E.+Real+World+Connections



Real World Connections

Your job for this page is to find ways to link characters, situations, and conflicts in //Speak// to the world around you. How does Merriweather High compare to Flag High? How do the characters relate to people you know? Justify your reasoning by using specific examples both from the book and from your own world.

Questions should be posted on this page, and conversation posts should be completed under the discussion tab.

One thing that I have noticed about the high school in the book is that they have a "senior wing" and in our high school we do not have a "senior wing." -Tennyson Anderson

Agreed, like "hairwomen" no teacher has hair in their face for the whole period, especially when they're talking. -David

I think that the school setting is realistic but the teachers are portrayed weird and are not very realistic. -Mahon Walsh

I think that Melnda's class schedule is similar to our high school's class schedule which adds realism to this book. -Mahon Walsh

Melinda is always describing how ugly everyone looks and does not say how she looks herself, which i think probably means she thinks everyone is ugly because her depression changes how she looks at things.-Mahon Walsh

Why does n't she ask for forgiveness like a real person? it could nt have been that bad off a deal. -Mahon Walsh

I think that if someone called the cops at a party in high school then whoever called wouldnt be freindless if she told the people at the party what really happened. Tim Campbell

on pg. 177, melinda is describing the other kids in "MISS". in most schools not every kid in in school suspension is a weirdo like them. sometimes it is the class clown or some kid for getting in a fight or something. alex :D

On pg. 67 melinda ditched school for the whole day and kids at our school do that everyday. Tim Campbell

have you ever lost a friend for a silly reason? :)sean

yeah a few kids do ditch school and alot of people loose there friendships with one and other because of silly reasons. - ciara brumbaugh

I think that the cliques in this book portray a realistic high school and can relate to our high school especialy because our high school is multicultural.-mahon

I agree. But I don't think the way she portray's high school is completely correct. It's not as extreme as she tells it to be. Some of the actions are the same such as ditching, and hanging out with people ith commen intrests.- Cheyenne Falz

Agreed, for example we don't have any "Marthas" in our school, or people that dress seasonal and always match. I don't think it's possible to match everyday for a year and the fact that they are always buying new clothes seem unrealistic. -David Ruckman

I agree too. She exaggerates about high school and every thing else. We do have cliques but not with those kids of names. Thesbians, Marthas, ect. we dont have those clique names here. Ditching, hanging out with people, loosing friends its all part of the book and also a part of the real world.;Monika H.

Heather is like someone i know who talks way to much and always tries to fit in with everyone.-Amanda A.

I think you are right amanda and she never should have abandonded Mel - Henry F.

ya she should of stayed with her real friend even if they did not become the best of friends but they still could of been friends. Ramsay

In high school if your friend hates you for some reason usually you don't and tell them a huge secret. Why did she pick Rachel/Rachell as the first person to tell instead of Heather so someone would belive her and have her back?- Cheyenne F. <3

I think because Rachel was her best friend before the party, and Heather was just a new student/Martha. Not a True friend. -David

I think she told Rachel because she felt pressured to tell her and so she decided to tell her. - ciara brumbaugh

I dont think it was peer presure i just think she thought if she told her what happened they would become friends again and Rachel would dump Andy so he wouldn't be able to hurt her too.-Henry. ;D

she wanted to become friends with her so badly again that she had to tell her and she wanted to save her from Andy well thats what i think. Ramsay S.

i think that she was just really desperate to be friends with rachel again that she maybe told her who raped her half by accident alex:D

i think that melinda just wanted her bak cause she was her only friend- Christian B

do people really stay quiet about rape3 or do they tell their parents or someone else-BIGDAWG

Depends on the type of parents because some kids do feel comfortable telling their parents everything.-Mahon W.

Ya, doubt that~ garrett

i Agree with you cause some parents are chill-Christian B

well uhm,,,, i think that it'd be verrryyyyy hard telling her parents. that's prolly why she kept quiet. --olivia tillett.

well ya probaaly your right or mabey she wanted to tell her but didnt-Christian B

Wat ethnicity do you think melinda was?-Mahon W

idk, i imagined she would be white ~garrett

dats racist!-mahon walsh haha