In every school there is a bully, a person being bullied and the bystander. In schools over 32% of kids get bullied each year. These kids could get bullied once or a number of times; but it happens. " Speak" written by Laurie Halse Anderson is not only about bullying but what can happen when students are bullied. We learn that not only does bullying affect a students life but things outside of school could hurt or ruin a students reputation.
Guilty, ashamed, depressed, shy. These are the words that are brought up when you meet a kid who has been bullied. Though this may only happen once or twice in some kid's life the image sticks in their head forever. But, what most don' t think about is what would happen if you were being bullied for something you didn't do? In " Speak" Melinda is a average high school student who is being bullied for a party she turned into the police. What her fellow classmates don't know is that what happened at the party was something Melinda couldn't help.
Imagine having everyone at school hate you. Imagine that you did something really wrong and you wish you could take everything back. Melinda in the novel " Speak" called the cops at a party because of her incident that happened at the party. Though Melinda may have called the cops; she called them for a good reason and in the end they find out why.
We learn that not only does bullying affect a students life and reputation. We know that some kids have it bad with being bullied. Should we all just be perfect angels all the time and try not to do anything bad. Well; we know that we can all not be that way. So though Melinda may have had it bad we know that we can always count on teachers and friends to help us through it.
That was a very inspiring piece and everything was perfectly said.
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