Speak

You are at a party and it is the last one of the summer. Then there is one guy comes up and talks to you. Then you go for a walk with him. This is the beginning of the conflict between Andy Evans and Melinda. The tragic book Speak started when Andy Evans raped Melinda at this party. After she got back from that walk she called the police and now all of her friends hate her now. In this tragedy, Laurie Halse Anderson created a complex character in Andy Evans and an important symbol in the mirror.

At that last party Melinda was at she called the cops and got all of her friends untroubled. Then the first day of school she had no friends. That is where the conflict starts. As one page 5. She says “I hate you”. Her tragic fall is when she ditches her only friend at the time from this other group of people. After those people ditched her she then had no friends. Now she went to this one closet and stayed there for lunch and all the assemblies. Then when she talked to Heather about her new boy friend. Witch was Andy Evans. When she was talking to her she stopped hating her and on the last page she took the whole lacrosse team and stopped Andy from killing Melinda.

When Melinda drew blood from Andy’s neck from the peace of mirror. That symbols death in the face of Andy Evans. It also symbols death in Melinda’s way. She controls the symbol of death. Before she was in the fight with Andy Evans the symbol of the mirror was peace and relaxation.

The no good Andy Evans is a rapest. He should have no friends that he could hang out with. He is the anti-hero in the book Speak. He is the whole reason why this book was made. The reason why he did this to the new freshmen girls is because all of the girls in his grade hates him.

After the tragic ending for Andy it was deadly for him. He was no longer friends with anyone just like Melinda was.