Q2 BLOG 2

I have changed my book to “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is about a girl trying to fix her reputation after what happened last summer at a party. Her reputation wasn't a bad one to the parents and teachers around her, but rather to the entire student body. She was the one who had called the cops at that party getting plenty of people arrested for various reasons I won't state.
The style that Anderson writes with is very simple and to the point. It reminds me somewhat of McCarthy but she doesn't make her sentences long. They are short. Throughout the story she hops around different classes that the main character has during the day. She changes scenes abruptly and I like that difference that a lot of other authors choose not to use. Instead other authors such as McCarthy pay much attention to minor details and make sure the story flow flawlessly.
The details Anderson gets into are not quite as concise as McCarthy, but rather the details grasp the general idea of what she is trying to tell. For example Anderson writes “Last year, our clan all dressed up as witches. We went to Ivy’s house because she and her older sister had theatrical makeup” (pg40). She utilizes this use of bland words and integrates them into comments Melinda, the main character, would make.
In my opinion I enjoy a change in the book I’m reading because after reading “All the Pretty Horses” by Cormac McCarthy I enjoy simple sentences sometimes using sarcasm. I enjoy it because I can relate to the narrator, which is Melinda. She is a basic teenage girl not really committed to any clique as of right now and all she wants to do is find out who she truly is.