Essays on The Hate U Give

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The main theme of the novel is race relations, Identity and Blackness, also the weaponizing of stereotypes against black people and the cyclical nature of racialized poverty

"You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement."
"People say misery loves company, but I think it's like that with anger too."
"Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right."
“Intentions always look better on paper than in reality.”
“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
“At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”
“I can't change where I come from or what I've been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?”
“Once you've seen how broken someone is it's like seeing them naked—you can't look at them the same anymore.”

This is a debut novel, based on a story author wrote in college in response to the police shooting of Oscar Grant.
The book debuted at the top of The New York Times young adult (YA) best-seller list, and was on it for more than 80 weeks.
The themes of racism and the vulgar language of the narrative generated some controversy and made the book one of the hardest books (2017, 2018, and 2020, according to the American Library Association).
In 2018, the book was made into a drama film directed by George Tillman Jr.