Thesis Statement 

Throughout the novel Speak sound and voice exemplify and embodies the rape that Melinda suffered from. 

Artifact 

 https://www.loc.gov/item/2012641319/  

The Truth About Rape

DID YOU KNOW?

Alcohol Use by Those Convicted of Rape

■27–36 percent of those convicted of rape and other sexual

assaults were drinking at the time of the offense.

■32 percent of adults on probation who had been convicted of

sexual assault were drinking at the time of the rape.

■32 percent of convicted rapists in local jails were drinking at the

time of the offense.

■36 percent of convicted rapists in state prisons were drinking at

the time of the offense.

■27 percent of convicted rapists in federal prisons were drinking

at the time of the rape

Source: Alcohol and Crime, National Symposium on Alcohol Abuse and Crime, U.S.

Department of Justice, 1998.