My Cause and Effect

Authors Note: I am going to be explaining the main effect of Melinda calling the cops at an end of the year party from the book "Speak".

 Melinda went to an end of the summer party with her friends.Her and her friends went to this party to try and become more popular. It was probably a bad idea to go to the party due to the fact that it was a senior party with alcohol. Melinda got a little drunk which made every thing seem odd. Melinda going to the party is what led up to the climax.One of the older guys asked Melinda to dance.She thought he was just being sweet. That's when it happened. He raped her. She tried to tell him no but couldn't find the words due to the alcohol she had drank.This was the climax of the story. Melinda didn't know what to do so she called the cops. The party got busted for alcohol. Melinda left the party before the cops could ask what happened. 

Melinda calling the cops effected her whole ninth grade year. No one wanted to be her friend due to the fact that she busted one of the biggest senior parties of the summer.Rachel her old best friend also ignores her basically the entire year. They talk at the end of the year and start to become friends until Melinda accuses Rachel's boyfriend of raping her, which was the truth.Overall the main effect by Melinda calling the cops is the fact that no one wants to be her friend. Melinda's life would have been a lot different if she didn't call the police. For instance she would have had a lot more friends which would have made her year a whole lot better. The down side is she probably wouldn't have became friends with one of her new friends Heather.