What Is The Moral Of The Hate U Give By Anni Thomas

“The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas is a gritty, in-your-face novel that perfectly describes what it’s like to be in the middle of a social justice movement. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter’s life is flipped upside down when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil by a cop. She suddenly finds herself living a double life, where at home she advocates for the Black Lives Matter movement and at school, she fights to be seen as normal despite being one of the only black students in a mostly-white school. A major theme throughout the book is identity. Starr finds herself balanced between two worlds, privilege and poverty, unable to make the leap into either one.

For example, the author shows that the hate in Starrs community is just one piece of a massive puzzle of systematic oppression and discrimination. Another reason for the title of the book could be police brutality, and the effect it leaves on black communities. As Starrs childhood friend is killed in an act of police brutality, it causes her to grieve and then expose the hatred within her community. To further explain, The Hate u Give is titled this in an effort to draw attention to the variety of ways hate and violence are normalized within African American society, and how no one is doing anything to prevent it. The book shows how the media sometimes contribute to this culture built around hate.

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.

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 shows the power of language and someone’s ability to use their voice in a good way as well as in a bad way. In the beginning, Starr is terrified that she is going to be targeted because she was the witness. But she finally realized that they never got justice for her other friend Natasha “and [she] wants everyone to know that Kahlil mattered too”( Thomas 219). Starr finally had a breakthrough in her thinking that she doesn’t want Kahlil’s case to get brushed under the rug. Through this she realizes that she is the one person who has the real power to be able to get the correct story out there.

This was offensive because Starr took it as referring to the stereotype that black people like fried chicken. In another scene in the story, a conversation between Starr and Hailey goes “So I’m supposed to ‘get over’ the fact he (Khalil) was murdered?’ ‘Yes, get over it! He was probably gonna end up dead anyway.” This was very hurtful for Starr because Hailey was saying that Khalil wasn’t worth anything and that he should’ve been killed

The Hate U Give is a powerful novel that addresses the systemic racism, police brutality, and the fight for justice and change. This book, written by Angie Thomas, is a reflection of the present world, where people of color are still subjected to discrimination and bias. This essay will delve deeper into the themes and messages presented in The Hate U Give. The Hate U Give is a poignant story that revolves around Starr, a sixteen-year-old girl who navigates between the world of her predominantly African American neighborhood and the privileged world of her predominantly white private school.

This portrays that Hailey is very ignorant, and she has her own negative biases that are mostly untrue and based solely on race stereotypes. This means that through her prejudiced opinions she could potentially hurt or offend people either willingly or unwillingly. Through this particular quote the author tries to communicate the message of how biased and selfish a person can be, since Hailey didn’t at all take into consideration Starr’s or anyone else’s feelings and blatantly spoke out her

Often people change themself to be liked by another person, but the change makes them question their own identity. The Hate U Give, a novel by Angie Thomas, explores the conflicting identities of a young adolescent girl. The more Starr wants to fit in, the more her character struggles to understand herself. The novel depicts how teenagers struggle with competing identities when compelled to blend in. It also demonstrates how Black Americans are perceived in society, and how this causes them to battle with their own identity.

One of the most widespread forms of otherness in the modern world is racism. Due to a fear of consequences, oppressed groups must submit to society. Included in these groups is a character named "Starr Carter", a black teenager facing the gruesomeness of racism. In the novel "The Hate U Give", Angie Thomas uses symbolism and motifs to insinuate how significant othering is as it leads to further alienation, influencing everyone included. Early chapters of the story show Thomas using symbolism to demonstrate how status or race does not dismiss racism.

Having and developing a different personality for every person one interacts with; a new and unique person perfectly and carefully curated and formed for different groups, individuals and communities. This is otherwise known as code switching. Angie Thomas vivdly illustrated this in her novel, The Hate U Give. Upon immediately opening the book the reader is shown the double consciousness of the main character Starr as well as her tendency to code-switch among others; which has further developed due to the stereotypes that are put upon her. Notably, Starr and her family are African American however, they often have many interactions with white individuals and law enforcement.

How do you misperceive a hairbrush for a gun? The Hate You Give is a novel that analyzes police brutality through the life of a young African American boy, Khalil, who is shot and killed by a white police officer. Society constantly holds negative preconceptions towards individuals who are black and officers use unnecessary brutality against them. The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas, has many literary devices and one of which is a metaphor that supports the theme of police brutality.

Hello, my name is Jennifer and my presentation will be on the book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Out of the many topics explored in The Hate U Give, the topic of identity stood out to me the most. The concept of identity plays a crucial part in the development of many characters in this book, but most importantly, it is seen as an obstacle for Starr, the main character, to overcome. From this topic, I developed the theme that due to societal pressures, the oppressed struggle to reveal their true identity. This theme is explored when Starr is opening up to Chris about her true self, she revealed that, “Being two different people is so exhausting.

A common conflict rather overlooked was the treatment a supposed ‘best friend’ gave Starr. A prestigious and privileged white girl, Hailey, discriminated Starr and unfollowed her on social medias because of the action Starr took against racism on social media, Maya described Hailey’s words as: “She didn’t want to see that sh*t on her dashboard” (Thomas 250). Starr finally stands up for herself after Maya tells her this, fighting against the racism they let Hailey get away with the previous years. Ever since the death of Starr’s best friend, Khalil, she’s been desperately trying to fight for her friend’s justice, but she still faces racial bias in the face of authority, limiting her voice. “Investigating or Justifying?”

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,