Elan Weinrich Mrs.Garbutt English 9 2 June 2023 The Use of Voice in The Hate You Give After Khalil’s shocking and dramatic death, Garden Heights made drastic changes. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas is a novel about a gang controlled community called Garden Heights with the main character being Starr Carter, the daughter of Lisa and Maverick Carter. The community would be changed drastically by the murder of a local named Khalil who would be killed in a traffic stop gone wrong. Starr’s brother, Seven is very overprotective of Starr and the family. Mr.Lewis is the neighbor of the Carters and runs a business in the haircutting industry. Big Mav or Maverick is the father of Starr, and is an ex gang leader and ex absent father who now is …show more content…
While Starr is going through a riot that was based on Khalil's murder, she tries to escape and go home but runs into trouble. Starr is trying to get home through the riots and protests and even gets on stage to speak and use her voice and express on how she feels about being a witness and how she wants justice when the riots are led by local gang members and they are stomping out police cars and setting things on fire. Starr is trying to escape the madness and get home when,“A Molotov cocktail sails toward the car.” (Thomas 227). Just because using the power of voice can make a change doesn't mean it’s a good change. Starr using her voice to express Khalil's death has caused extreme damage to the homes of …show more content…
Lewis to purposely snitch on King on live television. After Mr.Lewis witnesses teenagers ripping a police officer out of his car he expresses his feelings to a reporter on broadcasting it to live TV and in the process talks about Garden Heights most notorious drug dealer “...King, and he lives right here in Garden Heights.” (Thomas 114). Mr.Lewis made a huge mistake as he snitched and ratted on King's business for the entire world to hear, this could put Mr.Lewis in grave danger. It could even lead to problems with Starr’s family. All Mr.Lewis wants is change in Garden Heights, his mistake was going about the wrong way and putting people in more danger. Mr.Lewis’ eloquent news appearance did cause change, and not a good one. It reveals how the use of voice might not be influenced the way one wants it to. While Maverick is outside with Mr.Lewis, Starr, and Sekani, a police officer rolls up to them and asks to see Big Mav’s ID. The police see Mav’s ID and realize he is the father of Starr Carter, the witness, he then asks Mav to get on the ground while his kids watch him be profiled. Once the ordeal is over Mav tells Starr that “Don’t fall for that trap. That’s what they want.” (Thomas 120). Mav tells Starr not to fall for “that trap.”, the trap being the police have it out for her, and for her to not let the police injustice get to her. Mav is using