Laurie Metcalf

Holmes initially graced the artistic stage, just a couple of them have emerged. Such is the situation with any well-known and oft-reproduced character or story: adjustments proliferate, however just a chosen few are exceptional. One such adjustment is Laurie R. Ruler 's The Beekeeper 's Apprentice. Initially distributed in 1994, the story has more than presevered in the course of recent decades, that prevalence coming full circle in and as of late discharged twentieth commemoration version distributed

change when one loses their innocence. The loss of innocence can feel as though one has fallen into a black hole and can never escape, darkness, voicelessness, LONELINESS. In Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”, Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time”, and Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Speak”, the authors use main and supporting characters to show a loss of innocence at a young age. In “The Joy Luck Club” loss of innocence is expressed through the old woman from the fourth parable, “Queen Mother of the Western

Forge is the second novel in the Seeds of America Trilogy, a historical novel series by Laurie Halse Anderson. Geared towards middle-grade readers, the trilogy focuses on the story of Isabel, a 13-year-old African-American slave as she fights for her freedom and that of her younger sister as the events of the American Revolution rage around them. Praised for its historical accuracy and exploring themes of family, race relations in colonial America, and the intersection of major historical events

I think one of the main themes of Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is injustice. Ruth and her sister experience tons of unjust situations. Isabel is forced to grow up fast and be a mother to Ruth in order to fulfill her promise to her mother. Since she had to take care of her sister right after her mother's death, she was left with no time to grieve the loss of yet another parent. She did this because she was to be a strong example for Ruth. Throughout the book you could really see Isabel grow as

During the times times of when the founding fathers lived, the slaves they brought in suffered from the chains on their hands and being dragged by their owners. In the book, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Isabel, is one of those slaves. She was taken away from her home and was sold with her family when she was only 1 year old. Curzon is a slave who fights for the patriots in order to gain his freedom. Isabel and Curzon are bound by their chains from their lives. Even as their

There are times in your life where you feel insecure, either you feel lonely or betrayed. The times when you feel insecure you feel down or like the world’s going to end because you’re not the form of “perfect”. In this generation, they’re people who seem to have a perfect life, perfect everything. But when you feel insecure, they are ups and downs and hurdles over the insecurity. There are times when I do feel insecure but then when I think about how life precious is, how people commit suicide over

In Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson utilizes mirrors to provide the readers with insight into the mind of the protagonist, Melinda Sordino, an isolated and lonely high school freshmen with the weight of what happened to her at a party over the summer break. Prior to the party, Melinda was not extremely popular, but she had a core group of friends. Her assault changed all of that. According to a report in the late 1990’s, “the number of incidents of date rape has slowly declined. In the 1990s, the

something bad happened the night of the party. She feels that if she isolates herself from everybody thing will get better but the only way things can truly get better is if she speaks the truth. Melinda is the main character of the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Speak was a National Book Award Finalist, is a 2000 Printz Honor, and an Edgar Allen Poe Award Finalist. After reading this book I can completely understand why. Her writing was genius it was as if she understood what high school is

In seventh grade, I saw the book Speak by Laurie Anderson on my desk, and I began reading it. I didn’t get far, but it was good–the heart wrenching, crying kind. The next year, when we were required to read it, we read some in class. Our teacher read most of the parts we did in class, and one could tell that this book was very special to her. Speak is about a girl, Melinda, who was raped at a party the summer before high school. Melinda was raped by a senior who had a history of sexually assaulting

Lisnell Nunez Ms. Hirsch English 5/6/2018 Communication 101 The life of a teenage girl is already difficult enough but Melinda’s past makes it even harder. The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a realistic fiction novel. It expresses the themes of isolation, depression, and the importance of communication after traumatic events. The main characters of the book are Melinda, who narrates the book, Andy, Rachel, Ivy, Nicole, and David. Speak takes place at Merryweather High School in Syracuse