Archetype In Laurie Anderson's Speak

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The book Speak by Laurie Anderson is about how Melinda Sordino--- an “outcast” girl overcome the trouble in her life, her growth in mind and how she learned to speak up for herself. When Melinda started her frist day pf highschool, she suffered from peer presure: her best friend left her, everyone hares her because she broke the party last year by calling the police, MElinda knew that no one knows the truth but she is go afride to speak the truth. Laurie Anderson used the sllusion of Rudolph the red-nosed raindear. In the story of rudolph, the red-nosed reindear is considered an”outcast” in the group of reindeers, Melinda feel like this reindeer, theye did nothing wronge, but the pressure they recive is runing their life. Anderson used the story of Rudolph to show how Melinda fell right now, and because the majority knows the story of Rudolph, they can understand Melinda’s feeling easier. …show more content…

Tree itself is already a very commonly used symbol in many places, it symbolize sheltering, evocative of enternity, rooted in earth and reaching up to the sky and many more. In this book however, it focoused on the growing of the tree, we all know that it takes a lot of time for a tree to grow, likewise, it took a long time for melinda to speak up and face the truth. Moreover, this drawing of the tree is representing the mind growth ofMelinda, for inctense, the drawing was poorly done at the beggining, Melinda’s presure and her life is weighting her down, as the drawing gets better throghout the school year, Melinda’s strength and mind set is getting better too. If the tree ment sheltering, then Melinda sure developed a very nice shelter for herself in the

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