Speak: Scene Analysis

A/N: I'm doing a scene analysis of the little scene happening on page seven when Melinda "talks" about bringing a bagged lunch or buying it.



"I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school. There is no way of telling what the acceptable fashion will be. Brown bags-humble testament to suburbia, or terminal geek gear? Insulated lunch bags-hip way to save the planet, or sign of an overinvolved mother? Buying is the only solution."

This short stream of thought Melinda has is important to developing her personality and character. It is shown that Melinda is obviously worried about what others think of her, and how they will label her. This is strange, however, as Melinda has made decisions, such as not speaking, which  have made others judge her greatly; And she knows it. This shows that Melinda, all though trying to not seem like she cares, truly does.