Merryweather High School (the school which is attended by Melinda, the protagonist of Speak) undergoes several changes in mascots over the course of the book. The first mascot featured in the book is that of the Trojans, which the school board feels does not represent the message of abstinence that they want to convey to the impressionable teenage students. The mascot is, thus, changed to the Blue Devils. Melinda wryly comments on this, stating,...
Merryweather High School (the school which is attended by Melinda, the protagonist of Speak) undergoes several changes in mascots over the course of the book. The first mascot featured in the book is that of the Trojans, which the school board feels does not represent the message of abstinence that they want to convey to the impressionable teenage students. The mascot is, thus, changed to the Blue Devils. Melinda wryly comments on this, stating, "Better the Devil you known than the Trojan you don't, I guess."
This doesn't last for long, however, and the school board decides that the new mascot will be the Merryweather Tigers. The Ecology Club believes that this is "degrading an endangered species," and so a vote is taken to determine the next mascot. There are three votes for Bees, seventeen votes for Icebergs, one vote for Hilltoppers, thirty-two votes for Wombats, and one-thousand-five-hundred-and-forty-seven illegible or written in votes. Despite the vote, the Principal decides to make the mascot the Hornets.
After some students make a cheer at the basketball game about "Horny Hornets," the PTA starts a petition to get rid of this mascot. Due to the immense student pride in this mascot, however, it manages to stick around.
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