Analysis Question #1

Do you agree with Melinda’s Perception of high school?

Melinda is a very pessimistic person who thinks everything is against her and because of that she has a poor perception on high school. She thinks that nothing is worth it and that everything she learns is useless and there is no point in going. “Why go to school? The first hour of blowing off school is great. No one to tell me what do, what to read, what to say.” I don’t agree with her perception of high school. I think there is some point in going and that most of the things you learn are important, and even if you think what you are learning is useless it is at least worth it to go to be social and interact with people. The things you learn in high school are useful for the rest of your life and if you don’t go you can mess up your future. I think that Melinda should at least put in the effort to go before she gets in even more trouble she is in for not going, because if she doesn’t she can ruin her high school education.

Quickwrite Question #6

Refer to page 147 and 148. Melinda reminisces about her childhood wish to be a princess. She used to pretend that she was adopted by her parents when her “kingdom was overrun by bad guys” A couple paragraphs later on page 148, she says again that she wishes she was adopted. Do you really think Melinda wishes for such a thing? Do you think her parents warrant this wish? Why or why not?

I think Melinda really wishes she was adopted. She doesn’t have a good relationship with her parents, like interacting with notes and ignoring her. She feels like her parents don’t love her and don’t want her to be their child and they wish they could have had a better child. Her parents both are always doing work and never take the time to actually talk or care about Melinda and that is one of the main reasons that she wants to be adopted, she feels like her parents don’t want her. It is also because of the comments her parents make that make Melinda feel like they don’t want or love her, like when her mom saw the scratch marks on Melinda’s wrist and just told her she didn’t have time for it. Although I feel like it is mostly Melinda’s parents fault for not being in her life being the reason for her wanting to be adopted I think she could try and make a better effort to spend time with her parents and not just hide in her room and maybe they would have a better relationship and she wouldn’t want to be adopted.