Essays Tagged: "Laurie Halse Anderson"

Speak Up! An Analysis for "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson's novel, Speak, portrays many diverse characters that show different personali ...

(3 pages) 51 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Fever: 1793". A review on the book by Laurie Halse Anderson.

In the Laurie Halse Anderson's suspenseful novel, "Fever: 1793", we see three key ways yellow fever impacte ...

(1 pages) 2412 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson is a famous writer, who is mainly writing for teenagers and kids. She wrote ma ... n her books in a literary way. This essay is going to talk about her life, her family, and her work.Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, a place in Northern New York State. S ... the daughter of Rev. Frank Halse and Joyce Holcomb Halse, and had a sister named Lisa. She was born Laurie Beth Halse. Her second grade teacher taught her writing during a haiku lesson. She read all t ...

(4 pages) 20 0 1.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Depression in Melinda

ssipate during the spring and summer. Also, the disease is diagnosed more in females than males. In Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak, the main character Melinda Sordino experiences SAD. The readers ... need to change along with a burst of liveliness, something that also happens to humans with SAD.In Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak, the readers can observe and relate Melinda's behavior in fall, ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Am I Blue

to express his emotions and feelings but quickly draws away. In the same way, Melinda from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, becomes extremely traumatized due to the fact that she was raped by Andy Evan ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

melinda speak characterization

she can garden in her yard, displaying that she finally has a wish to mature.In the book Speak, By Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda starts off as a young, depressed, and mentally hurt girl in high scho ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Dec/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers