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    Melinda Sordino is raped weeks before her freshman year, but nobody knows. Coming from a struggling family and friends that ignore her, Melinda has no one to tell. As her grades fall and her self esteem with it, she must choose to speak up against her rapist when he tries to take advantage of her again. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak, the uses of the author’s life, the events that show the time period, and the philosophy of speaking up all contribute to why she wrote the novel. Laurie Halse Anderson

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    In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the message the author is trying to portray is that speaking and conveying your emotions is vital to expressing feelings.Talking to someone releases a sense of relief for now somebody else knows and that specific information is not as powerful to only the protagonist. Opening up to someone releases how the protagonist feels, which is vital because then that someone will help Melinda get past the event that occurred. If Melinda doesn’t speak up and convey

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    faces on them, divided themselves among teams, the whole nine yards. I feel as if fans didn't even care about actual film elements because they were blinded by Lautner, Jacob, shirtless scenes and Pattinson, Edward, romantic obsession with Kirsten Stewart, Bella. Does your partner harass you? Does your partner control all your moves? Are you fearful of your partner? All these questions are at play in between Bella and Edward. Many will say this is just the dynamic between the two, but if that is how

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    She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. “Good night! Behave yourself, boy!” she said, looking out into the street as he went down the steps. Before he left completely, he looked at Mrs. Jones one last time before running off. It was late at night, he decided to go back “home” to rest, which was just behind the dumpster. Roger had a family once, they were very rude and abusive to him. He lived like that for at least 5 years, and at the age of 13, he ran away from them.

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    I have been accused of murdering the sheriff’s daughter named Tiara M. Parks she was 23. They said they found me with the gun in my hand but a man was running and shoved it into my stomach, the gun felt hot burnt me a little bit so he must have been recent...so i ran the direction the incident had happened i didnt know yet but what i saw was horrible...her mouth open and a hole in her head..eyes rolled back sinking in...just thinking about gives me colds chills. I looked around and yelled for help

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    “Ray!” Danielle yelled, chasing after her tiger, “Calm down! The Grand Sorceress will be here any minute!” Ray skid to a stop, nearly crushing some flowers. “The Grand Sorceress? She’s coming today! Oh I must make my golden fur coat look as dashing as possible! Danielle, help me! I don’t have arms or magic! I can’t do it myself!” Danielle stood there with a look of annoyance on her face. “You've got it all dirty running around. Now, I have to use my magic, as the Grand Sorceress’ former apprentice

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    On 12/8/17, at approximately 2330 hours, I was dispatched to 1703 Southwest Rd, Sanford, Seminole County in reference to attempted burglary and criminal mischief. Upon arrival I spoke with Algerine Miller (b/f victim), who stated that someone attempted to break inside of her home through the front door. Algerine reported that she was relaxing in her room on her phone, when she heard a loud noise outside of home. Algerine reported that she cut off her light in her room so that she can see out of

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    Personal Narrative-Home

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    Out the window and down the fire escape, twenty floors was nothing at this point, and considering police would have to get here and go all the way up to the top, I was in the clear. As I slide down the ladder to the ground, I heard the sirens pulling up in the front, perfect timing, I walked out the alley, taking off my hoodie and slowly joining the crowd forming behind the cop cars. “The best place to hide is in plain sight,” something grandpa told me that I'll never forget, though considering I

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    After driving for an hour I arrive in Kokomo which seems remotely similar to but larger than my hometown in Lebanon, Indiana. I drive by farmland and a few mansions into some small suburbs. The area seems safe and I drive by multiple cornfields to arrive at the hospital where I will be shadowing the number one ER Doctor of the year who has twenty-five years of experience and is the Chief Medical Officer for the hospital, Dr. David Williams. But as what is common in life, looks are deceiving and Kokomo

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    Prologue Knots tied deep inside Trevor’s empty stomach as firm knuckles met the front door. The knock was all too familiar. Michelle stared at him with bulging eyes—the same look she’d worn whenever someone came to the door during the past eight weeks. Life had been nothing short of hell. Being closest to the window, he glanced over his shoulder through the white blinds and saw two formally dressed men on the porch. A strong sense of dread threatened to overwhelm every part of his body. His eyes

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