If Melinda's Parents were Different!

Many things happen to Melinda Sordino in the book Speak by Laurie Anderson but the main thing that happens is that she gets raped by a boy named Andy Evans at her school. Melinda was going into high school for the first year and she was nervous but excited, she was invited to the end of the summer party for high school students. At the party everyone was drinking including her and that is when Andy Evans came into her life. After that Melinda skips classes, failed school, and never talks to anyone. Melinda's parents don't know what has gotten into her and don't know why she is acting the way she is but they really don't do anything about it. They don't find out what is going on and because of them that is why Melinda keeps everything bottled up inside and won't tell anyone what happened. If Melinda's parents were different and cared more everything would have turned out different, and maybe turned out better.

Although what Melinda went through was difficult her parents didn't help her at all. They stood and watched things happen to her. They watched her skip classes and failed school. They watched her lose all of her friends and not want to do anything anymore. Instead of standing and watching these things happen to Melinda they should have acted on it and find out what was really going on. They should have contacted the school and have found out that people would throw food at her and then acted on that and ask Melinda about. They should have cared more about the things that were happening to Melinda and they should have done something about it.

By Melina's parents not acting on anything, everything turned out bad. If they would have done something about things that were happening to her maybe she would have had friends. She never had any friends because no one knew what really happened at the party and if her parents would have stepped in and done something she would have had friends to support her to stand by her through this. Maybe if Melinda's parents acted on things she would have spoke the truth and not have skipped classes or failed school she would have done her best to do well.


There are so many things that happen to Melinda in the book Speak by some of them wouldn't have happened if Melinda's parents were different. If they would have cared more to help their daughter things would be better for Melinda and her life. Parents affect the way that their children act everyday and everything they do their child tries to do it the same. If Melinda's parents acted differently their wouldn't be a book to read because that is how much Melinda's parents affected what happened to her.