The Hate U Give Sparknotes

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. This is about empowering people by respecting and appreciating what makes them different in terms of Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, Disability,

She lives in the black community in Garden Heights. She was forced to change her school to Williamson prep because of a terrible incident that happened to her best friend Natasha. She was murdered when they were both ten. They were playing basketball. It was three shots on Natasha and she died. Her life in Garden Heights and Williamson varies a lot. The Starr version II uses no slang, approachable, and is entirely different from her own self. She developed it to fit in with her white pals. She hates herself for doing that. Chris is the best gift of this version II. Maverick- Starr’s father said, “don’t you ever forget that being black is an honour ‘cause you come from greatness.” He forced his children to learn The Black Panther – 10 Point Program. Starr who was only 9 at that time tried hard to understand her father’s obligation to know their

Khalil felt persuaded and couldn’t find a better alternative. But there are also White Anti- Racists, mentioned in the story like CHRIS. He is a perfect gentleman. There are some TEDx TALKS about this: TEDx BEMIDJI “Facing Racism: What you can do to fight Injustice”. He claims himself as a White Anti-Racist. ‘THE HATE U GIVE’ inspects the way society uses stereotypes of black people to justify violence and racism against them. Through Starr’s deep understanding of racialized poverty, we see how this Intergenerational Recurring Series is difficult to break because black communities like Garden Heights, where Starr lives do not have requisite access to resources such as education, employment and defence from police brutality. Affection or devotion towards anything going overboard becomes very dangerous than the nuclear weapon. It can be in the name of religion, race, creed or anything which always paves way for the inhumane