H. G Literary Overview: The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas

Caden Mielke Mrs. Lusk English 10 28 February 2024 T.H.U.G Literary Analysis Essay Have you ever thought about someone thinking differently about you by the way they perceive you? In the novel, people tend to perceive Starr as a bad person, only because of where she lives. They believe that she lives on the low side of the area, and that she's a bad person for living there. In reality, she's a really nice person, and where she lives doesn’t affect her. In Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give, the author develops the theme that other people's perceptions do not define one’s self. First of all, people tend to perceive Starr differently because of where she lives. For example, in the novel Starr gets made fun of for living in Garden Heights, and people perceive her as a bad person. The

For example, Starr says she feels she has to speak differently around certain groups of people, and can only say certain things to certain people. The author states, “I’ve taught myself to speak with two different voices and only say certain things around certain people. I’ve mastered it”(Thomas 301). This proves that Starr has to limit what she says because she is involved in two different communities. Her other friends at Williamson aren’t involved in all the drama that happens at Garden Heights. She is worried about telling her friends about what is going on at Garden Heights. Moreover, Starr realizes that being a good person isn’t based on where you live, nor does it affect who you are as a person. The author says, “But I realize that being real ain’t got anything to do with where you live”(Thomas 308). This reveals that Starr has realized that no matter where she lives, she will still be the same person and not partake in the bad stuff that happens. She had always been worried about getting made fun of living in Garden Heights, because of what goes on