As the story progresses clues to why people hate her so much are revealed. There is mentioning of a party that Melinda, some how, ruined. People say that they or someone they knew got in trouble at the party. Melinda wants to forget that party. She blocks it out of her head. At every mention of that night Melinda cringes.
Melinda doesn’t like school. She hates the people and despises the classes. All of the classes except art. She loves her art class. Their assignment for the year is to create a piece of art, depicting a given image, that makes a statement. Melinda’s object is a tree.
She has trouble with the tree. Melinda starts school off in a bad way. She continuously gets in trouble with numerous teachers. She never does any homework. She mostly takes naps. Worst of all, in her mind, she has no friends.
This does not change until she meets Heather, the new girl. Heather is a popularity obsessed girl from the South. She desperately wishes to fit in to one of the numerous cliques in school. Over the course of the year Melinda becomes more and more miserable. Heather forces her to be what she dosen’t want. Heather wants to be a part of a group of girls called The Marthas, a bunch of Martha Stewart wannabe’s who Melinda doesn’t like. Heather makes Melinda help her with ridiculous and impossible projects the Mathas assign Heather. Her parents are always on her grades. Melinda could care less about her grades.
At least, after that night she could. She, thankfully, finds sanctuary in an abandoned janitor’s closet she finds while cutting class. She remodels the rather large closet with posters and a couch for her to take her naps. The year continues on its dull, depressive track until Andy Evans comes back into the canvas that is Melinda’s life. Andy is revered by Melinda as the one who caused her to plummet into the void that is her most recent life. Melinda finally recalls the night of the party she hade been blocking out for almost a year now.
The Homework on Social Class Rosaura Party Girl
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She still struggles with her tree. Andy lingers in her brain as Heather takes full advantage of her. She is through. Heather approaches her about decorating the entire gym for prom overnight because the Marthas asked her to. Melinda stands upbound, at last. She tells Heather off. She feels good.
Melinda goes to her janitor’s closet during the last week of school. The lights go off and the door locks after she has been sitting inside for an hour. Someone has come inside. An angry hand covers her face. She screams underneath. Andy Evans says to be quiet. He whispers hateful, angry, and vile things into her ear.
He said it’ll be just like last time. He reaches for her bra and is abruptly stopped by Melinda’s teeth into is hand. He rips her blouse. She screams and is only given a slap in the face in return. He throws her against the wall. It hurts her badly. She is pinned.
He attacks her body. She reaches for something above, she find the mirror and pushes it off the wall. Shards of glass explode in every direction. Andy Evans backs up, confused. She quickly snatches a piece of glass and holds it up to Andy Evans’ neck, pressing hard enough for a single drop of blood to fall. He stops.
Someone is pounding on the door. Melinda unlocks it and turns on the light. The entire Lacrosse team is standing in front of the doorway, holding their sticks in the air, angrily. Someone runs off for help. It’s the last day of school and people feel sorry for Melinda. They no longer are angry. The tree assignment is due. Melinda stays after school to work on it. She draws and paints a magnificent, crooked tree.
The tree is elderly and remembering. There are elegant, promising birds in the sky and a sun shining brightly where the new branches have grown. The tree is finished..
Teenage Violence In Schools
Page #1 Teenage violence in schools has become a tremendous concern to many people. School violence over the past number of years has been increasing and family life, the things that occur in schools and the neighborhoods that the teenagers (that commit the crimes or violent acts) live in are some of the major factors. These are not necessarily the only causes to teenage violence. Family Lifestyle ...
