Author's Note: Don't read this if you haven't finished Speak! It's a huge spoiler alert! I talk about what will happen to Melinda after the book, so only read this if you've finished the book please!
I think that when the book is over, Melinda will gain back friends. She might have bad flashbacks or something in the future, but I think if she doesn't use the incident as an excuse to drink and do drugs and make bad choices she might have a normal life. If you look at not all people but a lot who have had bad childhoods, they grow up to be burnouts, outcasts, and low-lives. They usually steal and lie and cheat, then they blame it on a traumatic event from their childhood. Melinda is better than that. At the end of the book she admits that she got sexually abused. Everyone felt bad for what they did to make her feel bad about herself, and she regained some friends.She finally got all that weight off her shoulders and she has turned into a better person. I can see her growing up to be an independent, successful young woman with a loving husband and kids. Melinda could turn out to be okay.
Surprisingly, you weren't that off of what the conclusion actually is in the book. I like how you incorporated Melinda's friends and aquantances in the piece.
ReplyDeleteGood prediction. Very accurate.
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