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The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas

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Starr Carter is the protagonist in the book The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas, and she is resilient. In the book, Starr faced her fears, believes in her abilities and she is also optimistic to what’s happening around her. Starr is optimistic. When Ms. April Ofrah said “Despite a credible eyewitness account, the police department has no intentions of arresting the officer who murdered this young man” (128), Starr was flabbergasted. The young man who got shot by the officer was Khalil. Khalil is Starr’s bestfriend who she grew up with. Starr was afraid at first because she was worried that she might get bullied by her friends at willamson higschool but Starr focused on her family and encourages her to give justice to her bestfriend. Starr

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