In many stories, the character will go through problems that change their perspective on life. This is especially true in the story “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. Throughout this story, the main character goes through many different challenges following the death of her childhood best friend Khalil. After his death, she had to go in front of many people and try to convince them that the officer was wrong and that she can be trusted. Another issue was that in her school she treated herself differently because she was black. She also had to deal with pressure in her neighborhood and had to move. After Khalil died, April Ofrah had to convince her to testify and come out about Khalil. This affected her throughout the story because she had to step outside of her comfort zone. In chapter five of the book she says “I’m supposed to talk to the detectives, I’m crying out of nowhere, hunched over my bed” and “Just thinking about going into …show more content…
In the book when she is in Williamson she feels she can not be her normal self like she is in Garden Heights. Her boyfriend had to pressure her into being more like herself because she kept complaining that she couldn’t be herself. Also in the story, her friend Hailey is racist because she doesn’t see what is so wrong with the Khalil situation. There are also other times like when they are playing basketball in chapter 7, Hailey says “Pretend the ball is some fried chicken. Bet you’ll stay on it then.” This was offensive because Starr took it as referring to the stereotype that black people like fried chicken. In another scene in the story, a conversation between Starr and Hailey goes “So I’m supposed to ‘get over’ the fact he (Khalil) was murdered?’ ‘Yes, get over it! He was probably gonna end up dead anyway.” This was very hurtful for Starr because Hailey was saying that Khalil wasn’t worth anything and that he should’ve been killed
In Hate List by Jennifer Brown, readers learn about a girl who went through a tragic experience. The girl's name is Valerie and she had a boyfriend named Nick. Nick and Valerie were walking through the commons in school like they always did when Nick pulled a gun out and started to shoot kids on the “Hate list”. Valerie tried stopping Nick, except he wouldn't listen so she jumped in front of a bullet and when he saw he shot her he turned the gun on himself. But what really keeps the readers interested is that Brown uses quotes to set up a problem.
The Hate u Give The Hate u Give, written by Angie Thomas is a book that explores themes of racism, hate, and grief. The book is titled this because it reflects the central theme of the overall story. The story follows a girl named Starr whose childhood friend is murdered in an act of police brutality. Following this, Starr begins to confront the hate within her community to try to take a stand against it.
Dear Federal Way Public Schools Board of Directors, In this world, there are some issues that everybody has to learn about at some point. Some issues in this world are more important to learn than others. There is a book called The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas that teaches us about a great blend of things such as racism, discrimination, abuse, and violence. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tells the story of a young girl named Starr who witnesses the death of her close childhood friend named Khalil Harris; Starr at first is shocked by the death of somebody that she has known for so long
The Hate U Give and Portrayal of The Racial and Systematic Injustices In Angie Thomas's riveting novel “The Hate U Give” we are introduced to a young teenage girl named Star Carter who is faced with a multitude of issues that are common to many teens, including insecurities, relationships, and conflict. As she navigates these challenges, Star is also forced to confront the harsh realities of the world around her. Through her experiences, the novel sheds light on important issues such as police brutality and community activism. In this response, we will explore these themes and how they are portrayed in the novel.
Abstract The novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was chosen as the focus of this paper to bring to light the issues of police brutality, poverty, identity and many others. It is about demolishing the delusional walls which are not made for our generation – a change to the social dynamics. The Hate U Give is Thomas’s debut novel, branched out from a short story she wrote in college in response to the police shooting of ‘Oscar Grant’. Thomas attempted to expand reader’s assimilation of the Black Lives Matter Movement as well as difficulties faced by Black Americans who employ code switching.
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The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. A girl named Starr attends a party, and at the party, she reconnects with her friend Khali, when gunshots interrupt the party, Khail decides to give Starr a ride home where he gets pulled over and gets fatally shot by an officer. The Hate You Give is relevant for high school students because it is educating the way society uses stereotypes of black people to justify violence and racism against them, which is relevant to today's society, and valuable to people of color and activists. The Hate You Give is a relevant text to high school students because it provides the theme of social justice, The reason the text is valuable is that it shows students the importance of tackling universal messages, for example, ¨At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to
This is a racist comment; a nod to the stereotype that all black people immensely enjoy fried chicken. But Hailey acts as if her words mean nothing, and says she was referencing the chicken in the cafeteria that they were eating for lunch. However, even if Hailey’s comment was innocent, she should still know the implications of her words. That comment only proves how rude and immensely ignorant Hailey is of Starr’s life. Then, later in the book, some classmates of Starr’s stage a protest about Khalil’s death just to get out of class.
The non-fiction novel ‘Stasiland’, written by ‘Anna Funder’, Funder shows that victims of the Stasi were never fully healed following the fall of the East German regime. In Anna Funder’s explorations into the cruel reign of communism, she searches and interviews a range of people who she believes have great courage and bravery facing the GDR. Funder shows that people like Julia Behrend, Miriam Weber and Frau Paul have something in common being the victim of the Stasi and how being under their control they have been impacted. Funder shows that those victimised by the Stasi were never fully healed instead imprisoned in fear and memories of their past. Julia Behrend is a bright character in the text ‘Stasiland’, her interview with Funder shows
After her friend Khalil is killed in front of her by a police officer, Starr has to deal with all the trauma and pain that stems from this for the rest of the story, trying to keep it together and adapt to the pressure put on her by others. Throughout the novel, even though Starr deals with racism and personal
The Hate U Give is a powerful novel that addresses the systemic racism, police brutality, and the fight for justice and change. This book, written by Angie Thomas, is a reflection of the present world, where people of color are still subjected to discrimination and bias. This essay will delve deeper into the themes and messages presented in The Hate U Give. The Hate U Give is a poignant story that revolves around Starr, a sixteen-year-old girl who navigates between the world of her predominantly African American neighborhood and the privileged world of her predominantly white private school.
This just proves that Starr felt extremely offended by what Hailey said and that showed through her violent actions, usually she does not resolve things with violence but this comment pushed her hard enough for her to do so. Furthermore, Hailey yet again acts ignorant and selfish and makes another comment she shouldn’t have “Yes, get over it! He was probably gonna end up dead anyway.” (Thomas, 149). Hailey implies that since Khalil is black, he was bound to get in some form of trouble and most likely get killed.
Often people change themself to be liked by another person, but the change makes them question their own identity. The Hate U Give, a novel by Angie Thomas, explores the conflicting identities of a young adolescent girl. The more Starr wants to fit in, the more her character struggles to understand herself. The novel depicts how teenagers struggle with competing identities when compelled to blend in. It also demonstrates how Black Americans are perceived in society, and how this causes them to battle with their own identity.
Starr Carter, the protagonist of Angie Thomas’s young adult novel, The Hate U Give, epitomizes the subversion of cultural racial oppression through the development of an identity that encompasses multiple consciousnesses. As an African American teenage girl raised in a middle-class family attending a high school with primarily White upper-class students, Starr finds the need to prove her belongingness to both communities in Garden Heights and at Williamson Prep. Unlike her White upper-class counterparts at Williamson and African American middle-to-low-class counterparts in Garden Heights, Starr’s identity is multifaceted. She must act and interact with her peers with respect to her location, in other words, utilize double consciousness. However,
Essay In this world, 80% of people act racist without knowing it. in THE HATE YOU GIVE, by Angie Thomas, Starr the protagonist tries to let people realize the actions the police are taking. Starr tries to get justice for Khalil, her childhood best friend, because he was killed. Throughout the book, Starr showed content growth as she participated in many events, such as her ability to socialize, interview and speak for black lives.