Secondary injury in the crowd

Lexie 2022-04-22 07:01:47

In the eyes of friends, Melinoda is just a shameful betrayal. No one tried to ask her why she called the police, including her best friend of nine years.
Teenagers are sometimes all too easy to show cruelty that they don't even know about.
Melinoda became more and more silent, strange and borderline in the eyes of both classmates and teachers.
For girls in this period, the most terrifying thing about encountering evil deeds is not only the evil deeds themselves, but the strong and lasting secondary damage brought about by the incident.
A few days ago I saw a question on Zhihu. My friend was raped by a bad guy. What should I do? Most of the replies below are to hope that the subject will accompany you silently, no need to comfort, and don't mention it again.
And with this realization, I almost shed tears for Melinoda when I saw Melinoda forcefully write I was raped word by word on her bestie's book.
Luckily it's in the US. People around Melinoda all regretted their neglect and misunderstanding of her after knowing the truth, and they all turned into Sailor Moon who protected weak girls.
Thinking about my not-so-good cultural traditions in this regard, if Melinoda is an unbreakable barrier to the crowd she will face, it's almost a bummer.

View more about Speak reviews

Extended Reading

Speak quotes

  • Mr. Freeman: Can anybody tell me what this is?

    [holds up a smashed globe]

    Ivy: A globe?

    Mr. Freeman: A globe? Gosh... what are you guys, 13, 14? You already let them beat the creativity outta you? It's okay. I used to let my daughters kick this around my studio when it was too wet too play outside and one day, Jenny put her foot right through Texas and the entire United States crumbled into the sea. I mean, you could... you could paint a wet muzzled dog chewing Alaska! The possibilities are endless. It's almost too much, but you all are important enough to give it too.

  • Mr. Freeman: In here is a piece of paper and on that piece of paper is a word. You are gonna spend the rest of the year turning that object into art.

    Ivy: Uh, Mr. Freeman? When I was little, I was really scared of clowns and I don't wanna relapse and have to go back into therapy.

    Mr. Freeman: Oh, yeah, well, fear is a great place to begin art.

    [Melinda picks a piece of paper that says "tree" and tries to put it back]

    Mr. Freeman: Hey! Whoa. You just chose your destiny. You can't change that.

    Melinda Sordino: I learned how to draw a tree in like the 2nd grade.

    Mr. Freeman: Oh, really? Um. Well, do you wanna show me? It's okay. I won't grade you.

    [he hands her the chalk and Melinda sulks up to the blackboard and very hesitantly draws a really pathetic tree]

    Mr. Freeman: That's a pretty good start. Yeah, let's see what it looks like at the end of the year.

Related Articles