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#tollgvms Stephen R. Covey says that people often listen to reply rather than understand and that statement proves true in Laurie H. Anderson's novel Speak. Melinda is in a parent/teacher conference and her father argues something off topic about his connections to district staff

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#tollgvms Laurie Halse Anderson included an allusion to Maya Angelou in her novel speak because Angelou is similar 2 Melinda because they both suppress their problems fearing the consequences of their words. Maya thought her words killed her molester & Melinda thinks no one cares

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A8 #tollgvms Melinda shows how shes struggling because she has chapped lips and she bites it often she is suicidal her grades drop she sleeps often. NOone in the book knows of the problems because she doesnt talk about it, they arent observant they dont pay much attention to her

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@BrandonSfsusd I agree with what you said about them isolating themselvess

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A7 cont #tollgvms
The world couldn't care less 5
You're lonely 6
I feel this7
And you wish you were the best 8
No teachers 9
Or guidance 10
And you always walk alone 11

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A7 Con't #tollgvms In Pink's song the lyrics state how Pink had gone through a low point wiht no help at all and how she walked alone against depression in lines lines 5-11.

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A7 #tollgvms Pink's song and Melinda are similar because they both talk about how they both walked alone and they think noone would care about her problems. In "Speak" Anderson says how Melinda is alone, no friends becasue of the party and how they think she pooped on the party.

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@SahilHfsusd I agree with what you said especially the part where rumors might spread

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A6 #tollgvms Melinda chose to stay silent because she thinks noone will listen to her especially people at school. She thinks noone will care about her problems

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@Haylie24293620 I agree with what you said about lack of communicatoion because she never said anything about why
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@IzzieLfsusd I agree with what you said about lack of communication. Rachelle doesnt want to be hated by people So she leaves melinda. Melinda thought doesnt say anything to anyone and therefore people think she just crashed the party because she wanted to not because she had to

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A5: #tollgvms Melinda's friendship with Rachelle changed because of the incident & how Melinda called de cops, crashing de party, getting people arrested, this attracts h8 toward Melinda and therefore Rachelle doesnt want to be hated like melinda is. Therefore its just growing up

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@sohankfsusd I agree with what you said because sometimes when people are mad and want to hurt someone or punch someone but she cant so she hurts herself

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@AditSFSUSD I agree with what you said about the control because they would then have their attention elsewhere

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A4 #tollgvms She does this to keep herself from crying or having a mental breakdown. She instead has to focus on the pain instead of her thoughts and her past

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@IzzieLfsusd I like what you said about her feeling alien in her own room

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I agree with what you say about how she changes and becomes a different person compared to her room https://t.co/MmIaecDl3s

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A3 #tollgvms One example that proves "Speak" is a coming of age novel is when Melinda sees her room and describes it as a "postcard of her past", evidence of who she was in 5th grade, hinting she has become someone else

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@BrandonSfsusd I agree with what you say, fdoing it again and again until she learns that he controls her because rape is moslty about dominance

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A2 #tollgvms "I stare at her, assert my dominance. I want her to feel the power, remember who's boss. I'll keep doing it until she begs for it."