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    physical health as well as how he or she feels, thinks, and behaves towards others. In addition, a person who suffers from this disorder may have problems eating, sleeping, working, and getting along with his/her friends. In the book, Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino goes to highschool with no friends and a bad attitude. She has thoughts of suicide and wants to escape her reality. She does so by going into her closet which she refers to as her “second home”. She feels safe in the closet

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    The author Laurie Halse Anderson made the book Speak to show and convey that to let out emotions and feel better about one's self, you have to talk to anoter. Speak tells the story of Melinda Sorindo, a ninth grader at Merryweather High School in Syracuse, New York. August before her freshman year, Melinda and her closest friends attend a party with seniors and beer. At the party, Melinda feels uncomfortable and out of place. She gulps down a couple beers before walking outside for some fresh air

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    Psychologists usually agree that the teenage years are among the most difficult periods in one’s life. Most teens are trying to figure out who they are, what they believe, and how they fit into the world around them. Beginning in the late 1970s, a whole genre of fiction, referred to as coming-of-age literature, emerged and serves, at least fore many teens, as believable presentations of young people learning to navigate the difficulties of their lives, often fraught with feelings of rejection,

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    Speaking is tough for some people who have had a rough past and do not want to deal with anyone. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda goes from being caught in a snare to feeling freedom. At the start of the story, she is extremely afraid and anxious because of what happened at the senior party at the end of summer. Melinda is scared because she has no one to be with on her first day of high school. Everyone blames her for what happened at the party. Nobody knows that she was raped

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    During the book group unit, I read the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The book was very intriguing and kept my interest all the way to the end of it because I was curious to see how the main character, Melinda, handled everything that she went through. While reading the book, we had to complete different roles which helped analyze what was happening in the book. My favorite role to complete was the researcher because it allowed me to look at rape statistics, as well as other cases which have

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    The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson tells the terrible highschool experience of freshman, Melinda Sordino. She describes her feelings as she walks through the hall, people staring at her as though she were some sort of horrid creature, for calling the police at a party over the summer. Melinda Sordino however never told anyone what had really happened to her on that night. She was raped by a classmate, Andy Evans, during the party. Throughout the whole book Melinda refers to Andy Evans as “IT”

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    remain strong between the two people, but if there is no trust then there is a possibility of losing a friend. On the other hand, positive friendships still exist and are the ones to cherish and appreciate the most. The novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson is based on a fourteen year-old girl named Melinda, who was sexually assaulted at a summer party. She called the police for help but since none of her friends knew what occurred, they assumed she called to get them all in trouble. This made

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    In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main protagonist Melinda is faced with many conflicts against society, and against herself. Anderson is able to develop the theme of communication or lack thereof through her use of symbolism, and motifs throughout the novel. There are many themes that occur throughout the novel, however the theme of communication can be prominently seen through the challenges Melinda faces in her everyday to day school life. Melinda’s communication is mostly non verbal

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    The protagonist in the novel, Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson is high schooler Melinda Sordino. In the summer before her freshman year, Melinda is abused by an older student. This traumatizing experience turns her friends away from her and drives her into depression. Melinda enters high school at Merryweather High and struggles to find friends, perform well in classes, and even speak. She becomes the school’s freak. Melinda becomes an extremely powerful character as she muddles through depression

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    Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson, tells about the gruesome epidemic of yellow fever that invaded Philadelphia. This book goes through the life of Matilda Cook, who is also known as Mattie, during this horrible time. Laurie Halse Anderson’s point of the book is to explain the plague that struck Philadelphia centuries ago. Without being extremely factual, Laurie explained yellow fever really well. She showed how the fever affected individual families though the Cook’s experience. The author’s purpose

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