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The Hate U Give A Dynamic Character

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Change is an important, maybe the most important, part of life. It moves everything around us, and inside us. The novel that this essay is analysing is called The Hate U Give, and it was written by Angie Thomas. In The Hate U Give, a teenage girl named Starr witnesses a police officer unjustly murder her lifelong best friend Khalil, and she must use her voice to fight for his justice and against racism. Starr is a dynamic character as at the beginning of the text, she’s afraid of the two parts of her life colliding, but by the end of the story she has matured and changed to be more open and less afraid, and an internal change is a key aspect of what makes a dynamic character be dynamic. At the beginning of the book, Starr finds her world is …show more content…

Starr and Chris are at the prom, however, Chris has been silent the whole time and hasn’t said a word to Starr. Eventually, she gets mad at him and goes back to the car. When he comes to talk to her, he confronts her about him not telling her she was the witness who saw Khalil die. After they have the conversation about Starr’s previous experiences, she feels a lot better and goes out with her friends, having “one of the best nights of her life.” My lips tremble, and my voice is small. 'I . . . I can’t share that part of me here, Chris.' 'Why not?' 'Because,' I croak. 'People use it against me. Either I’m poor Starr who saw her friend get killed in a drive-by, or Starr the charity case who lives in the ghetto. That’s how the teachers act.' … 'You’re right,' I say. 'I didn’t trust you. I didn’t want you to just see me as the girl from the ghetto.'” (Thomas 139). This is another example of why she has kept her world divided for so long. It also serves as character progression for Starr, as she is becoming even more open about her fears about people from one side of her life viewing the other side negatively with people she trusts, which shows growth from the beginning of the text when she was completely closed off about it. Opening up about her fears as to how people see her to someone is also shown to positively affect her, as she has a great night following her talking with Chris. Another example of Starr changing is when she and her family are back at Uncle Carlos’ house, but this time her dad came with them since they are bringing DeVante to his house to protect him from King, and Chris comes up to them to talk to Starr. “If I can’t stand up to my dad about Chris, how can I stand up for Khalil? Daddy

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