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Part 3, Chapter 6
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Speak, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Coming of Age
Communication versus Silence
Appearance versus Reality
Family and Friendship
Isolation, Loneliness, and Depression
Memory and Trauma
Summary
Analysis
Melinda facetiously conjugates the verb “ to cut class” as she skips Spanish class.
Melinda responds to Heather’s betrayal in the only way she knows how: by disengaging even further from the school community.
Themes
