In the second
part of the novel "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson, the action happens
during the Thanksgiving Holidays and there is two new characters, David
Petrakis her lab partner and Andy Evans a cute guy that Melinda doesn't like. I don't know why but I think that Andy Evans rapped Melinda during the last summer's party and that David and Melinda maybe are going to be in couple but, this
book frustrate me so much more than the other time because we don't really
learn something about Melinda or what happened during the party. Also, I think
that the author kind of takes suicide and self-harming for a joke or something
like that and make the sentence «If u need help tell your teacher, friends or parents
about it» just feel like another stupid sentence because in the book Melinda’s mother doesn’t really care about
her and what she did on her arm and she doesn’t have time for her too which I think
is really not good for a child or teenager to live in an environment with no
affection because they will do does kind of thing to themselves to have attention. Melinda kin of made me because her gym teacher kind of offered a plate
of gold to her to change her situation which means being in the basketball
team, make new friends, have a group who likes her and having better grades but
no Melinda is way too lazy and doesn't want to run or sweat or do anything that
involves her to do more than put her butt on a chair doing art or reading which
is really the stupidest thing she could ever have done. Instead she chooses to
draw the Marthas' food drive posters for Heather and next thing you know the Marthas
didn't liked it and Heather didn't even stood up for her, what a good friend
she is and I'm sure that Heather is going to ditch Melinda at some point. Like I really do think that Melinda doesn't just like but loves the
situation she is in right now and that she doesn't care about anything not even
herself because if she did she would have grabbed this opportunity with no
doubts but I also understand her because she has a big secret that she keeps inside of her and make her a really somber and dark character. For the moment I still do not like this book and I’m still waiting for
a miracle to happen to make this novel a little bit more interesting.
You are completely correct about Melinda's mother not giving her the affection that a mother should. The fact that their family is being torn apart isn't helping Melinda's situation, we can only really hope that this gets resolved by the end of the book.
ReplyDeleteI feel like her mother does care about her daughter cutting, but that she does not take it as seriously as she should. The reasoning for that is because Melinda's mother has no idea about Melinda being raped, and she probably just thinks that Melinda is cutting herself just to get attention. Melinda really needs to discover that speaking out and telling someone about her rape will help people understand what she is going through so they will be able to give her the affection she needs and will help her with her trauma. I do think that Melinda's parents should give her more attention though and let her know that she can tell them anything and that they care and love her.
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