Symbolism is used throughout the book but not many examples of it arise. One of the biggest symbols in Speak, is the tree project presented to Melinda in art class. Melinda is given the word “tree” in the beginning of her high school year, and she must paint, carve, draw, sculpt, or do anything to turn a simple tree into art. In the beginning of the year, she thinks that this will be a very easy assignment since she had learned to draw a tree in 2nd grade. She realizes through the year that she cannot put emotion into this assignment to make the tree into art.
Rishabh 10/9/11 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Let the Sandwich Out Enduring the Pain and suffering the truth is something Melinda did every single day when she went to school. At the end of a summer she and her friends went to Rachel’s party, where Melinda was raped by a senior, Andy Evans. Dazed and drunk, she called the police for help and when they arrive they founded a teen party with illegal alcohol drinking, but Melinda left when they arrived. Everyone was mad at her, including her group of good friends from middle school. Melinda has told no one, not even her parents that she was raped.
Lairds tone seems to change from the beginning to the end of the story.at first she lets us know that she loved her online class. But now her tone breaches the point right before insanity! Now she could run and jump off a bridge rather than teach her online class. The relief she gets from her classroom setting is far from what the students online give her. In the beginning of the article laird starts out by saying “The honey moon is over.” Laird is trying to paint a portrait that she used to love to be an online teacher.
The Crucible is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 where God and hard work consumes the people. At the beginning of the play, Reverend Parris is lying next to the bed of his ten year old daughter Betty who is unmoving and unresponsive. Hysteria is running through Salem because of the rumor that Betty is bewitched and she and several other girls where dancing in the forest with Parris’s slave Tituba. Solely afraid of losing his job, Parris questions Abigail. Even though Abigail denies that she and the girls participate in witchcraft, Parris does not believe her because Abigail has been out of work since Elizabeth Proctor abruptly fired her.
In the office after the ‘burn book’ was spread across the school Cady denied she had taken any part in it, But after all the denying and lying everyone saw her for the backstabber she is and Janice saw us way before everyone. After Cady ditched Janice and Damian for the millionth time Janice cracked and said “Oh! At least me and Regina George know we’re mean! You try to act like you innocent like “I used to live in Africa with all the little birdies and the little monkeys” ”. After denying everything and becoming the most hated person in the school she realised “Calling somebody else fat won’t make me any skinner.
The story opens with the experienced mother placing the responsibility of their annual garden party on the shoulders of her daughter stating “I’m determined to leave everything to you children this year”(Mansfield 2347). Although the mother explicitly gave this responsibility to Laura she reserves the notion that her years of experience are of better use than her daughter’s. In the incident of the canna lilies, Mrs. Sheridan takes matters into her own hands, ordering the flowers even though she “didn’t mean to interfere” (Mansfield 2349). Laura in fact does not believe herself capable of finding a place for the simple marquee, in which she must turn to the lowly workmen for advice. Displaying her naiveté, she thinks to herself that they were “extraordinarily nice workmen”(Mansfield 2348), but due to her innocence she cannot comprehend that the lower class workers could never be her friends.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson has the potential to shape a reader, this is because it tells the story of a girl named Melinda who cant speak up about the horrible thing that happened to her. This lack of communication leads to a break down of her relationships and it is only because of the attention of a great teacher that she began to heal. Melinda is greatly affected by what happened that unforgettable night at the end of the summer before her freshman year. When enters the 9th grade she has no one to talk to because all of her old friends now hate her. At this point people already start to bad for Melinda.
Maycomb, 10 March- A nine year old girl and her 13 year old brother, cheated death after they were attacked in a wood near here yesterday.The incident caused Jeremy Atticus finch or better known as Jem among his family and friends to suffer for the rest of his life. He had a few injuries and a broken arm. According to the victim, which is also the younger sister of Jem- Jean Louis Finch aka Scout, she and her brother were on their way back from the town’s hall after attending the Halloween pageant show. They did not suspect anything as they use that road every single day as it was the short cut to their house. Suddenly, a man came out of nowhere grabbed her.
Speak now or forever hold your peace! In Speak by lauren halse anderson the main character melinda was raped. She called the police and everyone found out that she called the police. the start of her freshman year is a disaster because everyone hates her because of her calling the cops and ruining the party. Melinda has a problem with communicating and telling why she really called the cops .
Sarah’s mother, Anna, withdraws from the family after the loss of her daughter and moves to California to work in a winery. We also hear that she has had an affair with a mystery man. Although Ann did not want any children, Mr. Stevenson and she lived a happy life together. Sarah’s sister, Sonia, who is about two years younger than Sarah, fears that the kids at school will always define her by Sarah’s death, but she is still determined to find her sister’s killer. Seth, the youngest member of the family is struggling to understand the meaning of death.