Character
The main character of THUG: She saw her best friend get shot by a police officer.
Starr Carter
Starr grew up here. This is the main location for the story.
Garden Heights
Starr was given two talks, one about the birds and the bees, and the other one was about this topic.
What to do if you get stopped by a cop.
Change the channel is an example of this literary device.
Alliteration
This is the area gangs claim and patrol in a neighborhood.
Territory
This character is the main character's best friend who was shot by the police officer on a routine traffic stop.
Khalil Harris
This is the name of the school that Starr and her siblings attend.
Williamson
Kenya wanted to fight, there were shots fired, Starr felt uncomfortable, Starr saw Khalil for the first time in months.
When Starr was "blubbering like a little kid who skinned her knee," after leaving the DA's office, this was an example of this literary device.
Simile
This a safe place for someone. Many think of a church as this.
Sanctuary
This character is Starr's father who is a former gang member and owner of a store in Garden Heights.
Maverick Carter
Starr's father owned this type of store in the story.
A grocery store
This was the "other traumatic event" in Starr's life.
watching Natasha get killed
The repetition of vowels sound in non-rhyming words is known as this literary device.
Assonance
Television, radio, and even social are all forms of new age communication.
Media
Leader of the gang in Garden Heights. They profit from illegal drug sales in the neighborhood.
King
Starr's house belonged to this character before her family moved in.
Her Nana
Hailey made this joke that Starr felt was racist.
A fried chicken joke.
Starr feeling guilty about Khalil death is an example of this type of conflict.
Man vs. Self
Khalil could have been arrested and convicted for possession of this substance. It is the legal term for drugs.
Narcotics
This character shot Khalil.
115, or Brian
This is the name of the street which the shooting of Khalil takes place.
Carnation
This is the reason Khalil turned to selling drugs for King.
The fact that Lisa and Starr were uneasy about the investigation into Khalil's shooting and later the jury choosing not to indict is an example of this literary device.
Foreshawdowing
Starr feels the DA is trying to do this to her when they ask if she was drinking the night Khalil was killed.
discredit
This character is mother to Starr and Sekani as well as step-mother to Seven.
Lisa
The police came and raided this event at the beginning of the story. Khalil, Starr, and Kenya were all in attendance.
Big D's Spring Break Party
This song was playing in the background while Starr and Khalil were in his car before the shooting occurred.
THUG LIFE BY TUPAC
The novel's title, The Hate You Give is an allusion to a song by a famous 90s' rap artist.
Tupac
This means combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause. Starr describes her father this way.
militant