Depresion Symbolism

imagine being really depressed, so badly that you couldn’t even look at your self in the mirror. When you got to school no one would talk to you and there is no way to change it. In the book “Speak” By: Laurie Halse Anderson, there is plenty of symbolism. Malinda, the main character is very depressed in this book which makes this symbolism really work.
There are plenty of symbols that show this but one of them is the bus window. On page three of the book it says “I try to open my window, but the latches won’t move.” This show that Malinda is in closed and fells very alone, because closed windows mostly show no new beginnings and depletion. Another symbol is the janitor’s closet. She goes here when she wants to be alone, which is most of the time but in this closet it is very dark, and gloomy. The closet is also abandoned, and that is how she feels. The last symbol that shows proof that Malinda is depressed is the mirror. It’s says that the mirror in her room and the mirror in the janitor’s closet. The one in her room, she took down and put it in her closet, facing her wall. This shows that she is ashamed of herself and can’t bear to even look at herself. She does the same with the one in the janitor’s closet. The last symbol that I would like to point out is her grades. If you look at the report card on page 46, it shows that she mostly has bad grades, with the exception of one. The only class that she has a good grade in is Art. The reason being is that it is the only class that she can truly express herself. She has so much pain built up inside of her and in this class she can just take all of that and throws it on to a canvas. Studies say this is one of the best ways to deal with depletion.

imagine yourself depressed, so depressed that the only thing that you can turn to is art. In the book speak, I learned that you can be depressed but in the end friends will always be there for you and when you tell them you problems, it can all go away.