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I know my tree isn’t art: it’s my exit to express my feelings. No one cares about me; no one talks to me; no one stays with me; no one tries to ask me what happened in that night. I feel lonely, helpless and depressed. For me, art is the only thing I can talk with. When I am drawing, I will imagine that I am a girl sitting under the tree. I use different color and line in order to express my emotion.

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It is certainly true that my tree is not the most beautiful one for all of people. Nevertheless, it is still the beautiful art in my mind as it was definitely created by myself.

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My tree isn‘t art. My tree represents my inner feelibg which i could not speak out in public.I hope my tree maybe could express my feelings

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I know my tree is not art, instead, representing my inside, or emotion. Just like trees, expression needs to break the seed and grow, so how to break is most hard. However, if I can express sucessfully, I can grow; I can have my own branches; and I can become stronger and stronger.

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The tree represents the inner emotion of me, which with the growing of the tree, I will become stronger and stronger. Additionally, the tree also brings hopes for me.

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The tree is not art. I think my basketball skill is the art because it help me catch up with many girls. I am good at playing basketball and you know girls love man who can play sports

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I know my tree is not art. It is created by an accident, which means I do not make it spontaneously. However, the tree does represent my emotion or thoughts ; it is not art, but something can expose my inner world.

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I know my tree is not art, compared to the masterpiece of Picasso. However, my painting is able to express my emotions inside my heart. I wish to make use of my tree to get away from my nightmare. I expect to convince others and speak throughout my tree. Probably, I could not always be silent. I should speak out, telling other the truth. I would grow up as the tree I painted. The progress would enable mr to defeat my fear.

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I know my tree isn’t art. It is my hope or the path to hope. Every trees I painted with my heart represent my desires to find the truth answer of my life. Every trees I painted show my expectations to my future—how will my future be like? I really hope I can grow up like my trees with sunshine and rain, of course, with love and peace. My trees is my hope.

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I always know that my tree isn’t art, it can’t be.
I never pay much attention on these kind of things,it doesn’t matter the work I have done is good or bad. I just want to stay alone and waste time.So,how could my tree can be called art?

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I know my tree isn't art. The tree. The tree is my world more than an art. The tree represent my feeling and my thoughts. It can't be seen as an art to others

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I know my tree is not art. I am not an artist after all. I just picked it in the art class accidentally. I have no idea what to do and how to do. But Mr. Freeman seems to be very confident with me. Well, he is confident with everyone in his class actually. Sometimes I feel I can express something through my tree. Even though I don't speak, my tree will speak for me. It could be a chance for me to relieve a little bit. Sometimes, I feel totally lost about it, no idea at all. I know my tree is not art. It is just a medium for me to put something inside me on it.

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My tree isn't art. My tree is my emotion and my inner world. It can help me out of this predicament. Releasing the puresure is the most important thing. I like to talk by another way, drawing trees. So that my tree isn't art.

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I know my tree is not art.

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I know my tree isn't art. It does not look like an artwork and it is not done by an artist. It is just a strange work done by me-a strange person in others' perspectives. So does My life . My life is not pleasant either.

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I am Melinda. I know my tree isn't art. I know it is just an output of my feeling about the hostile surrounding. My parents don't care about my feeling, my friends are leaving me, even Mr. Freeman criticize me. I know I have no talent about art, which is just a excuse for not attending to the class I dislike. I am Melinda. I know my tree isn't art.

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My tree isn't art. It represents something. Hope. I don't want to speak so i am looking for opportunity. Tree can also be my paradise.

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Merryweather is a good name because it sounds very good and I like this name.

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It is undeniable that our school is a kind of Merry Weather and students have been granted a number of freedom and options for doing everything they like or interested in. I am so glad that I am one of these students and I am so happy that our school is able to make this happened. So I have to say that Merry weather is a excellent name for ou campus.

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Merryweather means good weather and happiness. However, in the story, the school doesn’ seem happy because some unhappy things happened. And people here always have conflict or misunderstanding about each other, it is difficult to distinguish real friends and fake friends.

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Merryweather is a good name for the school; nevertheless, I don't think so. Merryweather means bright and lively lifestyle, which is contradict to Melinda's life now. The envrionment in that school makes Melinda silent and helpless. If a school wants Merryweather as its name, it should bring about positive envrionment for its students.

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Merryweather is truly a good name for this school, although I do not know what it means. Merryweather, however, I guess,  may represent the good atomsphere in this school: everyone is united, strong cohesion. The "happy" in school makes Merryweather sounds like very COOOOOOL.

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Merryweather represents the meaning of happy and beatific. In Melinda's world ，the happiness of Merryweather is any appearance and it should on the road.Therefore，Melinda wants to be flexible and has positive emotions

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Merrywheather is truest a good name for this school.Here is my reason. This name is the same with a very famous boxer in real world——Merrywheather. I could say that he is the top 3 famous boxer in the world. According to that, there is no reason to conclude that Merrywheather is a bad name. It is a fantastic name which is able to attract more attention to the school.

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Merryweather is truly a good name for this school. How come I can't feel any? I start my high school with the wrong way, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. Everything is wrong. We change our mascot. There are clans and weird teachers, of course weird students, for example, me. Merryweather, where is the merry weather here? Liar.

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The meaning of the merryweather may represents optimistic things. Because the inner emotion of Melinda is depress, she wants to live in positive environment which could aspire her, so that she could be brave to face the problems and terrible situation. In her deeper mental world, she is desire the niceness.

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In my opinion, Merryweather is a good name. Why? Because it is just a name. It stands for nothing. It is clear, and it sends everyone a message that the school name is Merryweather. Stanford is a good name, why don't people cal it Sanfool.

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Merryweather is truly a good name for this school. The name is so warm that may attract some to go in there. In the school, majority keep away from Melinda, which becomes a current and makes others feel pleasant like in merryweather.

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Merryweather is truly a good name for this school.

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Merryweather is a really a good name for the school, because everyone fits in his or her own clans. Merryweather means happy atmosphere. People here is friendly and willing to help. However, the school is full of happiness except for Melinda. How sarcastic it is. Everybody here except some are unfriendly to Melinda.

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merryweather may mean good weather or nice environment, which includes both natural and social environment. From my perspective , it is a kind of irony in this book , compared to Melinda's own feelings about the school due to what happened to her and how others respond to her.

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Well，merryweather is actually a pretty good name for the school. In fact,no one care what the school name is for nobody like school at all. You cannot expect those students appreciate the school or the name,and thus,merryweather is okay for everyone. But I love study anyway.

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Merry weather is a really good name for this school. BRS stand for Beijing Royal School and it is too old fashion for young people like us. Thus，I think merryweather is a good name because it makes people think about  christmas. Together it makes me feel like “happy for good weather”. I love this name.

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Merryweather means happy. It's not suitable for this school, or it's not suitable for Melinda. Because teachers are bumptious like Mr. Neck, the school will never be a happy place. Due to the teacher's carelessness, Melinda does not feel happy. So that this school doesn't match with Merryweather. Mr. freeman is a good person, he takes care of Melinda by teaching her art.

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Not only about the name, Merryweather is truly a good nature for this school. Except Melinda, everyone is happy in this school. However, Mellinda’s drawing just be mocked at this time: they think her drawing is done by a primary student, which hurts Melinda’s heart. For me, art is an exit for Melinda. Whatever this draw is beautiful or not, it is definitely a work Melinda tries her best to do. In this way, I admire Melinda.

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At night, when lots of students go back to the dormantory, rest of students may secretly wait someone. If you go to the playground, you will definitely see some “sweetheart”. For these sweetheart, they need to make sure escape from teachers, but they also don’t need to worry finding the paterner in coming-of-age ceremony.

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the time in BRS will make people feel exciting and interesting about this event. But maybe not everyone will get involved in the event because someone may not find a partner in this event, which means they may not fine a boyfriend or girlfriend.

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I think what you said is really important for those students who are keeping negative moods everyday. In this way, we can pay more attention on them and thus,protecting them.

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Valentine's goes underground in BRS.

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Valentime goes underground in BRS.There are different kinds of strict rules in BRS.For example，do not smoking，do not drinking，do not abuse teachers and do not fall in love with other people.

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Volentimes underground in brs is really fun. I can see lots of moment in wechat that somebody can't see. lots of couples walk together on playground in evening. Whatever brs is forbidden, nobody can really control students.

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Valentine's day, a valuabe day for every lovers, goes underground in BRS. Most of students, however, cannot experience or celebrate it since BRS has rules preventing students from falling in love, and students are busy with studying. Therefore, they may experience it when they are undergraduate.

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Valentine's goes underground in BRS. They camouflage themselves from others, pretending that they are just friendship. They don't wish exposure, since they don't expect to have conflict to school's rules.

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Valentines goes underground in BRS. There are many couples in the school. However, it got nothing to do with me. I don’t care about who with who being together because all I care about is study and study harder. There is nothing more fantastic than study in the world. Knowledge is the most beautiful thing a man can get.

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Valentine's goes underground in BRS. Everyone is
exciting about this. The rules are gone.Every student can find their true love.

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Valentine ‘s goes underground in our school. The meaningful day comes this year again and everybody is excited about it. The valentine is a day for lovers to celebrate, so I guess they may found a place and have a kiss. But after all,study is the most important thing and I love it.

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It is certainly true that the Valentine’s Day is one of the most interesting festivals for most of BRSers. It is undeniable that I am one of them who will celebrate this festival, although my girlfriend doses not stay with me at the school. Even though we cannot spend our time together

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Valentine's goes underground in BRS. There is Valentine's every year, in BRS either. At that time, no one would show that, but they have some activities underground, and teachers do not manage about the vogue sphere too much.

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Valentines goes underground in BRS for some reasons. Firstly, it is because having romance is not allowed at school. In order to not be punished by school, they have to conceal the their relationship. Secondly, they may don't want to share their relationship with other students or their friends to reduce the gossips, or they like the low key style themselve.

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Valentine goes underground in BRS. BRS strictly constrain students from chasing their love and mental happiness. Teengers in high school are in exactually the fitful age to generate good feeling to their opposite gender. However, the strict rules make them have to become underground valentines that can't show their relationship in public. Well, in my opinion, BRS should allow students to develop their relationship, for it was a human nature and a basic civil right. Moveover, whatever strict rules can not stop the human nature.

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Valentine's is on the ground in BRS. They do not need to hide, and they do want they want in public. Teachers do not care. Some may say that this relationship will affect the score in a positive way or in a negative way. I have no comments, because I am not one of them.

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Actually, making girlfriend or boyfriend is not allowed in BRS. However, everyone desire a wonderful relationships with others who they like in this age. When Valentine day coming, someone will display a heart using the candles secretly, which will make his girlfriend thinks that he really cares about the relationships and take it as treasures. In the other hand, some couples not care about festivals, even they would not prepare gifts for each other.

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Valentine's day goes underground in BRS. Everyone look forward for this and want to find a girl or boy friend. However， there is a rule in BRS which is students can not fall in love with each other. I think this is great because study is the most important thing right now. Thus， I am fell in love with study and it make me happy

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I really agree that school should let students to choose their class, because it is really a great opportunity for students to find their own talents and even help to determine their future jobs. But freedom is based on regulation. Students can not omit some mandatory subjects.

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The language he uses are vivid and appropriate because reflected by his clear logic in the free writing. And he has some evidents supporting his argument, which is pretty impressive and also convinced me by his strong opinion.

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I totally agree with her opinion. Everyone is eaqul, so the school should let everyone be eaqul

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I like his idea but is too native

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Our school has therapist, so that we can develop our world value sucussesflly!

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Well, I thing Wei is making his point clearly and I defintly agree with what he said—students should follow school rules, especially no smoking in dormitory. Smoking kills. It not only hurt yourself but also others

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Wondering but not practical. It is inevitable that everywhere would have someone doing that kind of things.

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After reading his ideas, I am convinced that although it is important for the school administrators to set up several rigid rules to manage the campus, it is stil necessary for the managers to think about students’s feelings

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Strongly agree. Draven states the brutal but true fact that some parts of our school are indeed lifeless. He seems to use sarcastic sentence

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From my perspective, I agree with apart of Huke's opinion. Asking us go back to school reduces students a lot of time to stay with their parents.

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It is very good to see that there is almost no grammar mistakes, and the information is very detailed, which is very easy to understand.

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although school may sets up a regular schedule, students would only follow their own schedules. different people have different schedules. I think it will be better if school give students more time to make their own schedules, not the whole schedule for all students

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I think the most important way for students to keep their health is to manage their own time by theirselves. Because when you go to a high school, no one can supervise u. Therefore，students should control their time appropriately and spend the time on things they valued.Thus， they can effectively use their time.

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I hope our school has a spirit which could enable students to have more liberity. That is to say, the students are able to have a unrestrainted circumstance to improve their creativity and imagination. Moreover, I hope our school has a spirit that it not only pay attention to the standardized examinations, but also concentrate on students' physical health. For example, the school gives more oppotunities for students to have sports game.

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I hope our school has a spirit that everyone respects each other with love and kindness and, of course, obey the school rules and be grateful to their teachers . The school with such sporit could achieve more goals than other school which doesn't have this spirit. Moreover, the environment could also be more suitable and peaceful if every students in school keep in mind that being grateful to teachers

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I hope our school has a spirit that with cohesion, helpness , and friendly

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I hope our school have a spirit that some teacher can respect students. Some times， some students have only make a little mistake but teachers have already mad at he or she.

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I hope our school has spirit play. When people play something, it can help them develop lots of abilities. I think our school lacks spirit. We have no school spirit.
So that our school actually has nothing special features except that our principal wants to cultivate his students to be international elites.

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Our school have spirits that can unit every students into a big group and allow students to establish the connection and give help to students in the school

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I hope my school has a spirit that we are able to share everything among everyone. The reason why I would like to argue that is to share our own things with other,we wil be able to help others in time when they are in need and establish well relationships with them as while.

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I hope our school has a spirit that although sometimes you may not choice to make friends with somebody, you won't laugh at that person or make fun of him. everyone stay friendly to each other and try to help others when there is a serious condition instead of being impatient and cold like malinda's other classmates or friends in the book.

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I think our school has spirit that everyone is trying to be a better person. No matter from which aspects :study, exercise, writing novels, painting, or something else. Each one of us is getting on the path and run for what we want. That is the true spirit of our school.

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I hope my school have a spirit that cares about the students’ mental health. In the novel, Speak, Melinda suffers from a lot of misunderstandings from others. Even Melinda’s only friend Heather doesn’t want to eat together and speak with her. However, if the school have the spirit to care about students’ mental health, Melinda will speak to others.

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I hope our school has a spirit of speaking up. For only in this way,I could show my feelings to others. Chairwoman’s class is awkward, she taught us to understand the meaning of symbolism. My ex-best friend Rachel has some kind of suspect on the class content,but she brought us a 500 essay

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I hope our school has a spirit that is united, helpful, and friendly. Therefore, we can do things more smoothly as well as successfully. I want no conflicts, and we can understand each others.

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I hope our school has a spirit that to be more student-friendly. There are many regulations that bring plenty of inconvenience to us, such as arriving at school before 6:30, which cut many time for us in the weekend since it makes us feel upset about time and go early.

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I hope BRS has a spirit that students should be united together and be friendly to each other. Meanwhile,school should create school rules to manage the students and gives them equal rights.

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I hope our school has a spirit which school sets up regular and appropriate schedule for students. Living in a regular time could aid student keep health. Additionally, School should not divide us into different group...

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I hope our school have a spirit that everyone follows the rules.No smoking in the dormitory, no cutting lines in the cafeteria and no cheating in the examinations. I also hope our school have a spirit that everyone helps each other. When someone drop their books, others will come to help. I am not willing to see that when the teacher ask someone to do their duty, nobody reply.

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I think school should be a place where students can chose the class they like. In that way, they will spend their time on study because they are interested in these subjects. Teacher should be open-minded, which will offer a lot of opportunities for student to do something creative. In my opinion, it is quite important for students to have critical thinking and become creative. Therefore, school should be open-minded.

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I hope our school has a spirit that connect and unite every one of us here together, that can guide us steadily toward a goal, that can enlighten and inspire each of us to contribute and strive for, that is not judged and criticized by anyone, including us, that can be tell when people just start to talk to us, and that make us want to hold onto and feel proud of.

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Here is the place for your free writing #5. Your entry is: I hope our school has a spirit that ...

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The nightmare will disappear after you solve your trouble. The sentence is effectively built

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You really understand the story deeply, because you have recognised the meaningful detail in the book and dig the Melinda's emotions it reflects.

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I can see that he has hard time overcoming his own obstacles and he feels a little bit of hopeless. Nevertheless, I would like to say that that is okay and nobody is able to go through their difficulties easily and smoothly. So, it shoub

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You said Sth real and it’s actually touched my heart
. I feel sorry for Melinda for what she has encountered and what you write it’s meaningful.

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A little short and not atta

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I agree with your part about Melinda's effort. I suppose you would have written from Melinda's perspective, but you didn't.

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She points out that the Mellinda ‘s parent don’t care Mellinda so much; and I think that is one of the reasons why Mellinda doesn’t tell the truth to their parents. And because of this, Mellinda is lonely.

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I think your nightmares are very fearful,which cause you want to escape. May

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Melinda's parents really care about Melinda. They know something bad was happened on Melinda, but Melinda just can't talk straight with them due to the monster in her gut.

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He noticed specific details in the book, and thus he could catch up emotions from Malinda's mental world, which something bad happened in the past, but she could not forget it.

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Wei Shutao’s writing skill is excellent. From his writing, I could feel the hopeless of the character in his writing especially when it is Christmas. However, he doesn’t use “the past is haunting me.”