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Time and place written 2009, 2014-2016; Mississippi. Date of first publication February 28, 2017. ... Symbols One-Fifteen, Maverick’s roses, Garden Heights.
Angie Thomas’s books hardly need an introduction. Her bestselling novels THE HATE U GIVE, ON THE COME UP, and CONCRETE ROSE are all powerful stories full of ...
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Even after learning his real name is Brian Cruise, Starr thinks of the police officer who shot Khalil as One-Fifteen. By referring to him only by badge number, Starr reduces One-Fifteen to a symbol of racism in the system of law enforcement. This word choice makes a larger point that Khalil did not die because of One-Fifteen, but because of the way...
Maverick’s work in his rose garden represents his values as a parent and his devotion to Starr, Seven, and Sekani. Maverick mentions that gardens need conversation to grow, and we see conversation as an important part of his parenting style, such as when he talks to Starr about the meaning of Thug Life. The roses start drying during the initial rio...
The name “Garden Heights” carries symbolic weight because it emphasizes the fact that children, like plants, need care and attention to grow and are the products of the place in which they grow up. While the streets all have names like “Carnation” and “Magnolia,” very little actual nature appears in Garden Heights outside of Maverick’s garden. The ...
Summary: Chapter 1. The narrator of The Hate U Give is a teenager named Starr Carter. As the novel opens, Starr attends a spring break party with her friend Kenya in her home neighborhood, Garden Heights, and instantly feels out of place. Kenya accuses Starr of acting stuck up because Starr attends Williamson Prep, a fancy, majority-white school.
Garden Heights is the urban neighborhood where Starr lives with her family, and where Khalil is shot and killed by a police officer. Maverick Carter, Starr's father, owns a corner store here, and Lisa Carter, Starr's mother, works as a nurse at the local clinic. The community is the site of increasingly violent protests after Khalil's death and ...
Dec 7, 2018 · According to Starr, “I can call Garden Heights the ghetto all I want. Nobody else can…Rose Park occupies a whole block, and a tall chain-link fence surrounds it. I’m not sure what it’s protecting—the graffiti on the basketball court, the rusting playground equipment, the benches that way too many babies have been made on, or the ...
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Maverick and Lisa think he can’t be serious; Central Community is “Garden Heights High 2.0” and lacks many of the opportunities of the other schools Seven applied to. Maverick insists Seven is not responsible for his sisters, and deserves to take advantage of the chance to go to school wherever he wants.
