Literature Analysis: A Work in Progress

The book I have been reading is The Hate U Give by Angia Thomas. The plot of the story is about the life of a girl named Start and the events that occur during the protest on police brutality. This is mainly about how she deals with this because she goes to a rich school, but comes from a lower income family so she has to decide where she stands. I believe that the theme of this story is about standing up for your rights and for what you believe in because in this story Starr has to have the courage to honor her friends death and she does it by protesting. I believe that Angie Thomas wakes up at 10 in the morning and reads a bit from her favorite book. Then she goes off to make herself some breakfast and while she’s eating she either watches or reads the news. After that she goes out to see her family and catch up on what’s happened or she goes to see some of her writer friends and  discuss ideas for their new books. One literary technique that I found was allusion because Thomas references events from the police brutality protest and the racism occurring here in America. Another one was allegory because the story focuses on topics like black lives matter and how you should be an activist so that there can be a good change. The author also uses similes or metaphors. One example is when she is describing her friend.

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