Between Worlds: Tone and Setting in “The Hate U Give” The Hate U Give is a captivating novel written by Angie Thomas that touches on several issues such as racism, police brutality, injustice, and more. What makes this novel so captivating is its “pathos,” its appeal to our emotions. Angie Thomas uses setting and tone to enhance the story’s emotional impact on readers. This essay will first analyze how the story being set in both Garden Heights and Williamson Prep establishes an emotional connection to readers because of the vivid descriptions of the community’s struggles with gang violence, racism, etc. The essay will then explore the novel’s tone of seriousness, emotionalness, intriguingness, and so on, which suggests how those writing choices maximize a reader’s feelings of anger, resentment, and sadness.
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One example of this is when Starr is fed up with people wrongfully talking about the death of Khalil: “No you don’t!” I say. “Nobody understands what I mean! I saw the bullets rip through him. I sat there in the street as he took his last breath. I’ve had to listen to people try to make it seem like it’s okay he was murdered.” The way that the I’s get italicized makes it sound very emotional, shows how angry Starr feels, and intense. With the quote above, we see how tone is needed and important to show the raw emotions of sadness, seriousness, and anger. In Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, setting and tone are what make it such a captivating novel that touches on issues such as racism, police brutality, injustice, and so on. Setting is a crucial inclusion to this novel due to it’s significance in making the reader visualize and emotionally connect with the stories of racism, police brutality, gang violence, oppression, etc. The tone of seriousness, emotionalness, and intriguingness suggests how those writing choices maximize a reader’s feelings of anger, resentment, and
One example of this is when Starr is fed up with people wrongfully talking about the death of Khalil: “No you don’t!” I say. “Nobody understands what I mean! I saw the bullets rip through him. I sat there in the street as he took his last breath. I’ve had to listen to people try to make it seem like it’s okay he was murdered.” The way that the I’s get italicized makes it sound very emotional, shows how angry Starr feels, and intense. With the quote above, we see how tone is needed and important to show the raw emotions of sadness, seriousness, and anger. In Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, setting and tone are what make it such a captivating novel that touches on issues such as racism, police brutality, injustice, and so on. Setting is a crucial inclusion to this novel due to it’s significance in making the reader visualize and emotionally connect with the stories of racism, police brutality, gang violence, oppression, etc. The tone of seriousness, emotionalness, and intriguingness suggests how those writing choices maximize a reader’s feelings of anger, resentment, and