In the book, the main character Melinda, struggles through,any tragedies that get explained throughout the book. Some tragedies she faced was :being raped by Andy Evans, making friends, everyone hates her for calling the cops at a party and her grades. These things affect her throb out her whole life and they will never be forgotten because they are such big things that have affected her life and she can never grow out of it.
When she first came to the school , she had no friends because of calling the cops at a party . But the truth is that she only called the cops because she was raped by someone and she wanted help . She did not know what was happening or that they can track your call. She was young and didn't know what rape was. I thought that this was very bad and everyone hates her for no reason, she just was hurt and needed help bu no one would listen to her and her feelings. She had trouble making friends and keeping them because of how her feelings were messed up and all over the place. That was one struggle she had.
Her grades were very bad from all her classes except for art. I think that she had such bad grades in everything other than art was because she had any emotional problems and she was always depressed about everything bu in art she could express her feels and pain in her art. Her pain was put into her artwork and how her teacher let the students make one thing and express themselves into it. That is why i think she struggled with her grades but excedded in her grade in art.
She , Melinda was raped by a guy named Andy Evans . This has affected her life so much, nothing was the same after that.That one thing has happended her life went down. She could and will never forget that , becuase it ( andy ) is making it seem as if she was the mistake and how she wanted it but inside she is feeling pain becuase she was saying NO! but he didnt listen , it all went down after that and it will never change. This one problem was the lead to all the other stuggles and problems.
