What does Melinda learn about Rachel how does she react What does she finally do? What does she finally do? Melinda learns that Rachel went to the movies with “Andy Beast”. She reacts by
being upset and concerned for Rachel
. Melinda writes Rachel a note warning her about Andy.
What does Melinda learn about Rachel and Andy?
Melinda tells Rachel that
someone raped her the night of the party
and that is why she called the police. Rachel is immediately sympathetic to Melinda, but changes gears when Melinda tells her it was Andy who did it.
What happens when Melinda reveals her secret to Rachel Why does Rachel react that way?
Why does Melinda finally reveal the truth to Rachel?
How does Melinda tell Rachel the truth about Andy?
What does Melinda do when she first learns that Rachel is dating Andy Evans?
She is ready to start moving past her trauma and this is the first step. What does Melinda do when she first learns that Rachel is dating Andy Evans?
She follows the couple down the hallway wanting to say something to Rachel
. In the end she decides to send an anonymous note to Rachel warning her about Andy.
How does Melinda warn Rachel about Andy and what is the result?
She is torn between wanting to leave Rachel to her fate and speaking to Rachel to protect her from harm. As she vacillates between the two ideas, Melinda stares at her Maya Angelou poster and knows Maya wants her to tell. So, Melinda writes an anonymous note warning Rachel that
Andy has attacked a ninth grader
.
What does Melinda struggle with where Rachel is concerned?
Why is Melinda worried about Rachel? Rachel is
flirting with/dating Andy
. What is the first thing Melinda does to help Rachel and Greta-Ingrid? She writes Rachel an anonymous note.
What happens to Melinda at the end of speak?
For example, at the end of Speak,
Melinda finally draws a tree that expresses her emotions
. At the very, very end, Melinda is about to tell Mr. Freeman, her art teacher, her story.
What new information is revealed about Melinda's past?
What new info is revealed about Melinda's past? That
Melinda called the cops at a party over summer and was pointed out in front of a whole group of people.
Do Rachel and Melinda become friends again?
How would you describe Rachel from speak?
How does Melinda react when it creeps up on her in the hallway?
How does Melinda react when IT creeps up on her in the hallway?
She feels nervous
. How do Melinda's parents respond to her guidance counselor's report that her grades are low? Her parents are mad at her about her grades.
What page in Speak does Melinda cut herself?
Chapter 43
– Rent Round 3
She hides in her bedroom and sleeps in her closet while also scratching herself with the sharp edge of a paper clip. She wonders if a suicide attempt is a call for help, what is the cutting?
Why does Melinda isolate herself from her friends?
Melinda starts the school year isolated by
her outcast status, by the secret of her recent rape
, and by the fact that her rapist goes to her school. Some of her isolation is self-imposed; she intentionally withdraws from people. This has its benefits.
What was Melinda doing after school on the very last day?
On the last day of school, Melinda stays late to
put the finishing touches on her tree project
. Mr. Freeman is working on a new painting, of a sunrise. Some seniors stop by to say goodbye to him and one of them tells Melinda she hopes she is okay.
Who is Melinda's ex best friend in speak?
Who is Melinda's best friend in speak?
What does Melinda learn in speak?
Why does Rachel change her name to Rachelle?
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Speak, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Melinda encounters Rachel in the bathroom, and scornfully describes how her former best friend has changed her name to “Rachelle” and is
trying to fit in with the pretentious foreign exchange students
.
What did Melinda do that has caused everyone at school to hate her?
Is Speak a banned book?
Speak is
ranked 60th on the ALA's list of Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books for 2000–2009 and 25th for 2010–2019
.
What happens in chapter 2 of Speak?
How does Melinda feel about the girls on the cheerleading team?
Even as Melinda is scornful of the cheerleaders, she is also
jealous of them
. Afflicted by trauma and depression, Melinda feels that she is somehow broken and defective. She does not understand that people can look perfect even if their lives are imperfect.
What purpose does Melinda's closet at school serve Why does she cover the mirror and why do you think she covers it with a poster of Maya Angelou?
Why does she cover the mirror, and why do you think she covers it with a poster of Maya Angelou? Instead of going to tutoring, Melinda hangs out in her closet. She covers the mirror
because she cannot bear to see her reflection, the mirror would remind her of her sorry state.
What does Melinda see when she looks into the mirror?
Melinda looks at herself in the three-part mirror wearing the new jeans. She can barely see the real Melinda in that reflection. She sees
dirty hair and a dirty face, raccoon rings around her eyes
. She pulls the two outer mirrors closer, and her reflection becomes a cubist sketch by Picasso.
What does Heather tell Melinda when she dissolves their friendship How does it affect Melinda?
How does Melinda react to her talk with Heather in third marking period?
Melinda is
surprised by how upset she feels
because she had not considered Heather a true friend until this moment. Heather tells her it is because Melinda has a bad reputation and that she needs to watch out for herself. Then she runs off to join the Marthas at their table.
How does Melinda react to the symbols in The Scarlet Letter especially the A that Hester a character in the novel The Scarlet Letter has to wear?
What does Melinda take away from Rachel's discussion with Hairwoman?
What does Rachel Melinda's ex best friend change her name to why?
By Laurie Halse Anderson
Rachel, who used to be Melinda's best friend, is in the bathroom with Melinda. Rachel has changed her name to Rachelle;
she's hanging out with foreign exchange students and learning French
.
Why does Melinda finally reveal the truth to Rachel?
How does Melinda react differently this time?
What does Melinda say she is waiting for in the hall of mirrors?
She tells herself that she just needs to wait for her “
new skin to graft
,” but feels as if she is being eaten alive by her own emotions—her “thoughts, shames, mistakes.” She resolves to stay away from her closet, make herself normal and to forget everything else.
What happens at the prom to make Rachel change her mind about Andy?
Melinda hears through the grapevine that Rachel dumped Andy at the prom.
He was groping her on the dance floor and when she told him to back off, he got angry. She left him and spent the rest of the night with her foreign exchange student friends.
What happened to Andy Evans in Speak?
After raping Melinda at a summer party, he continues to antagonize her throughout the novel, showing his inability to empathize with others.
He has sexually assaulted other girls at school
. Eventually, he gets what he deserves when Melinda defends herself against a second attack and he gets caught.
