Stereotypes In Speak By Laurie Halse Anderson

The movie Stand and Deliver (1988) begins with a character driving in an urban neighborhood as an introduction to the setting of the film. The various shots of the setting that are presented between cuts to the streets and to the intrigued face of the protagonist, Jaime Escalante, help provide the viewer context to this neighborhood's economic and cultural background. This movie directed by Ramón Menéndez dramatizes actual events into a movie with the idea of combating stereotypes enforced upon low income Latinos and presenting a success story with the use of different Latino characters with their own unique conflicts. Angel Guzman is a Chicano gang member that holds an inner struggle between following the “easy predetermined path”

In the film “Mean Girls” there were many types of peer relationships expressed. Friendships are described as a reciprocal liking, trust, and loyalty between all participating dyadic parties. An example in the film is the relationship that Damian and Janis hold because they are loyal to each other and the liking is mutual. Peer acceptance is to the degree one is liked by their peers. In the film Aaron Samuels is very much liked by his peers. Perceived popular is a child that is considered popular based on their peers’ perceptions. Regina George is a prime example of teenage girl perceived as popular. When students described Regina George in the film these type of comments were made, “Regina George is flawless”, “One time she punched me in the faced. It was awesome.”, and “she always looks fierce.” Cliques are polyadic social groups that are voluntary. A main clique in the movie is “The Plastics” which consists of Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and Karen Smith. These forms of peer relationships are a lot more complex than just a group of friends, these relationships of dynamic in early adolescence.

A clip from Mean Girls that showed each of the social groups, or cliques, in their high school. These groups were described as; “freshmen, ROTC guys, preps, J.V. jocks, Asian nerds, cool Asians, Varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don 't eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band geeks, the greatest people you will ever meet, and the worst... Beware of Plastics.” (filmsite.org) The lack of intersectionality is quite disturbing in this film when the students described as the “desperate wannabes” were shown in the lunchroom. One was a little

In a powerful experiment we were able to see through the eyes of a kindergarten children prejudice dynamics. In a famous experience by Jane Elliot she separated her class between blue-eyed and brown-eyed students. Professor Elliot had separated her students by making one eye group inferior to the other making them have certain benefits and better treatment than the other group of students. Eventually, the students were switched the following day. This experiment have showed this group of kindergarten students how colors and discrimination affected the minority population. After this successful experiment with the kindergarten student’s professor Jane Elliot had done many other experiments using adults using the a similar technique blue-eyed

“It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache,” (Anderson 3). These are Melinda Sordino's first thoughts as she enters her first year of high school. Melinda dreads having to be around so many people and is shunned by other students for calling the police at a summer party. She falls into depression and decides to stay silent about what happened. As the school year goes on, Melinda knows that she will have to face her biggest fear: to speak. Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak, uses numerous archetypes and allusions to put a powerful impact on readers. These archetypes and allusions make Melinda’s struggles relatable to real life problems and situations and reflect universal

Language is a method in which individuals communicate in order to get their opinion across to the listening party. Language is the tool which ideas can be conveyed in various ways. Typically, language is referred to verbal communication, however, it ranges to all methods of communication i.e. sign language.

Throughout her writing, Jody Heymann establishes certain patterns including appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos. She establishes ethos by referring to “our government". This indicates that even though she is being critical, she is doing it on behalf of the audience. Then immediately in the next paragraph, she provides information that establishes her as an expert. She says she has “collected data" and has worked in projects associated with two prestigious universities. Without question, her voice is an informed one. Perhaps Heymann’s strongest appeal to logos is when she frames her viewpoint not as a women’s rights issue but as an economic one. She develops her argument for several paragraphs with facts and figures, especially from the data

Melinda Sordino is a fourteen year old high school freshman from Syracuse, New York .Mel is the narrator and protagonist of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Who tells her story in first person perspective, where she explains the struggles she had starting school after being sexually assaulted over summer vacation. Causing depression, which lead to Mel losing a close friend. After reading the novel, I concluded that Melinda is shy, isolated and misunderstood. . As the plot progressed Mel started to trust her teachers, she also started expressing herself.

In this particular film, students are also treated in a like manner of those in The Breakfast Club. Social stereotypes are also present which hinders adolescents’ social development. This gives individuals a closed mind about the possibilities of other human beings. In Mean Girls, this issue is especially prominent in the scene in which the popular girls, otherwise known as ‘The Plastics’, reveal to their new friend about a burn book they have. This book categorizes every person in school and sheds negative light about each and every one of them. Doing so, causes an uproar in the school. Therefore causing students to lash out at one another. Eventually, these students also see a corrupted social system and attempt to end such a horrendous

We all have to face the positives and the negatives in life, what you make of it will shape you to who you are meant to be. In the book Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino, the protagonist of the book, is a 14 year old girl who gets severely depressed and loses the ability to “speak” after she got sexually harassed at a party. Melinda is also an outcast in her school because of people’s misunderstanding of her, but many of her great qualities made her survive through all the pain. Melinda has a strong sense of self-awareness, as she is aware of what happened to her has changed her. Secondly, her courage has helped her stand out, and fight for herself. Lastly, her inner strength has made her strong as she slowly overcomes

Courage When someone goes through something really tough it can be really hard to be courageous again, but if they want to feel stronger, little acts of courage go a long way. The book Speak is by Laurie Halse Anderson and focuses on a girl that went through something horrible. She had to be courageous and finally stood up for herself. Everyone in the school hated her and gave her looks, but she didn’t give up, even though it got very hard. Courage is needed for different reasons and different people, sometimes it can be talking to someone, going somewhere, or standing up for yourself.

Sometimes, problems can just stare at the one who’s having them. Given all of the possible solutions, the problems will stare hard until it hurts, maybe even to the point where one could become a totally different person. In the novel Speak, author Laurie Halse Anderson gives a quick snap into this crucial reality by moving into main character Melinda’s perspective. Anderson uses an inanimate object as a way to represent problems that just won’t look away.

Hook Background-TITLE, Author In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Anderson talks about a girl named Melinda and all those around her. Anderson constantly underlines areas where the characters in the book disregard events happening in the environment around them. Thesis

In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda is attacked at an end-of-summer-party, which sends her into a state of numbness. We explore the three elements of |Melinda’s basic traits and how they change throughout the novel. Her traits change drastically as the novel progresses. Melinda Sordino is revealed as depressed, hopeless, and brave.

When I was only a little girl, I had been told that true beauty came from within. Yet as I grew up, I noticed that looks mattered. From their attractiveness, race, age, or gender, anyone’s image was always up for scrutiny. Under those circumstances, I grew up thinking that if people were to judge me based on my appearance, that I should judge them the same way. Though, as I became older, I at some point learned that how a person looked wasn’t always in their range of control. A person simply isn’t born with the choice of picking what they look like, nor are they born with the choice of having a genetic disorder or disease. In that case, I believe that nobody should be defined purely based on what they look like.