Beginnning of Speak

   It starts out with Melinda going to the first day of school. After what had happened at the party, no one will talk to her. Even her best friend Rachel acts like she has never met Melinda in her life. So you could probably say ex-best friend now. As Melinda goes through all her classes, she thinks about the negatives in each one. She tries her best to make a new friend so she doesn't seem lonely. Luckily, during the assembly, Melinda ends up sitting next to a new girl named Heather who had just moved from Ohio. They start to talk and it seems like Melinda has made her first friend. But from that point on, the day only gets worse. Melinda drags through all of her classes and finally makes it to lunch; though, there is a little problem. As she walks into the cafeteria, she is nailed by a lump of potatoes. This only makes her life worse as she is already the most hated girl in the school. The day goes on and Melinda somehow manages to make it through the day as the sun sets. After reading the beginning of this book, I can tell that the society has a big effect on the main character. I know this because all of the kids in the high school, even people she’s never met, hate her. And this makes her really depressed and un-confident because nobody knows her side of the story, and no one wants to.