The Hate U Give is a bestselling young-adult novel and now a new film. The carefully nuanced novel, written in part from experience by young African-American author Angie Thomas, gives a fascinating insight into the life of a teenager caught between two worlds: the mostly black neighbourhood where she lives and the mostly white private school she attends. The delicate balance she has achieved is destroyed when she is witness to a police shooting of a childhood friend.
This B1/B1+ level article can be used to trigger class discussion and debates around two major themes: a cultural one pertaining to racial violence and racial status today in the U.S.A and a literary one about book adaptations into movies. The resource also includes several videos, including an interview with the author.
Vocabulary:
- teenage life
- shootings, racial violence, opposite worlds
- adaptations
- used to
- adverbs that qualify adjectives
Grammar:
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- expressions of obligation
- past/present of narration
- present perfect simple
Copyright(s) :
Twentieth Century Fox
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