Ich brauche Hilfe da ich nicht so gut in Englisch bin.ich schreibe morgen eine Englisch-Klausur .
Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman, is one of the main characters in the story "speak "by Laurie halse Anderson in 1999.
The summer before starting high school, she was raped by a senior student, Andy Evans.
So at that moment, she decided to call the police because she felt that she needed someone to protect her, (p,31,ll.11/12)
but she loses her ability to speak about what happened to her at Kyle Rodgers's party.
She spirals into a dark depression but she expresses her pain only through physical acts, such a biting her lips and nails.(p.9,ll.9/11)
In the first day of her high school she says"i entered high school....I am outcast. "It shows that she lost her friends and best friend and her clan"plain janes" got splintered as well.(p.8,ll.14/15)
This sentence also shows that she is not herself anymore and tries to understand the situation as well.
She does not care about her appearance and school too.(p.8,all.10/13)
Melinda seems to be stressed in the first day at school. Everyone is being so mean to her that she has a hard time to find a place to hace her Lunch. (P.12,ll.13/25 &p.13,ll.1/3)
And when she confronted by someone she prefers to stay silent "it is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap. Button your lip, can it"(p.13,all.15/16)
She seems to be sad but tries to hold it up "I make it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown. "(P.18,ll.1/2)
Melinda is suffering a lot because of the problem at the party which is a secret for her .she is getting hurt frustrated but she tries to find some ways to face the problem and speak up.