The Theme Of The Hate U Give By Anni Thomas

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The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, is a novel about a girl named Starr who witnesses her close friend get shot unjustly by a police officer and wants to speak up, but can’t. In the beginning of the book, Star is scared to speak up about what happened, but later on she gains the courage and strength through her voice to fight about this unjust matter. Through Starr’s growth, the reader understands that your voice is your greatest weapon. Two ways that this theme is expressed towards the beginning of the book are when she says that she saw Khalil get shot and when Kenya calls her a coward. Starr realizes that she’s not able to use her voice when she says “I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have the loudest voice, making