Carson TenBroeck Ms. Adourian English 1 3/1/23 THUG thesis In today's society, the lack of awareness of the other side is tearing us apart. Angie Thomas' novel, "The Hate U Give," tackles issues of racism, police brutality, speaking up, and perspective. While initially appearing to be the story of a woman coping with the loss of her friend, the novel delves into deeper themes through Starr's narcissistic and manipulative behavior and her experiences with Chris. Starr has a near psychopathic ability to change her personality, and manipulate people into thinking she is on their side, giving her the ability to have people let her into their personal lives and see their views. She then uses these against them in the future, as leverage to get her way. This works in the author's favor by creating the same knowledge of others’ thoughts as if it were third-person unlimited, while still having the personal feeling of a first-person novel. This helps convey the theme of perspective. …show more content…
It always happens around ‘other’ people, whether I'm at Williamson or not. I don't talk like me or sound like me. I choose every word carefully and make sure I pronounce them well,” (Thomas 49). This seems like a sad quote at first but is terrifying upon further thought. Starr is admitting to having many personalities that she will switch to on command to construct others' images of her. Throughout the Novel, we see Starr use this ability to lure people in and attack them when they let their guard down. She hides behind excuses of what she has been through, and never shows any remorse for the people she has harmed, why would she? Starr is an ambush predator, and people like Chris, and Hailey are her