...Summer Reading Assignment- Speak Part I-Précis Laurie Anderson's Speak is a realistic fiction novel set in Syracuse, New York during modern day. The protagonist and main character is Melinda Sordino, while the antagonist is a senior named Andy Evans. The main conflict occurs because Melinda doesn't tell anyone she has been raped, forcing herself to become isolated and treated like an outcast by everyone else. Thus, Melinda begins high school with no friends after calling the cops at the summer party where Andy Evans abused her. She struggles through the school year and finally becomes motivated enough to tell everyone the truth when Andy tries to attack her again. With a newfound strength, Melinda is able to stop him and begins to confide in her art teacher, Mr. Freeman. Laurie Anderson's novel explores the importance of communication and being able to speak out, no matter how difficult. Part II-Essay Questions 1. What do the different tree versions Melinda creates throughout the story symbolize? What allows her final tree to finally become the one she has envisioned? 2. Discuss...
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...In Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Melinda Sordino, is struggling with depression. She attends a party with her friends and upperclassmen before the start of freshman year. Melinda, wrapped in the thrill of her first party, drinks three beers and is asked by Andy Evans for a dance. She agreed, flattered that a senior would ask her for such a thing. However, he abuses Melinda’s intoxicated state and aggressively rapes her. Terrified and confused, she quickly calls the cops, though finds herself unable to speak. The other kids realize she’s calling the police, who arrest several of the partiers once they arrive. Abandoned by all her friends, Melinda starts school with the bad reputation of a “tattler”. Anderson uses symbolism...
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...interferes. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak, protagonist Melinda Sordino’s friendships oppose the above. Melinda’s friendship with Heather is one-sided. Heather constantly forces Melinda to do things that would benefit her. For example, she makes her draw posters for the school and do Martha tasks like setting up the teacher’s office. Their friendship is also complete with betrayal as Heather is ignorant to Melinda’s personal life when she is leaving her. She does not even acknowledge Melinda as a friend and criticizes her for not being a good friend, even though Melinda was her first friend. All of Melinda’s friendships do not have one attribute; understanding. Melinda’s friends do not care to...
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...Melinda: A PTSD Life “The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma”(Judith Lewis Herman). Laurie Halse Anderson wrote Speak as a way to symbolize the trauma that a person goes through after a tragic accident. Not only did she just write about it, Anderson’s father was a veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Anderson writes about Melinda’s ptsd as evidenced by her display of the three classic symptoms: flashbacks, hyperarousal, and emotional numbness. Melinda's flashbacks are apparent throughout the book. Many times she delves into the recesses of her mind to relive the event that scarred her. An example of this is when she cannot...
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...“The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people” (Bonaparte). When people go through something very traumatic in their lives, they often do not know how to handle it. Sometimes people distance themselves away from others. Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak is about a teenaager, Melinda, who calls the cops on a party the summer before her freshman year of high school. Everyone at school hates her for this but they do not know what really happened at that party. Throughout the book, the more she speaks out about what happened at the party the more she copes with her traumatic incident. Melinda speaking out represents her overcoming her traumatic incident. Melinda is incapable of...
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...Novels such as Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why encourage readers to think critically about the world and its complexities. Both of these novels are on National Public Radio's list of top 100 best-ever teen novels; they have both held spots on the New York Times Bestseller list; both have been put on required reading lists for secondary classrooms; and, because both novels deal with social problems relevant to young readers, they may be an effective way to teach social justice. While these two novels are neither magical nor fantastical as advocated by the opponents of social realism, they do highlight realistic and gritty portrayals of life and its complexities. Speak shows a young survivor making choices...
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...GLOBALIZATION THE ESSENTIALS GEORGE RITZER A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication Globalization Globalization A Basic Text George Ritzer This balanced introduction draws on academic and popular sources to examine the major issues and events in the history of globalization. Globalization: A Basic Text is a substantial introductory textbook, designed to work either on its own or alongside Readings in Globalization. The books are cross-referenced and are both structured around the core concepts of globalization. 2009 • 608 pages • 978-1-4051-3271-8 • paperback www.wiley.com/go/globalization Readings in Globalization Key Readings and Major Debates Edited by George Ritzer and Zeynep Atalay This unique and engaging anthology introduces students to the major concepts of globalization within the context of the key debates and disputes. Readings in Globalization illustrates that major debates in the field are not only useful to examine for their own merit but can extend our knowledge of globalization. The volume explores both the political economy of globalization and the relationship of culture to globalization. The volume is designed so it may be used independently, or alongside George Ritzer’s Globalization: A Basic Text for a complete student resource. 2010 • 560 pages • 978-1-4051-3273-2 • paperback Order together and save! Quote ISBN 978-1-4443-2371-9 GLOBALIZATION THE ESSENTIALS GEORGE RITZER A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication This edition first...
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