THE ANTAGONIST AND A MAJOR PROBLEM IN MELINDA'S LIFE.

A SYMBOL OF HER TORTURING HERSELF.

SHE CAN'T FIND ANY OTHER WAY TO LET OUT HER ANGER.

SHE SHUTS HERSELF OUT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD.

HER WHOLE LIFE CHANGED AFTER THE RAPE.

SINCE THE RAPE, SHE HAS ALMOST NO FRIENDS.

SHE INTENTIONALLY GETS BAD GRADES SO SOMEONE WILL NOTICE HER.

ONE PERSON THAT SHOWS KINDNESS TO MELINDA.

FEELS LIKE SHE IS ALL OLONE IN THE WORLD.

A PLACE SHE HIDES IN TO SHUT THE WORLD OUT.

HER OLD FRIENDS SHOW HER NO KINDNESS.

SHE LIES TO HER ONE FRIEND AND HER FAMILY.

THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SPEAK.

NO ONE TO LET HER EMOTIONS OUT.

SHE HAS BEEN CAST OUT BY HER OLD FRIENDS.

SHE PAINTS TREES THAT ARE LIFELESS AND DEAD.

MELINDA ASKES ALOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HERSELF.

OVER THE SUMMER SHE WAS RAPED BY ANDV EVANS.

SHE IS CONSTANTLY SAD AND IN A BAD MOOD.

TENNIS IS THE ONE THING IN HER LIFE THAT SHE CAN EXCEL AT.

SHE IS VERY SAD AND NO ONE WILL TALK TO HER.

DOWN ALL THE TIME, AND SHE IS NEVER CHEARS UP.

WITH ALL HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY LEAVING HER SHE WONDERS IF IT WAS HER FAULT.

THIS QUOTE IS AT THE VERY END OF THE BOOK TO SHOW SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS HER.

SINCE THE RAPE ALL HER FRIENDS HAVE LEFT HER.