The hate you give: Summary
The hate you give
The hate you give is the first book by Angie Thomas which proved to be a wonderful start for her writing career. The book came in 2017 and it talks about the discrimination and injustice black people have to face living in America or more generally in all-white countries. Angie Thomas has portrayed the story from the perspective of a 16-year-old Starr Carter, who had to withstand the harsh reality of her best friend being murdered in front of her by a white police officer. The story revolves around Starr and two different worlds of her. One time Starr Carter is just another black girl in the indignant environment of Garden Heights; the place that is home to her. While the other times, she is the dope black girl in her suburban white school, Williamson. Starr isn’t the same girl in two of her different worlds. She has to act the way each of the sides demands from her and sometimes it makes her think that she is faking it. The hate you give is not only about Starr Carter but also, Khalil, Kenya, Seven, Chris, Devante, and so many others. It is about those who fight for justice and speak out against the wrong.
The hate you give: Book review
One
night Starr goes to a party with her friend, Kenya and that becomes the worst
night of her life. There Starr gets to meet her long-lost best friend, Khalil,
and start reminiscing some old memories when suddenly they hear gunshots at the
party and they had to run for their lives. During the drive back from the party,
Starr notices many strange things about her best friend but before she can actually
know the truth behind them, a cop stops them in an abandoned street. What
happens next becomes the worst incident of Starr’s life, to see her best friend
being murdered infront of her while there is no one to help them. The cop doesn't go easy on Starr and Khalil and who would
stand with a black, even if a white person is at fault? Especially when the
person at fault is a cop. After the incident, Starr had to deal with many other
events in her life from depressing over the death of his best friend to getting
to know the truth about his life to hear people speak bad about him to Starr
speaking up for him.
I really liked the story build-up and how
Starr stood up for his best friend. The ending? Well, it kinda broke and
put back my heart. What I can say is that Angie Thomas has sent out a powerful
message through “The hate you give” that whatever we fill in the minds and
lives of our youth it will come back to us. If all the youth get to see is hate
and brutality then how can you expect anything good to come from them when they
are grown up? That's what you give them.
So
yeah! Highly recommend.
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| The hate you give; book quotes |
The hate you give: Quotes
Here are some thought-provoking quotes from the book.
“Goodbyes hurt the most when the other person’s already
gone.”
“Once you’ve seen how broken someone is it’s like seeing
someone naked – you can’t look at them the same anymore.”
“Sometimes the shit just happens, and one day you realize
there’s a leader among you and your friends and it’s not you.”
“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will
still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”
“That’s the problem. We let people say stuff, and they
say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What’s the point
of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on
even though you’re scared.”