Speak Reflective Reading essay

Speak Reflective Reading Essay

1.Quiet: I Feel like quiet is a good word to describe Melinda because she never really talks out loud during classes or anything. Even when she does she isn’t very loud.

2.Outcast: Outcast is possibly the best word i have for her. Ever since she called the cops her old friends haven’t talked to her. No one really likes her anymore.

3.Frustrated: I think she is frustrated because she can’t tell anyone what happened at the party. It is eating her up inside that she can’t tell anyone. Not even her parents.

4.Alone: In the story she doesn’t really have anyone to talk to other than Heather, Mr.Freeman. and her conscience. She feels like she can’t even talk to her parents.

 

5.Pessimistic: Ever since the beginning of the book Melinda hasn’t really been positive about anything. She has always just went along not enjoying anything about life.

The best word that describes Melinda to me is outcast. It perfectly describes who she is in the story. She goes to school everyday talking to no one there except Heather. People just don’t avoid her either. They throw food at her too. “Thwap! A lump of potatoes and gravy hits me square in the chest.” (8)

The thing about Melinda and this word is that she kinda is making herself an outcast too. She isn’t trying to make new friends or anything. She is just accepting being an  outcast. They dont want to talk to her and she doesn’t want to talk to them. Thats just the way i see it.