Speak Response

  The book "Speak" by Laura Halse Anderson is about a girl who has an incredibly traumatic experience after being rape, because of social stigma and self consciousness. This book brings up a very important issue, other people's opinions on you and how they influence the way you think. The main character, Melinda is shut out by everyone. People force her to believe that her being raped was her fault and that she is not being punished for it. Her friends and family, the people who she was closest to and loved the most turned her away and shut her out. This is a problem in society. This lets rapists get away with their crimes and causes rape victims to feel like they are the blame and it is their fault that this happened. Overall Speak, really helps spread awareness of this and how terrible rape is and how it can really ruin someone's life for so many reasons.