Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas. Is a book that has a deep yet touching story. The story follows a 16-year-old girl named Starr. She decided to go to a party, so she happened to have an old friend there. Khalil Haris, a childhood friend who she hadn't seen or heard from in years.
In The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Starr learns to accept herself, accept her community and to use her voice to promote justice in the world due to the relationships she has with others. Furthermore, Starr struggles to be her true self anywhere she is, in Garden Heights she is one person and in Williamson she is another but her boyfriend, Chris, helps her with this. He makes her feel comfortable enough to just be Starr around him since they met, “Ever since, I don’t have to decide which Starr I have to be with him. He likes both” (Thomas 83). Evidently, her relationship with Chris helps her to accept and be who she is because he is the first person that she feels totally comfortable with.
On The Come Up was written by Angie Thomas, the author who also wrote The Hate You Give. Angie writes books that give people an inside look at what black people experience in real-time. She uses the storyline to show and express that the people who experience these things are human and deal with things just as much as the next person. Not only do her books paint the lives of minorities, they also paint some of the issues teens face daily.
Netanya Dorlus Dr. Heyward SO121-SU23 – Intro to Sociology 3 August 2023 Hate U Give Film Analysis: Racism and Identity The young-adult-turned-feature film, The Hate U Give, adapted from the novel by Angie Thomas, explores the issues of inequality and race/ethnicity in a thought-provoking and impactful manner. The film centers around the story of Starr Carter, a Black teenager who navigates an often divided and racially charged society. She uses this film to open the door to explore the nature of identity while diving deep into the conflicts of racism, police brutality, culture, and community within the life of a colored individual living in America. These aspects of the film resonate deeply with those who can connect with it, highlighting
Jason Ke ENG2D1 Ms.Doak 11 March 2022 Racism and police brutality As humanity progresses, we become more inclusive of those who are different from us, but there are still many communities around the world that hold heavy discrimination, and if you add some police corruption on top of that, you end up with Starr’s life from "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas. Have you ever heard of racism? Or uncontrollable police violence? Have you ever witnessed racism?
In the book “The Hate U Give” readers learn about the effects anti-black racism can have on people and their communities. Angie Thomas shows multiple stereotypes, prejudices, and discriminations in the book through the experiences of the protagonist Starr Carter. These experiences together have a big effect on Starr and the other characters in the book. The book shows lots of examples where Starr deals
Hudson Lewis English 11 Carlson 5 31 May 2024 Trying to be “Normal” The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas sheds light on how trying to conform to societal norms can be the root of significant problems in a teenager's life. The main character Starr Carter is a 16-year-old black girl who lives in a primarily impoverished and very gang-violent neighborhood. She goes to school in a predominantly rich and white-heavy area, and throughout the novel, she experiences a lot of times where she feels her experiences and the differences that she faces separate her from everyone around her. Starr finds herself in a situation where her very close friend Khalil has been shot by a cop while checking on Starr while they are pulled over. Khalil is pegged as a drug dealer, and
Fiction is needed to develop other forms of thinking and to expand creativity. Fiction novels could help students view things from different perspectives. It may help us in a similar situation from the book for example,in the book “The hate u give “ by Angie Thomas there is a situation with police brutality and the way he handled it can inspire others to do the same or we could see where it went wrong and not do that. A young African American male is shot and killed by a white policeman. Garden Heights residents come together in the face of unspeakable tragedy which reflects the strong sense of community felt by those who live in Garden Heights.
The Hate U Give is about a 16-year-old girl named Starr Amara Cater who has to shift between two different worlds. She has to go through a phase of difficulties because of her race which plays a big part in her life. Starr witnesses an eye-opening event that involves seeing her own friend get killed by a police officer. Unlike most people in her community, Starr decides to speak up about the event. She was one of the few who was able to speak up about this situation going on in society.
The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas, focuses on the shooting of a fictional character,
Ana Cecilia Viana Miss Nardi ENG1D1-h 6 June 2023 The concept of speaking up and its relevance in The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Speaking up is something that may come easily to some but not to others. It is something many know they have to do but do not do it because of fear. In the novel, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Starr Carter discovers that using her voice will strengthen her fight for justice in her community because she learns that speaking up promotes inclusivity, confidence, and a more educated society.
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. A girl named Starr attends a party, and at the party, she reconnects with her friend Khali, when gunshots interrupt the party, Khail decides to give Starr a ride home where he gets pulled over and gets fatally shot by an officer. The Hate You Give is relevant for high school students because it is educating the way society uses stereotypes of black people to justify violence and racism against them, which is relevant to today's society, and valuable to people of color and activists. The Hate You Give is a relevant text to high school students because it provides the theme of social justice, The reason the text is valuable is that it shows students the importance of tackling universal messages, for example, ¨At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to
Starr Carter, the protagonist of Angie Thomas’s young adult novel, The Hate U Give, epitomizes the subversion of cultural racial oppression through the development of an identity that encompasses multiple consciousnesses. As an African American teenage girl raised in a middle-class family attending a high school with primarily White upper-class students, Starr finds the need to prove her belongingness to both communities in Garden Heights and at Williamson Prep. Unlike her White upper-class counterparts at Williamson and African American middle-to-low-class counterparts in Garden Heights, Starr’s identity is multifaceted. She must act and interact with her peers with respect to her location, in other words, utilize double consciousness. However,
In relation to the theme of love vs. hate, it is shown in the novel that love is the strongest power in the entire universe. In many situations, Tristan has regularly been there to step in and help Alexis when necessary. Such as when on the beach where Alexis had punched a man beating his wife and daughter and before she knew it the man was charging at her. Then are there she said, “ Before I could, though, a large body charged into Phil and with a thudm he suddenly lay flat on his back on the ground ten yards away.” This shows that Tristan is protecting of Alexis as he came to defend her in a time of need.
You try to say something, but nothing comes out. You feel horrible and want to yell at everyone but can't. You risk your life for speaking out and so begins your search for justice. “The hate u give” is a novel written by Angie Thomas. Our main character is Starr Carter, a 16-year-old black girl who had just witnessed the death of her closest and best friend, Khalil.
