Help please! what are your thoughts about the excerpt? ?

Question

what are your thoughts, questions, feeling or connections about this excerpt from the a book called Speak by laurie halse anderson.

excerpt:

" I bounce the yellow ball, one two three. Up in the air like releasing a bird or an apple, then arching my arm, rotateshoulder, bring down the power and the anger and dont forget to aim. My racket takes a life of it own, a bolt of energy. It crashes down on the ball, bulleting over the net. The ball explodes on the court, leaving a crater before Nicole can blink. It blows past her and hits the fence so hard it rattles. No one laughs."

Answer 1

A lot of the word choice and imagery is pretty militant; she's clearly angry and there's a lot of tension.

Answer 2

I read Speak. It's great. You know Kristen Stewart who plays Bella in the Twilight Movie? She plays "Melinda" in the Speak movie.

I felt excited when I was reading through that paragraph. I was like 'Go Melinda!'

She finally got some attention--not that she wanted any.

She was just so good.