“What would happen if you were shy on the first day of school and you cannot speak up for yourself? Sometimes, being shy leads to being bullied. So speaking for yourself is better than not saying anything. This is the opposite of what happened with the narrator of the story, “Speak.” The narrator’s shyness leads her to be rejected, frustrated, and lonely.
Rejection is one of the themes that Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of this story, is emphasizing. The narrator is rejected by the people who she thought were her friends. In paragraph four, the narrator said, ”I see a few friends—people I used to think were my friends—but they look away. Think fast, think fast. There's that new girl, Heather, reading by the window. I could sit across from her. Or I could crawl behind a trash can. Or maybe I could dump my lunch straight into the trash and keep moving right on out the door.“ In fact that a rejection because she used to think that they are her friends
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Neck” I see a few friends—people I used to think were my friends—but they look away..She didn’t talk in paragraph 10 to 14 because Mr. Neck is scolding her. She is living in hell when Mr. neck is scolding because She is tired of what Mr. Neck is saying.”Mr. Neck makes a note in his book. “I knew you were trouble the first time I saw you. I've taught here for twenty-four years and I can tell what's going on in a kid's head just by looking in their eyes. No more warnings. You just earned a demerit for wandering the halls without a pass."That is why it is