Speak

Speak was a very intense dramatic novel. It dealt with many real life circumstances and taught me to never judge. Melinda in the novel Speak deals with being raped and everyone hating her to an extent that she cuts herself. All throughout the book Melinda has to deal with people hating her for calling the cops at one of the summer partys, having no friends, no one understanding, what everyone does not know is that she called the cops because she was in shock from getting raped by It, Andy Evans. Melinda finds security in an old unused janitor closet. She sees that as her home away from home. Here she can relax, sleep, and be herself. No one judging her, no one there to call her names. Safe, hid away from the hate and ridicule.