The first quote I think is reflective of Melinda is the following quote:
Maybe I'll be an artist when I grow up.
It's a good quote for Melinda because art class is one of the few classes Melinda consistently attends. Art is Melinda's go-to coping mechanism.
The book focuses on Melinda's emotional turmoil in the year following being raped by Andy. Melinda struggles alone. Nobody knows what happened to her. Melinda keeps it all bottled up inside, but the reader gets a real sense that Melinda definitely wants to tell somebody. She's just scared to do it.
I should probably tell someone, just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out, blurt it out.
The next quote is also about Melinda keeping her secret bottled up inside of her.
How can I talk to them about that night? How can I start?
Melinda begins to find ways to warn people about the danger Andy presents to them. She does this through anonymous notes.
Andy Evans will use you. He is not what he pretends to be. I heard he attacked a ninth grader. Be very, very careful.
This next quote is very short.
NNNOOO!!!
The quote comes in chapter 88, but it's important because Melinda has finally found a voice. She uses her voice in order to stop being a silent victim.
The next two quotes highlight some of Melinda's early characteristics.
I close my eyes, this is what I've been dreading. As we leave the last stop, I am the only person sitting alone.
I am outcast.
Both of these quotes come from chapter 1, and both effectively show the reader Melinda is not a popular girl at Merryweather. The reason for that is everybody knows she is the girl who called the police and had their party shut down. The quotes show just how much Melinda has been ostracized by everybody.
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