I think Melinda faints due to traumatic stress and memories of seeing the frog get pinned down in the fashion in which it was. Although it was a simple science project, dissecting a frog, it was scary. It made a memory come back from when she was raped at the party that night. Having the frog’s legs and hands pinned reminded her of when she was held down and forced to do some pretty unthinkable things.
We never think about how even the simplest of things can trigger us into a relapse of how things from our past really did affect us. We pretend, as Melinda did, that everything is okay. That nothing ever happened. When in reality its not okay. We try to make all the pain from what happened go away by pretending its nothing. We pretend that it’s a simple black void that doesn’t need to be healed or filled with anything. When, in fact it does need to be filled.
When Melinda faints, I’m sure people think that its simply because she cant handle seeing the frog cut open. I guess you have to go through what she has in order to understand what she really went through. It’s easier to have compassion when you know what people have gone through and/or can relate.
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Good job trying to guess what happened to her at the party.. but she got rapped at the party. That's why when she saw the frog just laying there tied down, it made her faint cause she remembered what had happened to her. And i think even if she got friends she probably would still be scared. And from my experiences she will still be scared until she speaks up and tells someone. That's just what I've learned from my experiences.
i agrre she faints cause she cant stand the sight of a frog getting cut open
i really like how you explain this an its true how she reacts on the fainting
I agree with you on the fact that you have to know whats going on in order to understand. The experience that Melinda had with being raped was truly traumatizing and she is having trouble Understanding it herself.
Thank you
Dusty I feel like you only saw the obvious and that you need to work on seeing all of what is happening in the story like the little hints that she gives here and there about the party.
I think most of you are missing what i am saying. I know she was raped. I am trying to express how those kind of feelings and the sight of the frog, could make someone faint. It is hard to explain but i do know what happened.
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