What reason does Heather give for running away?
Heather felt constrained in her household, because Mr. Hoodhood is a tyrant of a parent only interested in the success of his business. He wouldn’t even let Heather apply for college. I believe Heather’s main motivation for running away was to simply get away from her father.
What is Melinda’s emotional state when she is trying on clothes?
What is Melinda’s emotional state like when she is trying on clothes? Melinda hates her body and thinks that everything about her is awkward. She thinks that now that she has moved up a few sizes in her pants she is fat. She hates everything she tries on.
What do lips symbolize in speak?
The lips symbolize Melinda herself. The lips are scarred and bitten. Similarly, Melinda is scarred from something. It is unknown of what she is scarred from, but it is evident by her insecure behavior that she was once scarred.
What is Melinda’s art project in speak?
Melinda’s turkey bone art project is the turkey bones from the destroyed turkey glued onto a block of wood, arranged like a museum exhibit.
What does Melinda’s room say about her?
In the novel Speak, the main character Melinda Sordino becomes the victim of sexual assault at a party after 8th grade. Melinda does feel uncomfortable and out of place in her room because it looks like a little girl’s room. She says, “My room belongs to an alien. It is a postcard of who I was in fifth grade” (15).
What does Melinda’s bedroom symbolize?
While Melinda’s closet is a haven for her hide from her new, traumatized existence, her bedroom is a symbol of the childhood innocence that she has lost. Adorned with pink roses, the room looks like a child’s, and throughout the novel, Melinda feels out-of-place and uncomfortable within it.
What does Melinda’s yard work symbolize?
Melinda’s yard work symbolizes her inner road to recovery from not speaking and not knowing what to do or how to tell anyone what happened. By cleaning up the yard, she is also cleaning up her life.
What are some symbols in speak?
Speak Symbols
- Trees, Seeds, Plants, and Forests. Near the beginning of the novel, Melinda is assigned a tree as her yearlong assignment in art class.
- Birds.
- Melinda’s Closet.
- Melinda’s Bedroom.
- Mirrors.
- Lips.
- Blood.
- Water, Ice, and Melting.