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Analysis Of The Hate You Give By Anna Thomas

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Jumping into conclusion is believing things without enough evidence to show you're correct. Without enough evidence, you can’t make assumptions about someone in a situation that might’ve not happened. In the book The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas, Uncle Carlos says “I heard he was a drug dealer” Starr’s dad then says “..it could explain Brian’s decision if he felt threatened” Before this Khalil was shot by Brian because he believed that being black made him dangerous. These quotes from the text relate to this because Uncle Carlos and Starr’s dad believed he got shot because he was a drug dealer without any evidence of being sure that was the reason he got shot. Without enough evidence, you would be piled up with multiple thoughts of outcomes
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