We discussed a lot of interesting this about the book Speak in our discussion. This part of the book was longer than the other one, so we had more to discuss this time. One thing at the very end of our section really stood out though. There was more to the party that she broke up than just her breaking a random party up. Apparently, she got raped in the party that she went to. She was dancing with this senior and they went into a secluded area. He pushed her down and raped her. The next thing she knew, she was on the phone and the police were saying “Don’t worry, we will be there soon.” This is probably the cause of all of her problems, mentally and socially.
For example, when David was asking her to go to his house to celebrate the team winning. She rejected him because she was too scared of something happening because he was a guy. At that time, it was not clear what was wrong, but the last part of the book makes it clear. She does not want to go to David’s house because she is scared of him doing something to her. She is distrustful even when she knows that his parents will be there. The revelation that she was raped makes her relationship with her friends even more messed up.
Her friends did not even understand or try to understand that she was raped at the party, and just abandoned her because she broke it up. If they were her real friends, why would they not try to listen to her side of the story? Why would they just try abandon her and never try to help her again? That does not seem like something real friend would do. Especially Rachel, her “best” friend. She did not act like a best friend. She does not even act like real friend at all.
The most messed up part of the book was when Heather abandoned her. Heather abandoned her because she felt that Melinda was too depressing and because she had a better group of “friends” This makes Heather one of the most messed up people in the book, because all Melinda did was help her out, and Heather repaid her by abandoning her.
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