, and June. Lily hid the fact that her mother was dead but deep down inside she knew these women knew her mother. The three women were very suspicious about Lily but they kept that to

Meet Melinda, She's is attending her first day of 9th grade at Merryweather High, And it did not go so well. All her old friends don't talk to her. Other students laugh at her. Rachel says she hates her. Melinda really wants to tell everything to Rachel, but she can’t speak. Melinda calls her English teacher Hairwoman, because she hides behind all her hair. Melinda's doesn’t like her Social Studies teacher, she calls him Mr. Neck. Lunch went pretty bad. She didn't have anybody to sit with because all her old friends are mad at her for what she did, then a guy hits Melinda with food and then she ran out of the lunchroom. Mr. Neck makes Melinda stop, and expects an answer but since she can't speak,she gets in trouble. After that, she had Art