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Joshua francis

Miss, Craven

The Hate u Give

31 March 2023

The Hate u Give by Angie Thomas

In Angie Thomas' novel The Hate U Give, one of the many themes she conveys through

simile, imagery, and symbolism is the racial inequality that law enforcement practices

against dark minorities.

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The simile in this novel is very powerful. "Bubbly like a child with a scraped knee," that

smile occurs when the star returns from an interview with the District Attorney's Office.

On top of all the other issues in Starr's life, the conversation is emotionally exhausting,

and she throws up and cries. It also reflects the continued importance of Maverick

couldn't be there when Starr was just a little kid scraping her knees off, but now that

Starr is back in her life, he wants to stay put and be the best father he can be. is

determined. The pictures in this novel help us understand the book a little better than if

the author didn't use pictures at all. One was birds and bees... and the other was about

what to do if the police stopped me” (Thomas 20). The following quote expresses the

inevitability of police brutality and exploitation. For the minority who believe in the

national stereotype that police brutality is more likely to be committed against men, it is

clear that police brutality can also affect women and girls. Furthermore, being young
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does not protect you from abuse. Starr's parents think she needs to talk to her about

how she should behave to the police as a minority when Starr just turned 12 years old.

They decide to have the same conversation with Sekhani a little later, knowing how

young Sekhani is as a star, plus when she and Khalil are consumed by violence, the

star's in her head. thoughts foreshadow violence to come. "It's what you call a weapon,"

explains Oprah. Officer Cruz claimed to have seen it in the car door and thought Khalil

reached for it. He thought the hilt was thick and black, a weapon." "And Khalil was black

enough."

Hairbrushes represent both the blinding power and futility of racism given that they are

misinterpreted as weapons. It claims Khalil was shot because it was mistakenly

believed.