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Speak is written for young adults and middle/high school students. Labeled a problem novel, it centers on a character who gains the strength to overcome her trauma. [1] [2] The rape troubles Melinda as she struggles with wanting to repress the memory of the event, while simultaneously desiring to speak about it. [2]
Melinda "Mel" Sordino (born February 18 [1]) is the main character and narrator of Laurie Halse Anderson's 1999 novel Speak. [2] Her last name, Sordino, is an Italian word that can be translated as "deaf." The character's ordeals were based on Anderson's own experiences; she was raped one summer prior to starting high school.
Speak is a 2004 American coming-of-age teen drama film written and directed by Jessica Sharzer in her feature directorial debut, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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Speak (Londonbeat album), the debut album by the British-American dance band Londonbeat, 1988; Speak (I and Thou album), 2012; Speak (No-Man album), a compilation album by No-Man; Speak (The Roches album), 1989; Speak, a 2018 album by Warren Dean Flandez; Speak!, American rapper and songwriter; Speak!!!!, an album by The Mad Capsule Markets
The analysis looked at the first 30,000 words each president spoke in office and ranked each of the presidents' speech -- going back to Herbert Hoover -- using the Flesch-Kincaid grade level scale ...
Summary [ edit ] Reich argues that character structures were organizations of resistance with which individuals avoided facing their neuroses : different character structures — whether schizoid, oral, psychopathic, masochistic, hysterical, compulsive, narcissistic, or rigid — were sustained biologically as body types by unconscious muscular ...
The Girl Who Speaks Bear was well-received by critics, including starred reviews from Booklist, [1] Kirkus Reviews, [2] and Publishers Weekly. [3]Kirkus called the book "marvelously charmed and charming" and highlighted how the "tale draws themes and inspiration from Russian fairy tales, deftly weaving the threads of these magical stories into Yanka’s adventure and evoking the folklore ...