Speak Up! An Analysis for "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson's novel, Speak, portrays many diverse characters that show different personalities. Each character can support many different themes that are also presented in the novel. Both the characters and theme create an intense and emotional novel for anybody to read.
The main character, Melinda Sordino, is shown to be isolated and disliked as she enters high school. She narrates that she ruined a party with her friends over the summer, so there is reason to why she enters high school with such a low rank. What her "friends" and we readers do not know though, is why she ruined…