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Khalil explains Tupac’s importance to Starr, noting that he defined Thug Life as “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody.”. According to Khalil, this means the way society treats black kids comes back around to hurt everyone. Starr worries what Khalil is doing to “fuck everybody.”.
Khalil Harris. The novel’s protagonist, Starr is a sixteen-year-old black teenager who witnesses the shooting of her unarmed friend, Khalil. Starr lives in the primarily black, lower-class neighborhood of Garden Heights but attends Williamson Prep, a wealthy, predominantly white school in another town. Starr constantly feels pulled between ...
Important Quotes Explained. Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right. In Chapter Nine, Lisa tells this story when Starr blames herself for the Garden Heights strife after the first night of riots. Lisa comforts Starr by sharing the story of Starr’s birth, and how despite Lisa ...
Starr Carter. Throughout The Hate U Give, Starr grows from an uncertain teenage girl to an outspoken activist for change in her community. Starr’s witty and relatable narrative style contrasts with her reluctance to speak out at the start of the novel. Because Starr feels torn between her two worlds—the poverty and violence of Garden ...
Khalil Harris Character Analysis. Starr ’s childhood best friend, Khalil is a teenager from Garden Heights who is shot and killed by One-Fifteen, a white police officer, during a traffic stop. Dismissed by many in the media as a “thug,” “gangbanger,” and “drug dealer,” Khalil’s death becomes a catalyst for protests against ...
Race is central to the story that The Hate U Give tells. Starr’s identity is heavily informed by her race, and Khalil's death is due in part to entrenched racism in the police force. The tension that Starr feels between Garden Heights and Wiliamson Prep is due to differences in wealth and in race. Most of her classmates at school are white ...
Degree from University Of Nigeria, Nsukka. ‘ The Hate U Give ‘ featured a lot of awesome characters who brought the story to life. Angie Thomas’s characters in ‘ The Hate U Give ’ are a fine mix of both good and bad. They represent human desire, strength, and weakness. They were engaging and thought-provoking. Here are some of them.
