Fourth Marking Period
"Exterminators" - "Final Cut"
Post a comment from one character's perspective (other than Melinda) for each assigned reading date. Relate your comment to one of the following themes:
speaking/expression
names/identity
friendship/clans
success/achievement
love/family
appearances/reality
strength/health
freedom
Rachel/Rachelle: I can’t believe how stupid I am for not believing Melinda about Andy. I should have listened to her. I am so stupid. I can’t believe myself. Andy is such a jerk. He was going way too far. I yelled at him and almost slapped him at the prom. I should write a reminder: do not doubt Melinda about Andy Evans. I should go talk to Melinda and say sorry for everything I did to her this year.........................................
ReplyDeleteNicole: Oh my gosh. I feel so bad for ignoring Melinda all year. I mean we are different, but we were still friends in middle school. I heard screaming when I was at lacrosse practice and my teammates and I came running to find were it was coming from. We started banging on the door. Melinda unlocks it and we find Melinda beaten up holding a piece of glass to Andy Evans’s throat. I feel so bad for ignoring her all year. I want to be friends again like old times....................................
Mr. Freeman: Melinda told me what happened to her. I new something was wrong, but I did not think it was this serious, but I new she would tell some one when she was ready. I am kind of happy I am one of the people who know the whole truth about what happened to her. I gave Melinda and A+ on her tree. I see her becoming a famous artist some day and have her art being sold for millions and her art being placed in art museums around the world. I can’t wait to see them there................
Rachel:
ReplyDeleteIm so glad i dumped that A** hole at prom!! he deserved it I mean now everyone knows what he did! and he should have never done that! and better yet he did it again! he tried to do it in a janitors closet!!!!!!!!! really i always though he was a good person but im glad melind beat the s*** out of him!
Nicloe:
I feel bad I didnt pay any attentioni to melinda! I didnt know what she was going through! I mean if she would have told me I would have been there to listen! we used to be in the same clique! so today i was walking to la crosse practice and i heard screams!! like loud screams so i rushed over to see what it was and it was locked so i called the otherplayers and now i understand! she was RAPED!!!i feel so bad im gonna be her friend for sure sophmore year!!
Melinda:
Im glad everyone finally knows the truth!! i mean i dont feel bad talking to any one anymore. i told mr.freeman everything and he listened! nicloe and rachel arent mad at me anymore! but i think heather is for me saying i wouldnt help her but you know she diserves it you cant dish in what you cant dish out!!
Melinda:
ReplyDeleteI finally can speak now: Andy Evans raped me and it wasen't my fault. Now,I feel like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I feel great
Rachel
ReplyDeleteI should have believed Melinda. I'm happy he didn't try to rape me as well. That pervert. Maybe Melinda isn't that bad. I should have believed her though.... I wouldn't have had to waste prom night. Well at least I got this Portuguese guy that's pretty cute.
Nicole
I'm so happy Melinda paralyzed Andy's lips. That rapist! What a pervert! I hope no girl ever goes near him again for the sake of humanity! What a pig!!!! I heard that he stuck his hand down a girls pants during the previews!! Disgusting!! I'm glad he's graduating because I never want to see again. And now I understand why Melinda always looks so depressed. If someone did that to me I would never get over it!
Ivy:
ReplyDeletewow Melinda is one brave girl! Now i know why she never talked a lot. She did have a reason to be mute, and it wasnt because she was depressed!
Rachel:
GOD andy is such a jerk! How could i let Melinda think it was her fault or that she was jelous of me. I really want the ways to be back to where they are and i want to be her friend again. At least i wont see Andy again, i never want to see him again. Melinda has been through a lot. i want to be a part of her life again.
Rachel:
ReplyDeleteI cant believe myself. How could i have dated such a sick minded jerk! He raped Melinda, who is my best friend. I have been such an A** hole towards her. I need to apologize.
Mr.Freeman:
ReplyDeleteWell...its the end of the year and i still need to see Melinda's project. She has worked so much on that tree and i can see she wants a good grade. But something happened, she started speaking to me and telling me everything that has happened and the things she went through. God, i feel so bad for her, i'm glad i can help by listening to her. She is a good girl.
ANDY (before the fight): That b***h! She thinks she can run her mouth and say whatever the hell she wants? I gonna show her why she should have never said a word. That coward hides in the old janitor's closet. We're gonna have a party. ;)
ReplyDeleteIVY: Melinda is so strong. She stood up to Andy and didn't give in to him. That serves that bastard right. I hope he gets locked up for life for hurting my friends.
Mr. Freeman
ReplyDeleteOh this week has been a roller-coaster. Well a fun one. Melinda finished her tree finally. But it was worth the wait. It was amazing so i gave her an A+ . And then apparently Andy assaulted her in a janitors closet. Wow and apparently there is more that happened. I can't wait to hear what she has to say!
Rachel: Oh no... Melinda was right about Andy. I feel like such and idiot. He tried following me around to say sorry, but he is an ass. after what he did to Melinda over the summer, I hope I never have to see him again. It gets worse. Andy found out that Melinda told me about him and tried to hurt her again. Luckily Nicole and the lacrosse team came to her rescue. I left a message on her phone as soon as heard. I feel awful. I treated her like crap this year for something that wasn't even her fault. I am really going to try to be there for her over the summer. I know she needs a friend, someone to help her thorugh whats going on. I will try my hardest for her. I owe her that.
ReplyDeleteRachel/Rachelle:
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Andy. i hate him!! I fell so bad for Melinda she had to go through all that.I fell bad for yelling at her she was telling the truth. I also fell bad i didn't believe her. She finially had the strength to tell some one and i did not comfert her.
Nicole:
Omg!! i can't believe what i saw!! I fell so bad for Melinda i hope she is ok. I'm glad she got him back. I wounder how long she need help for. I'm glad we came to help or it could have gotten really bad.
Ivy:
I'm glad i showed Melinda the bathroom wall. She really looked happy after that. Then i herd that he tried to beat her up but she cut his neck. i didn't know she had that in her. She is a great person i'm happy for her.
Mr. Freeman:
Melinda finaly did a great tree. She worked and worked on it. She messed up a lot even though she wanted to give up i told her to keep tring and then she made a masterpiece! I gave her an A+. She did a great job.
Rachel-
ReplyDeleteI feel so bad about calling Melinda a liar. She was right the whole time, and I just ignored her. She was trying to keep me safe. I can't believe that I thought Andy was a good guy. And I'm glad I ditched him at prom. He deserves every bit of suffering he can get, and he's already suffering. Without all the popular-ness, he would be nothing. And he's not to popular now everyone knows what he did to Melinda. I think Melinda and me might be good friends after this. Maybe the Plain-Janes will get back together after all. Who knows. . .summer is all about changes! :)
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ReplyDeleteMelinda 3: "I feel like I can finally breathe. I feel like I am a eagle soaring freely high in the sky. I feel......I feel......liked.....,no....I feel.......LOVED. For the first time in my life it feels like I can be myself. I can finally be Melinda fun, caring, and confident Melinda. Instead of that girl or whats her name or who are you? I am not trapped in a cage anymore because I found the key of getting out. I am Melinda and am proud of it. I mean if I could go back in time and change getting raped I would, but I can't. I can't escape from the past, I can only grow from it in the future. I am Melinda and I survived a rape."
ReplyDeleteRachel-
ReplyDeletei am so mad, but so happy. I swore Melinda was lying and she was jealous that Andy was mine. But she wasn't lying. Andy did rape her. And he tried to rape her again. I didn't trust her. She WAS my best friend. But now she is my best friend. I thought she her mouth was shut she would just say some random stuff.. and now i can trust her. She was not lying to me! i cant believe it. I love Melinda now, even when we weret friends she tried to protect me. AW!!
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Rachelle:
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't I believe Melinda in the first place. Andy really did rape her and that creep tried to rape her again. I'm so happy we are friends again and I found a new cute guy.
Nicole:
Thank God Melinda is okay. Good thing we found them in that closet. If we didn't Andy could have tried to hurt Melinda more. I still can't believe what happened in there.
Mr. Freeman:
I knew Melinda had it in her. She was struggling through out the year, but she pulled through. She made a masterpiece. She definitely deserved that A+.
Nicole: I feel so bad for Melinda! I didn't know what she went through. I am so ashamed of myself and the rest of the school. I think she deserves one big apology.
ReplyDeleteRachel: I have made myself into a monster! I showed no respect toward Melinda. I hope she will take me back as her bestfriend. I need to apologize and next time not judge so quickly if I don't know what is really going on. I feel so bad for her and what she has went through.
ReplyDeleteMr. Freeman
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to see Melinda's final piece. She came quite far from ruining all of my linoleum blocks. I don't know if I will continue my teaching career here at Merryweather High. The staff doesn't like me here. But then I will miss Melinda and Ivy and all of the other great young artists here. Descisions to make...
Nichole- OH MY GOSH I feel so bad for Melinda I heard about how Andy rapping her and I feel so bad. I mean I didn't talk to her this whole year. We all went seperate ways thought. But then again I could of talked to her and stuff. Now I feel so bad and I shouldn't of judged her on calling the cops even though I didn't know why she did it in the first place. I am so glad that I stopped Andy from attacking her even more in the closet, good thing I heard. Were still not friends but at least I did something to help her. I FEEL SO BAD. I am so sorry Melinda I didn't know. REALY.
ReplyDeleteNicole
ReplyDeleteThank goodness we found her and I'm glad she is okay who knows what Andy would've done to her if we had never found her. I knew that they're was something up with that guy that rapeist. I'm just glad melinda is safe.
Malachi