For this coming of age ELA unit, I read the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book is about a girl who's name is Melinda who suffers through many problems and issues but all those problems and issues are just caused by one big incident that actually changed her life. Over the summer she went a party and unfortunately got raped by a boy named Andy Evans and she called the cops. Ever since high school started, all her friends have been ignoring her and has been slacking in most of her classes and is barely getting any respect. I think that three big issues in this book is rape, and loneliness.
I think that rape is a big issue in the book because the entire fact that she got raped affects her entire life! Recently I read the book "Rape; A Love Story" and its about a girl who gets raped and how that single moment affected her entire life. She couldn't ever forget what happened and she became much more cautious about the things around her. She was too scared to do anything around other people. She wasn't the same anymore. She felt scared and lonely and I think that this is the same thing that is happening to Melinda. Especially for Melinda, since she's in high school and there are just so many different cliques around her, all she wants its acceptance from her peers. This is how rape really is a big issue in the book.
Loneliness is a really big issue in this book too. This is because Melinda has been through such a big incident in her life and really has no one to talk to and share her feelings with. The entire school pretty much hates her for calling the cops at the party so there's no one at school that is willing to talk to her and be there for her. Her parents don't have any time for her and shes slacking in most of her classes and because of that, her parents are always yelling at her and they don't know about the rape and she feels its embarrassing to tell them. She really has no one to talk to because no one has time for her. If the rape hadn't happened then she would be lonely at all! At times I've been pretty lonely my self and it feels like you have no one that cares about you, and you have no one to ask for advice for. Its just like a scream of voices in your head struggling of what to do. This is how loneliness is a really big issue in this book.
In conclusion I think that rape and loneliness are both really big issues in the book because they both affected Melinda's life a lot and its very scary and sad. Rape affected her life because she got raped over the summer and called the cops and because of that she isn't who she used to be. Loneliness is a big issue in the book because she has no one there for her and she has trouble in a lot of things but no one to tell too. This is why rape and loneliness is a big affect on her life.
I think that rape is a big issue in the book because the entire fact that she got raped affects her entire life! Recently I read the book "Rape; A Love Story" and its about a girl who gets raped and how that single moment affected her entire life. She couldn't ever forget what happened and she became much more cautious about the things around her. She was too scared to do anything around other people. She wasn't the same anymore. She felt scared and lonely and I think that this is the same thing that is happening to Melinda. Especially for Melinda, since she's in high school and there are just so many different cliques around her, all she wants its acceptance from her peers. This is how rape really is a big issue in the book.
Loneliness is a really big issue in this book too. This is because Melinda has been through such a big incident in her life and really has no one to talk to and share her feelings with. The entire school pretty much hates her for calling the cops at the party so there's no one at school that is willing to talk to her and be there for her. Her parents don't have any time for her and shes slacking in most of her classes and because of that, her parents are always yelling at her and they don't know about the rape and she feels its embarrassing to tell them. She really has no one to talk to because no one has time for her. If the rape hadn't happened then she would be lonely at all! At times I've been pretty lonely my self and it feels like you have no one that cares about you, and you have no one to ask for advice for. Its just like a scream of voices in your head struggling of what to do. This is how loneliness is a really big issue in this book.
In conclusion I think that rape and loneliness are both really big issues in the book because they both affected Melinda's life a lot and its very scary and sad. Rape affected her life because she got raped over the summer and called the cops and because of that she isn't who she used to be. Loneliness is a big issue in the book because she has no one there for her and she has trouble in a lot of things but no one to tell too. This is why rape and loneliness is a big affect on her life.
