Speak Case Study Graphic Organizer Thesis: After wide-ranging research, evidence theorizes that Melinda Sordino in the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson may be suffering from Major Depression revealed by the following symptoms: feeling of worthlessness and fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day. Body Paragraph #1 T One symptom that people dealing with major depression could be, is one feeling worthless. A According to the an online article expressing depression. Lisa Klewicki writes, Quote from Research “The causes of depressive experiences can be triggered by minor life events or more major ones (Klewicki). E This implies how any type of event can generate symptoms of depression. Unfortunately, Melinda in the story …show more content…
A According to the DSM 5 book that was writing by the American Psychiatric Association. The 6th symptom states, Quote from Research “Fatigue or loss of energy nearly everyday” (DSM 5 160-161). E The reason why fatigue and loss of energy could affect on one who is dealing with major depression is because when laying in bed, one's mind can only be focusing on the event that occurred to them. This block can disrupt a sleeping schedule. Having a balanced amount of sleep helps the brain circulation which can help with negative thoughts. A Melinda unfortunately always expresses how she is tired or wants to go home and sleep. For example, Quote from Speak “I just want to sleep. The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. I'll need brain surgery to cut it out of my head” (Anderson 82). E The author revealed in this quote how Melinda wants to go to sleep because she wants to forgot about everything that reminds her of that night. She relies on sleep to make her feel better. Since she doesn't get the sleep for her to function, it than disrupts her thoughts emotions and actions. It keeps her isolated from her friends, family and her school. Feeling fatigue can lead to many conflicts that can affect her and the people around
...lth declined. Unlike Prynne, Melinda is not indifferent to her fellow companion; instead, she is silent with thoughts and opinions of her companions. Anderson used Melinda’s reactions to the dejection and how deceit, despair, and dejection coincide to allow the readers feel as though Melinda was sitting next to them in class or walking pass them in the store.
In both the film and novel, "Speak" by Lauren Halsen Anderson uses literary devices to demonstrate the experience the protagonist, Melinda Sordino faced as a teenage rape victim, as well as the steps necessary to cope and move on with her life. Both film and book share a great similarity in the conflict that goes on, as well as the flash backs indicated throughout this piece of work. Also, the symbolism shaped by the protagonist makes it more clear to understand the tramautic event. Moreover, the novel and film appears to be both familiar in many ways due to these elements followed by examples.
In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson we learn about Melinda’s depression. Melinda has an event occur in the beginning of the story that causes her to become very depressed and it leads to self harm. “I open up a paper clip and scratch it across the left side of my wrist”(Anderson 87). Melinda does this when she is home in her closet. Melinda is a teen the struggles with depression which is common for many teens. Melinda does not handle her depression well, she keeps it to herself and resorts to self harm by cutting and by biting her lip. Melinda, like most of teens, needs to find someone to talk to and to let someone know what is going on in her life. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s book Speak you learn about Melinda’s depression and
Everyone disdained Melinda because of what happened in summer, yet no one knew reality. In the midst of the pre-summer everything transformed into a terrible dream for Melinda. She was too much startled, making it difficult to shield herself. Melinda expected to ignore the memory of that unpleasant night. She was in like manner panicked to defend herself that night. Something facilitated happened in the midst of that mid year get-together
In Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson develops the idea that you should learn to speak for yourself and admit your past to others so you can move on to your future, and your life. The main character is named Melinda Sordino, her first day of highschool wasn’t the best day she thought it would be. Everyone that was best friends with her, now turned into her ex-friends. Throughout the book Melinda is trying to figure out why everyone is mad at her, and trying to find her voice. Then Melinda finds a friend who is new to Merryweather High School, named Heather. Through the book she starts to get her own voice, and by gaining her confidence. Heather finds new friends but is still friends with Melinda, one of Heather's
Another theme we can take away from this movie is depression or sadness. Throughout the whole movie, Melinda was depressed because she had no one she could really talk to and tell them what happened. Melinda was also very depressed since she felt no one wanted her around. It seemed everyone was so upset with her that they just ignored her when they didn’t know the true story.
In speak, the author shows that Melinda should talk to someone about their problems. Reading this book makes me realize how important it is to have friends and talk to people about your
Firstly, Melinda demonstrates her innocence at the beginning of the novel when she flees the cafeteria because Mr.Neck tries to track her down for her homework. Melinda is in the cafeteria during lunch, when Mr.Neck tracks her through the crowd demanding her homework. This is when Melinda makes a plan: “I cut through the lunch line, loop around a couple making out by the door and start down the hall” (Halse Anderson 25). Melinda shows immaturity when she decides to run away from her problems. She does not realize that running away from her problems is not going to help her failing grades or help her during a future job. By not facing her problems, Melinda shows her innocence and naivety. Secondly, Melinda displays her immaturity during the first-marking period of the novel, when Melinda does not stand up for herself when her class was making fun of her name. Melinda is in Spanish class when
• This experience made her very secluded and reserved. She thought a lot about suicide but found comfort in writing. She became an observer rather than a participator in everyday life.
In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Melinda, suffers with depression. Melinda’s depression began because of an event that occurred one night at a high school party. On that night, Melinda was raped while under the influence of alcohol. She felt as if she was unable to talk about what happened and decided to isolate herself throughout the summer. Due to the way she handled things after being assaulted, Melinda realizes her actions cause her to lose her friends. Many victims of sexual assault tend to isolate themselves, which is why Melinda can connect to many victims that have gone through this experience. After being raped, Melinda develops social anxiety and begins to socially and physically harm herself, just as millions of other survivors of
“Women are two times more likely to develop depressive symptoms then men”(Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors in Women’s Health, 1990), and women who are among the child-bearing years tend to be more at risk. However this is not to say that men are not affected by depression. It is usually, because of negative social influences, such as economic instability, and/or the inability to handle stress in their lives.
Each person may experience something that makes them feel dispirited for a short period of time, but individuals that suffer from depression endure long-term pain stemming from parts of their early life that impaired their mind. This illness affects the function of the brain, which alters an individual’s mood, the way they think, feel, and behave. It causes a change of daily life. Studies of depression have shown that it may come about due to traumatic past life experiences or stress brought to a person through tense periods of their life. From a scientific perspective, depression is also caused due to a failure of systems in your body. Depression is commonly seen in writers because of the stress they experience. The feelings and thoughts as
The party, which was the cause to all of this, forced Melinda into becoming an outcast. Her first attempt to talk to Rachel was a mess and sorta embarrassing. And lastly, when she finally faced Andy Evans. Going back to one of my questions; Is they're moments in life that no matter how old he/she gets they will always remember every single detail clearly? If an experience like Melinda’s is traumatic enough it will be easier to remember all the details of the event clearly. The real message of this story is exactly what it says in the title, speak. Speak up if something is going on or if something happens. If Melinda kept it all to herself any longer, she could have been actually diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety. So, if something happens like what happened to Melinda Sordino happens or something entirely different, speak up. The best way to get past hard times is to talk to someone about it. Take it from Melinda, she was already having symptoms of depression and anxiety. If she kept it to herself any longer she could have actually been diagnosed and nobody in the right mindset would want to be in that position. In conclusion, go talk to someone and get help before it gets
Fatigue is another effect of SAD. Fatigue is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as “Extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness”. Fatigue in depression is usually caused by overexertion of the mind or severe lack of sleep. Fatigue often causes people to tire quickly, or feel drained, even though they have gotten a full night’s sleep, which eventually leads to being tired all of the time.
Lack of sleep affects us many different ways in our daily lives. Think of yourself as a battery, and you’re using all the energy. After you 're done using the energy, you have to charge it. Humans are just like batteries when it comes to sleep. We use all of our energy in the day time doing our daily activities. Like a battery, if you don’t rest or charge yourself up, you’re not going to function very well. It is necessary to have a satisfying amount of sleep. Lack of sleep will affect you in ways such as: mood swings, loss of focus, change in behavior, and difficulties in everyday tasks.