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Part 2, Chapter 23
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 reports her terrible grades, even worse than the first quarter. She even gives herself a D in a made up subject called Attitude.
Melinda is clearly in decline, but cannot seem to care. Her own terrible grade in her made up Attitude subject again reflects both her humor and her apathy.
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