One of these authors is Laurie Halse Anderson, who wrote the famous book, Speak. ... Laurie Halse Anderson had multiple people that influenced her life, and the main two were her father, Ronald Frank, and her second grade teacher. ... Laurie Halse Anderson's idea for the book Speak came from her nightmares and her issue with girls who won't, or can't speak up for themselves. ... Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak pinpoints a very serious view about people who don't speak up when they should and about how they try to deal with their silent pain. ... Laurie Halse Anderson is ...

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In the novel Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson introduces the tale of Melinda Sordino launching her freshman year of high school concealing a dreadful secret. ... Laurie Halse Anderson uses the motifs of mouth, lips, and trees to develop Melinda's character throughout the novel. ... Many times in the novel, Melinda chose not to speak up for herself and let people mess around with her feelings. ... " and yet again Melinda still refuses to speak up. Although there were several moments when Melinda didn't speak up, she finally did at the end of the novel. ...

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Friends heal each other, and this is demonstrated in the novel "Speak," by Laurie Halse Anderson. ... When David speaks out against Mr. ... David Petrakis is my hero " (Halse Anderson 68). ... If the suffragettes did that, women wouldn't be able to vote yet"" (Halse Anderson 159). ... Luckily for Melinda, her situation ends on a good note when, with the help of David and other friends, she finally finds her voice again and speaks up: "I said no"" (Halse Anderson 195)....

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The novel Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson paints a vivid image on gender roles; in today's society. ... In the novel Speak characters play a critical role in helping the reader see the gender roles in the book. ... Laurie Anderson uses trees throughout the entire novel to help represent the protagonist. ... Laurie Anderson does an excellent job at using symbols which allows the reader to greater understand Melinda's pain. ... The critical lense that was chosen for the novel Speak was the Feminist Theory. ...

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Character Analysis The book Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a young girl named Melinda who throughout the book is tormented by other students because, over the summer, she called the police at a party. ...

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Character Analysis The book Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a young girl named Melinda who throughout the book is tormented by other students because, over the summer, she called the police at a party. ...

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For we all have a voice, so every human can speak. ... (Pg. ) Melinda doesn't want anything to do with society, and shows us this because of her outward action of not speaking to anyone. ... He's a senior at Melinda's high school, and Melinda hasn't been able to speak clearly since he raped her at the senior party last August. ... Melinda finally takes control, and starts to speak. ... After reading "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson it will be hard for any teen to look at the class scapegoat again without a measure of compassion and understanding for that person--w...

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In this journal, trauma will be portrayed in the main character of "Speak" (2004), Melinda, starred by Kristen Stewart. The movie is based on the young adult novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. ... She rarely speaks to anyone in her school because Melinda has chosen not to speak. ... They may act and speak differently. ... Just like in the end of Speak, Melinda finally finds the strength to tell her mother the truth about what happened at the party. ...

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Speak is a story of a ninth-grader named Melinda Sordino, a rape victim. Throughout the novel, Melinda is in her own world of despair and physically cannot speak to others about her rape. ... In Speak, Anderson's use of rhetorical devices like allusions, symbolism, and metaphors and similes helps to create the texts depressed tone that later change to hopeful. ... The official mascot was not chosen until after the students speak up and petition, which states how the school has "suffered from this year's lack of identity" (141). ... Melinda changes from quiet and invisible t...

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• Grade Level: High School