Predictable Ending

Author’s Note: I am making a prediction for the ending of the book Speak.

A depressed teenager’s story, that takes you through her high school experience, can never really end well. Maybe it’s death or maybe it’s that she never gets better, and stays depressed forever, but they never get better. They’ll continue to tell their story, in hopes that things will change. Nothing the less, they don’t.  Since this is another story about a girl who has troubles in high school, I think that she will commit suicide in the end of the book.

As for Melinda in the book Speak she has struggles in her high school life. She is depressed, angry, and can't stand herself. I think that by the end of the book, she won't be able to cope with the pain anymore, and will end up committing suicide.  In a section of the book, we read about how she doesn’t recognize herself, she doesn't think that her mouth belongs to her. She's narrating the book, and constantly making comments like "Maybe I'll be an artist if I grow up."(pg. 78)  and "If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this? A whimper, a peep?" So the facts show, she obviously has thought about not living any longer.

This story is a tragedy.  So far it follows the plot line, with a character flaw.  Melinda's is that she can't forget.  She is scared with this memory of something that happened. Since this is a tragedy, I believe that Melinda will commit suicide, since the clues are there and that follows the plot line. She is always saying clues that seem as if she is thinking about suicide, and with the type of story that it is, that only makes sense.

Not just does the text and mode of literature show facts that there will be a suicide, a similar story also ends in a suicide.  The book Thirteen Reasons Why starts out with a girl who has troubles in high school also, and by the end of the book she killed herself.  She faces many of the same problems, feeling left out, struggling with her parents, and even not particularly liking herself. These books are a lot alike, so I also think that Melinda will kill herself.

Following Melinda's story, reading about her life, -- so far --  I predict that she will kill herself.  She'll let the drama of high school, and whatever else happened that one night take control of her life, ending it.