Hugh Laurie from the popular American TV show "House M.D.." In the show "House M.D.", Laurie plays a sarcastic doctor that treats patients who have difficult health problems which have not been able to be treated by other doctors. The TV show "House M.D." was at one time the most popular TV show in the world (Green 2). Despite Laurie’s enormous fame in the area of his acting career, there is another area in which Laurie has made a great contribution to that is not as widely known. Hugh Laurie has
In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character Melinda is a 14 year old girl who is struggling to find not only a friend group, but also a friend who will stick by her side, but the year before Melinda was invited to a under age drinking party, and she was raped. She was not safe so she called the police. Melinda's desire to protect herself after she is assaulted does not conform to her peers ideas of what is ¨cool¨ and acceptable and so she is ostracized, experiences severe depression
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
Shreya Shirodkar Ms. Lane American Literature January 17, 2014 Laurie Halse Anderson: Changing the Scope of Young Adult Fiction How do you write about the major, live-changing events of people you've never met? How do you write about sensitive issues in an engaging, but still thought-provoking way? How do you write about your own demons so that others do not follow your path? Writer Laurie Halse Anderson could provide the answers to these questions. Written at a time when difficult topics, such
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a story written in the first person about a young girl named Melinda Sordino. The title of the book, Speak, is ironically based on the fact that Melinda chooses not to speak. The book is written in the form of a monologue in the mind of Melinda, a teenage introvert. This story depicts the story of a very miserable freshman year of high school. Although there are several people in her high school, Melinda secludes herself from them
What if you were raped and nobody knew about it? In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda was raped and she didn’t tell anyone. Before school started Melinda was at a party and she was drunk. She was raped in the woods that night by an older senior , Andy Evans. She called the police and she was blamed for calling the police on the party but, its because she never told anyone she was raped. Through many different events and people Melinda changes from being shy to feeling confident. I
renewal. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak, Laurie uses the power of symbolism to expound Melinda’s progress and growth throughout her bildungsroman story by using Melinda’s art class’ project: trees. At the beginning of the novel, Melinda is given an art project to work on for the rest of the school year. To her destiny, she picks a piece of paper that read “tree”. “Tree? It’s too easy. I learned how to draw a tree in second grade” (12), Melinda explains. This shows how Laurie
a tree. You start off a little seed and then become a sprout. You learn from your mistakes and life lessons and begin to grow into a tall, strong, and mighty tree wear no one can harm or stop you from being yourself. Works Cited Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999. Archetypes: Color. Home Page. The Professional Template II, 12 November 2013, .
Speak is a cleaver and an ironic title for a story in which the main character chooses not to speak. The story is written in first-person narration from the point of view of protagonist, Melinda Sordino. Speak is written like an interior monologue in the mind of an introverted teenage girl, like excerpts from her personal diary during her miserable freshman year of high school. Instead of blending in and finding her way through high school. She withdraws and secludes herself from the other students
Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a girl named Isabel and her younger sister Ruth who are both slaves during the revolutionary war. When their former owner Miss Mary Finch passes away her will she states to free both Isabel and Ruth, and they are ready to claim their freedom. Sadly the lawyer, who wrote the will, Mr. Cornell, left for Boston before the blockade and took his papers with him. Since they have no proof in being free, Miss Finche’s awful nephew sells the two to the Lockton
In the book Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson the main character, Melinda, faces a serious problem. She went to a party over summer where there was underage drinking going on, she called the cops. The classmates of hers got mad at her and she lost all her friends even though they didn't know the reason she really called the cops. Her problems are caused caused by two major conflicts, Man vs Self, and Man vs Man. Man vs Man is a conflict because she was raped at the party, we don't find this
Laurie Halse Anderson has written for all ages, but her most popular books are those written for young adults. These books include Speak, Catalyst, Prom, and Wintergirls. A common trait found in all of these books is her spectacular use of characterization. Some reviewers have criticized Catalyst and Fever 1793 for weaknesses in characterization and plotting but all of Laurie Halse Anderson's books remain highly popular with young readers, who identify with Anderson's honest portrayal of adolescence
At any one point in time life could take a twist, and the only way out of the hard times life goes afterwards; is by asking for help, which takes courage. The book “Speak” written by Laurie Halse Anderson, follows the High School life of Melinda Soreno, and she is struggling with showing courage. Her life is perfect until one late night party, and now she keeps a secret inside of her that she needs to get out. Courage can be admitting to something you’ve done, or call someone for help; it could
Is choosing the wrong path to find the real you a bad thing? In a story generally the protagonist pulls on different types of archetypes to learn from their mistakes and be different with those strengths. In the novel, Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Tyler needs to go through phases in order to ultimately achieve the goal of self-identity that not necessarily he wants but the society accepts. So the journey begins, with Tyler in the front seat, searching for a person he could
Creative Discovery- How Ivy Helped Melinda to Find Her Voice In Laurie Halse Anderson’s short novel Speak, a teenage girl named Melinda Sordino makes an attempt to face the trauma of being assaulted, while, at the same time, facing the rough transition into high school. Melinda’s friend Ivy is an artistic and unconventional fellow freshman who helped our protagonist most to find her voice. To begin with, she aided Melinda with her art more than almost anyone, with the exception of Mr. Freeman. On
The Novel “Speak” by Laurie Anderson is about depression and stop keeping things to yourself. The book gives several situations and consequences to the character Melinda and what happens while she keeps it to herself not talking to anyone. For that Melinda deals with a huge surprise at a summer party before freshman year. A guy named Andy Evans rapes Melinda, while Andy makes his escape Melinda calls the police and Melinda goes off mysteriously, when the police arrived her friends and everyone else
The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about the struggles of being sexually assaulted, and the daily tests of being in highschool. The main character, Melinda has a hard time with being alone, and not wanting to tell her story. Coming towards the end of the book Melinda faces her biggest fear and learns to express herself through art, specifically through the form of a tree. Throughout the novel, the tree is used to symbolize emotions, growth, and flaws in relation to how Melinda developes
times of life is constantly stated. Parties, friends, and endless days of fun is the American stereotype. These dreams dissipate, though, if you start freshman year with a record of zero friends. In the young adolescent novel titled Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, the reader encounters the feeling to lack the most powerful tool ever given to you: the tool of words. Melinda’s predicament commences after an end of summer senior party, where she cruelly got raped. Rather than sharing her pain with
fellowship among all human beings, regardless of race, color or religion. This day has been recognized in several countries and is used today. Friendship is established on loyalty and being there for your friend in their time of need. In Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Isabel, created several relationships with other characters that were constructed on loyalty. Lady Seymour and Isabel’s relationship is assembled on both of them being there for each other. An example of loyalty in
is so messed up that they barely talk to their family. Most of the time when they do, it is through a couple of notes on the refrigerator. If there is no one to talk to then why talk, right? This is exactly how Melinda feels in the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. In the story Melinda goes to a high school party before the summer of her freshman year. At the party, there was a senior that took interest in Melinda. Melinda and the senior, Andy, started kissing but Andy took things to the next