One event in a person's life can change them forever. In the book speak Melinda got raped and it change how she acts towards people, family and herself. Two events change Melindia during her first year of high school. Friends help us get through tough times and can change us for the better, but sometimes friends stab you in the back and that has a impact on Melindia. Heather impact Melindia “We were never friends, we like different things”(Anderson 58). Her losing her only friends left her isolated and depressed. In conclusion this act of leaving Melindia all by herself made her depressed. Humans care what others think which can change us for the better or in this case the worse. A group of people change how Melindia sees herself, “She’s
