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“SPEAK”. Creativity Project By: Caitlin Spacht. Conflict:. In the book “Speak” a young girl, Melinda, is raped at a party before her freshman year. She calls the cops and they bust the party. Melinda refused to tell anyone what had happened.
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“SPEAK” Creativity Project By: Caitlin Spacht
Conflict: • In the book “Speak” a young girl, Melinda, is raped at a party before her freshman year. • She calls the cops and they bust the party. • Melinda refused to tell anyone what had happened. • Everyone is upset with Melinda and they treat her like an outcast. • Melinda relives her rape over and over. • Each time she begins to talk and interact less. • She becomes isolated from everyone else.
Isolation Isolation (noun); • The act of isolating something; setting someone apart from others. • A feeling of being disliked or alone. • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it http://www.wordreference.com/definition/isolation
Can Cause: • Anxiety • Stress • Drug abuse • Smoking • Excessive eating • Alcohol consumption
Solution: • After becoming almost completely isolated, Melinda faced her rapist. • She realized that talking about her problems was more effective then bottling them up.