RachelĪlso known as Rachelle or Rachel/Rachelle, Rachel is Melinda’s former best friend. He is the only person in Melinda’s life to notice her depression and to encourage her to tell her story, something that Melinda eventually does do for him at the end of the novel. Freeman is a talented artist and teacher who is angered by the school board's stifling of his class. He assigns his students a yearlong project in which they must work with a single object for the entirety of the class. Freeman is Melinda’s eccentric art teacher. However, it is clear by the end of the novel that Melinda, not Heather, will be able to grow and successfully pursue friendships sophomore year. She dumps Melinda as a friend because she believes Melinda is hurting her social reputation. She becomes the leaders’ minion, not their friend. She joins a clan known as “the Marthas” but does not fit in well.
Heather is self-absorbed and obsessed with integrating herself into the social scene. Heather has just moved from Ohio and like Melinda, does not have any friends when she begins high school. Heather is Melinda’s first friend in the ninth grade. He is one of the few characters who sees past Melinda's reputation early in the novel. He hires a lawyer and threatens to sue Mr. He is brilliant, confident, and assertive, qualities that Melinda wishes she had. David Petrakisĭavid is Melinda’s lab partner in biology class. At the end of the novel, he tries to rape Melinda a second time, but Melinda screams and he is caught. Rachel publicly leaves him at prom after discovering that he raped Melinda.
Near the end of the school year, he begins dating Rachel. Throughout the year, he continues to torment Melinda with comments referencing their previous encounter. He rapes Melinda at a party the summer before her first year of high school. He is a sleazy, but attractive, senior boy with a reputation for inappropriate behavior with girls. Andy EvansĪlso known as IT or Andy Beast to Melinda, Andy is the primary antagonist in Speak. By the end of ninth grade, Melinda finds her voice and learns to speak. She spends the school year reliving the party, facing the reality of what happened, and growing into a new, healthier person. Horrified and upset in the aftermath, the first thing Melinda thought to do was to call for help. No one, however, knows Melinda’s biggest secret, the reason she dialed 911 over the summer-a senior named Andy Evans raped her while she was drunk at the party. The remainder of the student body dislikes her for being a snitch. After Melinda calls the police at a party in August, her former friend group ditches her and disintegrates. She begins ninth grade friendless and depressed.
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