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SPEAK. Laurie Halse Anderson. Response. What emotions is this video portraying ? What images/themes did you pick up on that relate to Speak ?. Melinda:. Isolation Friendship Violence Language and Communication Guilt and Blame Transformation. Themes.

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  1. SPEAK Laurie Halse Anderson

  2. Response What emotions is this video portraying? What images/themes did you pick up on that relate to Speak?

  3. Melinda:

  4. Isolation • Friendship • Violence • Language and Communication • Guilt and Blame • Transformation Themes

  5. Melinda starts the school year isolated by the secret of her rape and outcast status • Some of her isolation is self-imposed • Intentionally withdraws from people • Needs time to process her experience and come to her own conclusions about it • Needs the support of friends and family in order to heal Isolation I am outcast. (1.8) My room belongs to an alien. It is a postcard of who I was in the fifth grade. It is a demented phase when I thought that roses should cover everything and pink was a great color. (6.6)

  6. What is friendship? • Does Speak accurately portray high school friendships? • Is Melinda every really friends with Heather, Ivy, Nicole and Rachel? Friendship I see a few friends—people I used to think were my friends—but they look away. (3.4)

  7. Bullying • Harassment • Sexual Harassment/Abuse • Self-mutilation Violence When Mr. Neck isn't looking, Andy blows in my ear. I want to kill him. (56.11) I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little windowcracks of blood, etching line after line until it stops hurting. (43.87)

  8. What is Melinda’s biggest motivation for not talking about the rape? • How much of her silence is voluntary? How much is beyond her control? • Besides talking, what are some of the ways people express themselves in this novel? Language and Communication It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say. (3.13) Do you agree???

  9. Who is really to blame in the story? • Why doesn’t Melinda blame Rachel for betraying her? • Will they feel guilty when they know what she’s been through • Why does visiting the spot where she was raped make Melinda feel less guilty? Guilt and Blame I want to confess everything, to hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else. (24.4) Sally Jessy: "I want this boy held responsible. He is to blame for this attack. You do know it was an attack, don't you? It was not your fault." (76.5)

  10. What are some of Melinda's important changes? • How does Melinda change physically in the novel? Why are her physical changes important? • What do you think Melinda was like before she was raped? What hints does the novel offer us? • Why do trees and seeds become so important to Melinda? Transformation

  11. Click the Elephant! • By clicking on the elephant you will be directed to the site for tonight’s reading assignment • In your reading journals, respond to this poem for TOMORROW’sclass • Don’t forget to label your entry as “The Elephant in the Room”

  12. Some things to consider… • Who is the speaker in the poem? • What is the “elephant”? What does it represent? • What will be accomplished if they talk about the elephant? • What are your thoughts about the mood of the poem? • How does the poem relate to Speak? • Have you ever had an “elephant” in the room?

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