Q2 BLOG 3

Melinda is not a complex character; she seems very easy to understand. Because she is recovering from a disaster at a party in the summer that destroyed her social status, she is very sad and lonely. Ever since she called the police at that summer party, she has been very antisocial. She has been antisocial because she thinks all the kids hater her, which most unfortunately do. But in ninth grade when she enters high school, she receives some company by a girl named Heather. Heather talks to Melinda for two reasons. The first reason is because she also doesn’t have any friends like Melinda, but it’s because she’s new. The second reason is because she wants to fit in the school, and has to start off of somewhere. She decides to use Melinda to help her understand the school better and to figure out where she can fit in. Melinda only agrees to tolerate with Heather because she doesn’t want to show the world how lonely she is. Melinda doesn’t even bother with trying to understand Heather as a person, because even though Heather is desperately trying to find her group, she tramples on Melinda once she knows why everyone hates Melinda. Heather doesn’t want to be associated with Melinda, and like a true enemy resembling all of the rest of the kids Heather pretends she doesn’t know Melinda in front of others. Melinda understands Heather is just like all of the other kids who don’t know Melinda’s story and she thinks to herself if she will always be this lonely.