"For a solid week, ever since the pep rally, I've been painting watercolors of trees that have been hit by lightning. I try to paint them so they are nearly dead, but not totally .. One picture is so dark you can barley see the tree at all." page-30.
She's saying that, basically she is drawing what she feels(in my opinion). She's almost completely depressed, but not completely.
I chose this quote, because I like that she can express herself in drawing. Not many people can do that.
I think, that hopefully she ends up getting happy and forget about everything, and start drawing happier things(:
Sunday, November 20, 2011
PSEUDO-friend.
"I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel and look so stupid." page-22.
What just happened, is that she realized that she has no one to talk to. All she wants is someone to make her feel like if she has a friend. Not a best friend, but SOMEONE.
I chose this quote because, I think this is what everybody would feel if they didn't have any close friends. They would just want someone to have as an accessory.
What I think would happen after is, HOPEFULLY she'll find a friend just to have, AND also a best friend <3
What just happened, is that she realized that she has no one to talk to. All she wants is someone to make her feel like if she has a friend. Not a best friend, but SOMEONE.
I chose this quote because, I think this is what everybody would feel if they didn't have any close friends. They would just want someone to have as an accessory.
What I think would happen after is, HOPEFULLY she'll find a friend just to have, AND also a best friend <3
wrong EVERYTHING.
"I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with." -page: 4.
Melinda, has just started high school. She has no one to talk to because of something she did. She feels as if she has entered high school with the wrong everything, because of what she wore and how she acted.
I chose this quote, because I think this is how everybody feels when they first enter high school. It's just self esteem. But then again, after what she did, I would feel the same either way.
I think what will happen is, that hopefully she finds new friends, and someone to sit with. And that whatever she feels will go away.
Melinda, has just started high school. She has no one to talk to because of something she did. She feels as if she has entered high school with the wrong everything, because of what she wore and how she acted.
I chose this quote, because I think this is how everybody feels when they first enter high school. It's just self esteem. But then again, after what she did, I would feel the same either way.
I think what will happen is, that hopefully she finds new friends, and someone to sit with. And that whatever she feels will go away.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
THEME.
A theme for Speak would be:
SPEAK UP, ecause if you keep it in, it can really hurt you and destroy you on the inside.
Examples:
"You dont understand, my headvoice answers. Too bad she cant hear it. My throat squeezes shut, as if two hands of black fingernails are clamped on my windpipe. I have worked so hard to forget every second of that stupid party, and here I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can't tell them what really happened. I can't even look at that part myself."
-This is the part where somebody finally confronts her about what she did at the party and what it caused.
"Oh my God, I am so sorry, she writes. Why didn't you tell me?
I couldn't tell anybody."
-This is the part where she finally tells Rachelle what happened at the party. And still after she told her who it was, she still didnt believe her.
SPEAK UP, ecause if you keep it in, it can really hurt you and destroy you on the inside.
Examples:
"You dont understand, my headvoice answers. Too bad she cant hear it. My throat squeezes shut, as if two hands of black fingernails are clamped on my windpipe. I have worked so hard to forget every second of that stupid party, and here I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can't tell them what really happened. I can't even look at that part myself."
-This is the part where somebody finally confronts her about what she did at the party and what it caused.
"Oh my God, I am so sorry, she writes. Why didn't you tell me?
I couldn't tell anybody."
-This is the part where she finally tells Rachelle what happened at the party. And still after she told her who it was, she still didnt believe her.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Outcast.
The book Speak probably connects to the show Awkward. Probably because they are both outcasts. They cant really tell people what they feel because they dont have close enough friends. Both Melinda and the charcater in the show have to express what they feel in a diary. Everytime they pass through a hallway, people just stare, because in both situations, nobody talks to them because of what they HEARD from OTHER people.
OUTCAST^^^^^^
OUTCAST^^^^^^
Monday, October 31, 2011
ANGER.
"IT's face suddemly pops up in my mind. All the nager whistles out of me like I'm a popped balloon."
I chose this quote because/I think she said this because, I think at that party that everyone doesnt like her for, i think she got raped there. And that she just saw his face in her mind and just got really mad. I chose it because I think it is a very important port in the story.
What just happened was she saw some guys face, and im guessing it was the guy who raped her. She was already frustrated, so the face didnt make it any better.
What I think will happen after is that she will just forget about it, and just move on? I really don't know, because i have not read that far into the book.
frustrated girl ^^^
frustrated girl ^^^
Speak.
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
In this story, if I could be anybody in the story, I would like to be Heather because she is so nice. I would like to know why she hangs out with Melinda when nobody else does. Heather is so sweet, she doesnt see the bad side in Melinda. She has such a good spirit. I would love to feel that if nobody can jdge me. NOBODY, likes Melinda and Heather doesnt care if nobody likes her, she just wants to be nice and have friends.
by Laurie Halse Anderson
In this story, if I could be anybody in the story, I would like to be Heather because she is so nice. I would like to know why she hangs out with Melinda when nobody else does. Heather is so sweet, she doesnt see the bad side in Melinda. She has such a good spirit. I would love to feel that if nobody can jdge me. NOBODY, likes Melinda and Heather doesnt care if nobody likes her, she just wants to be nice and have friends.
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