I predict that in the novel Speak, Melinda will make a few friends. Then, later in the book, her new friends will remember why they weren't Melinda's friend before and will turn on her. Poor Melinda will be left with nothing more than what she had in the beginning of the book.
First, this is a tragedy. It started with a conflict, which was that Melinda had no friends because she had called the cops on them at a party. I think that her rise to power will be when she makes a few friends other than Heather and more people forgive her for calling the police. Then I think that she will lose her new friends and that will be the death symbolism. Also, it's realistic because it is possible that a ninth grade girl could call the cops at a party with her friends and then end up with everyone turned against her.
A similar story is the book Finally by Wendy Mass. In that story, there is a girl named Rory whose parents told her that she could do a lot of things when she turned 12. When she finally turns 12 and gets to do all of things she wants to, but she realizes that most of them weren't worth it. The reason they weren't worth it is because she got hurt while doing most of them. For example, one of the things she was able to do was get her ears pierced. She found out that she was allergic to gold and her whole ear was multiplied in size. This girl just kept getting hurt. These two books are alike because while Rory was getting hurt on the outside, Melinda was getting hurt on the inside.
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