Speak Chapter 45 Summary

Dark Art

• Mr. Freeman is in trouble. The school thinks he's been giving out too many As.
• The giant canvas stands unfinished. Mr. Freeman is too depressed to work on it.
• It's freezing cold in the room, but nobody wants to complain to Mr. Freeman.
• Melinda is trying to carve a tree in linoleum. She accidentally cuts her thumb on the linoleum knife. Mr. Freeman gives her a tissue and washes the knife with bleach. Melinda shakes her head "no" when Mr. Freeman asks if she wants to see the nurse.
• Before Mr. Freeman gives Melinda back the knife, he uses it to slash his canvas.
• Everybody in the class is shocked.
• The chapter ends with Melinda's report card. She gets Ds in Attitude and Social Studies, an A in Art, a B in Biology, and Cs in everything else.