At the end of the book, the character speaks up for herself, which is the highlight of the book, but I still think she went through so much sensitive content that teenagers shouldn’t be thinking about it. If the character didn’t lose hope and tried pushing forward it would’ve had a greater moral. I felt like if the character was stronger it would’ve motivated teenagers to be like the character. The author wanted teenagers to read it in order to raise awareness, but I feel like it also tried to say that throughout everything that brings you down, you will go through wild pain. As Melinda, the main character felt like an outcast, she couldn’t help but go through depression, anxiety, and loss of hope That’s where the downfall in my opinion was. Rape is a sensitive content to the author since it also happened to her when she was a teenager, and it was inspiring that she portrayed it to a story. She also succeeded with the moral of the story, it served a great importance. Anderson’s did an excellent job with making the language simple, as most teenagers would like. The book “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson had its ups and downs.
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