In both the film and the novel, "Speak" by Lauren Halsen Anderson uses literary devices to demonstrate the experience that the protagonist, Melinda Sordino, faced as a teenage rape victim, as well as the steps involved to face and move on with his life. Both the film and the book share a great similarity in the ongoing conflict, as well as in the flashbacks indicated in this work. Furthermore, the symbolism shaped by the protagonist makes the understanding of the plot event clearer. Furthermore, the novel and the film both seem to be familiar in many ways thanks to these elements followed by examples. In the same way that the book is similar to the film, literary devices play an important role in strengthening the conflict between man and film in the novel and film. . Man of the character Melinda because she feared her rapist Andy Evan who was in her senior year of high school and was in a constant struggle to avoid him. For example, "IT sees me, IT smiles and winks at me. Good thing my lips are sewn together otherwise I'd vomit" p. (22.2). Antagonist Andy Evans kept teasing protagonist Melinda by asking her to relive her initial experience every time she saw him. Melinda calls the police during a party in the summer before her freshman year of high school, which causes the party to be interrupted and the people at the party discover that she called the police. She starts her first year as an outcast because they blame her for getting them into trouble. Since he didn't want to tell anyone about that night, all his friends isolated themselves from Melinda. Throughout the film and the film, many of her traumatic flashbacks relating to her rape are shown. For example, in the book he mentions: "I have to cut her belly. She doesn't say a word. She's already dead. A scream starts in my gut - can I... middle of paper ... ....ted her rapist Andy Evans.After all, Melinda Sordino overcame her traumatic experience which led her to open up and release the painful silence she carried inside herself, and the conflict that the character Melinda faces with her rapist, are the main literary devices analyzed by both the film and the novel Works CitedSharzer, Jessica, Dir Showtime Networks (USA), 20 January 2004 .Film.Anderson, Laurie. Halse. 1st. New York: Penguin Group, 1999. Print.Tennyson, K. Imani. 2014. .