5 words that describe Melinda

Mysterious- I think Melinda is mysterious because she barely talks to anyone and doesn’t share what she is feeling with other people. She also hides her emotions from people a lot of times and she always keeps her thoughts to herself.

Miserable- I think Melinda is miserable because since the party she has been very traumatized. The friends she used to have now hate her and she doesn’t have anyone to talk to.

Sarcastic- Melinda is very sarcastic when talking to herself because it helps her deal with some of her problems by being humorous. I think this is a good way for her to express her feelings towards people when she is having a tough time.

Angry- When Melinda starts school and has no friends because of the incident at the party she tends to get upset at what is going on in her life. Nobody wants to talk to her and she is always alone because of what she did at the party. If people gave her a chance to explain herself i think she would be a lot happier but she would also have to be willing to communicate.

Vulnerable- I think the feeling that best describes Melinda would be vulnerable because she has caused a lot of anger towards other people. When she called the cops at the party a lot of people got fired from their jobs or got in trouble with the authorities.

Vulnerable

Melinda is vulnerable to a lot of bullying and mean behavior from other kids because of the night during the summer when she called the cops on Kyle’s party.”I get hosted in Spanish. “Linda means “pretty” in Spanish. This is a great joke. Mrs.Spanish Teacher calls my name. Some stand-up comic cracks, “No, Melinda no es linda.” They call me Me-no-linda for the rest of the period.” This passage in the book shows that Melinda is vulnerable to the teasing and bullying if other kids all because of one incident.

I don’t think it’s fair that Melinda is very vulnerable to bullying because she got raped at the party and did the right thing by calling the cops. The thing is she didn’t tell the cops she was raped so everybody thought she did it to get people in trouble. I don’t understand why people are so mad at her because i would think they would suspect something else going on because she wouldn’t just call the cops out of nowhere.