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How the closet reflects Melinda’s mental state is that she has no friends and would like to be left alone by others for the time being.  She sets it up so that it reflects who she is. She covers up the mirror because she doesn’t seem to like her self. She puts up a picture that the librarian gave her over the mirror. The picture is that of an author by the name of Maya Angelou. It is funny because Melinda sais that Maya must have been a great author for the school bored to banned one of her books. It makes me feel that she is defiant when it comes school.

I think that she is happy to have found the closet is because she now has a place where she can go to get away from every thing that is making her feel discouraged. It is her own little sanctuary and her only friend at times. It is a place where no one will expect to find her in an old janitor’s closet. She is happy because now instead of going home she can go to the closet and read, do homework, or sleep, after all her parents did tell her to stay after school to get help from her teachers.