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In the first chapter of the book speak I was introduced to the characters Melinda, Jessica, Ivy, Rachel, Heather,Mr.Neck, Mr.Freeman,IT, Nicole, The cheerleaders, and the football team. Melinda is teh main character. Nobody likes her because at the end of the summer she went to a party in which she called the police.In that party one of her friend's brother got arrested. So far most of the book takes place in the school. When Melinda needs some alone time she goes an old janitor's closet. The janitors have a new closet where the cheerleaders dont like to pass by bacause the janitors start whistleing and it creeps them out. I think that that kid IT mentioned at the end of the cahpter is her old boyfriend which she doesn't like anymore because he amiled and winked at her and she said "good thing my lips are stitched together or I'd throw up". I think that the tittle of the book "Speak" has something to do whith the kid IT because I dont even think that that is his real name.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter of speak was basically intoducing all the characters. Melinda is now an outcast for something she did wrong. She called the cops at party and now noone is talking to her. What was the reason for it though? Melinda's only friend is Heather, a new girl from Ohio. I think she does not like Heather very much. It is so she does not feel lonely. Her teachers are not very nice either. In a way Melinda is kinda depressed because she has no friends besides Heather and she is going down in her grades. She tries to get as much time to herself. I think she should just at least tell her parents about what happened. The big question I have is what happened at the party that made Melinda call the cops.
ReplyDeleteThe first chapter of speak was basically intoducing all the characters. Melinda is now an outcast for something she did wrong. She called the cops at party and now noone is talking to her. What was the reason for it though? Melinda's only friend is Heather, a new girl from Ohio. I think she does not like Heather very much. It is so she does not feel lonely. Her teachers are not very nice either. In a way Melinda is kinda depressed because she has no friends besides Heather and she is going down in her grades. She tries to get as much time to herself. I think she should just at least tell her parents about what happened. The big question I have is what happened at the party that made Melinda call the cops.
ReplyDeleteIn the second chapter of the book "Speak" Melinda and her family was cooking dinner for thanksgiving.Later on in that chapter she got winter break from school. Her parents didnt think that just beause she was on vacation she was going to be basically chilling in the house so they decided that they were going to take her to where they work. She put up the christmas tree. On christmas day when they are sittimg in front of the t.v. watching Rudfold, the Red-Nosed Reindeer she was goign to tell rthem what happened that day of the party. She was wondering if they knew what happened, that she called the police and that she was at Rachel's house all night like they thought she was. The Marthas decided to make pillows for kids whoa re at the hospital and Melinda joined them. Later on the biology class they were doing a lab where they had to open up a frog which resulted in melinda having to go to the hospital to get stitches because she passed out. i wonder what the big secret is because I'm getting curious now.
ReplyDeleteIn the 3rd chapter of the book "Speak" Melinda missed the bus because she didn't wake up when the alarm clock rang do to the fact that it was dark outside. Since her mom didn't take her to school she decided to skip school and go to the mall. On her way there she sees IT. The bnext day at school it's valentine's day. There is a letter on her locker and she thinks that it is a joke form somebody but when she opens it and reads it is from Heather thanking her for understanding her. The principal called Melinds'a parents because they noticed that she had been absent for school and that her grades are horrible. Since her grades have been improving her parents decided to buy her clothe because everything she has is small. She gets a ride by the art techer who saw her on her way to the mall because its snowing. When Melinda goes to school the next day se decided to take a nap after school in her clsoet but when she woke up she realized it had been a long nap because it was 8:45. She rushed home and when she got home she went to her room and since she couldn't fall asleep she sat on her roof. This is when she remember everyting that happened that night of the summer party where she got rapped.
ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter of speak Melinda the main character starts her first year of high school.she is a total outcast and only has one friend a girl named heather from Ohio.Who she is not fond of.she is also very depressed and her grades are starting to slip.None of her friends from middle school will talk to her.i think that has to do with her calling the police at the party over the summer.i would like to know why she did that and i think that in someway her art class is going to be important.
ReplyDeleteBOOK SUMMARY... Characters
ReplyDeleteMelinda Sordino: The main character or the protagonist and narrator. Got rapped by Andy Evans at a summer party which caused her to become basically isolated from her friends and also will try to avoid speaking.
Andy Evans:aka (IT and Andy Beast) The antagonist. He is a senior who rapped Melinds (a freshman)at the party.
Heather Billings: A new girl that come from Ohio. She is siacible and becomes friends with Melinda but then left her to join the group "the Marthas".
Ivy: is Melinda' friend but after the part they became a little distant but became close again through art class.
Mr.Freeman: is Melinda's passionate art teacher. He's the only one the Melinda talks to and he understand her pain. He also allows her to show her pain through art.
Rachel Bruin: Melinda's bestfriend. She likes to be called Rachelle instead of Rachel. She stopped being friends with Melinda after the party because Melinda called 911 cause she did't knoe that the reason as to why Melinda did this was because she had been rapped. She started going out with Andy Evans.
David Petrakis: he is Melinda's really smart lab partner who she always argues with about his rights and who developed feeelings for Melinda but never told her.
BOOK SUMMARY:
Melinda and her friend Rachel were invited to a highschool party before her freshman year in the summer where she got drunk and rapped by a boy named Andy Evans. She called the police which ended up in the arrest of some kids and the end of the party. When she goes home theres nobody home. She ends up depressed and none of the kids at school want top talk to her fro getting them in trouble. She finally becomes friends with a girl named Rachel which ends up ditching her to join a group. As Melinda gets more and more depressed she starts to skip school, and use an old Janitor closet as her hide away. The only class that seems to have an impact on Melinda is art class because her teacher Mr.Freeman encourages his student to express what they feel. Rachel starts to go out with Andy. Melinda feels obligated to tell her about her rape. At first Rachel doesnt want to believe but ends up dumping Andy. Towards the end of the school year Melinda went back to the janitors closet to pick up the stuff she left. Andy walks in and tries to rape her and she screams braking a glass. SHe grabs a piece of glass, put it to his neck and tells him I said no. Nicole and the lacrosse team hears her and they walk in. On the last day of school stays late to finish her art project. Art as the only class she passed and shes going to summer school. Mr.Freeman encourages Melinda to tell him her story releasing her from that secret and letting her move on with her life.
Nate Brody is the best young quarter back in the state. His all time favorite football player is Tom brady from the New England Patriots. Nate has a best friend names Abby. Abby loves to draw. She always tries to cheer up Nate when he loses a game or makes a bad pass. Nate and Abby have been friends since kindergarden. There parents are old friends too. Nate saved up all his money to buy a signed Tom Brady ball for five-hundred dollars. After he buys it he signs up for a chance to win a chance at a million dollar throw at halftime at the patriots game.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that Nate has to make it in a 10 inch whole from twenty yds. away. He has to do it in front of millions of fans. That is alot of pressure on a thirteen year old kid. Every one he knows says he will make it. Nate has some doubts about it though. His friend Abby has some seeing problems.
At one of Nates games she tried to get closer and she fell.She had to go to the hospital after that and couldn't finish waching Nates game.
Nate and abby over came their problems by not worrying about them. They went on and tried to act like none of the bad stuff happened. Nate started to worry about the throw because it wasn't much longer until that day. Nate always went to the park with a football trying to throw the ball through a tire swing. He got alot better at it.
The day of the game came and Nate was a little nervous. He enjoyed whatching the first half of the game. The annoucers announced that it was time for the lucky contestant to try his luck for the million dollar throw. Nate was thinking about how many times he made the throw behing his house. He didn't wait any longer. He released the ball it was at first thenit went straight to the target like a magnet didn't touch one side of it and the ball flew through the hole cleanly.
Main Character: Nate Brodie
I like this book because it is about football. It shows the struggles & hard work he does for what he wants & needs. I recomand this book to people because it shows you how it feels with a tone.