The Hate List is a thrilling fictional novel that deals with a conflict that our country deals with everyday. The novel starts out with news reporters on television explaining what has happened at Garvin High school. A school shooting occurred by one of the students, Nick. Valerie, Nick’s girlfriend was targeted for the open fire occurring. The reason for this is because the victims of the shooting were all people Valerie disliked. Nick wanted to protect Valerie and act like a tough boyfriend until he accidentally shot her during the shooting. Nick was shocked when he did this so he took his own life. But this left all the blame to Valerie. Now that’s Nick is gone who is going to know the truth? Who really planned this awful life wrecking …show more content…
shooting? Is Valerie lying when she says she didn’t know he had this planned? These are the questions all the victims of the shooting have.
It all leads back to Valerie. The Hate List has an impacting outcome on the reader. The novel connects to many real life conflicts and shows how a victim recovers from such pain. The first way that the author connects with the real world is by the main events that happen in school. For example, the book begins with an open fire at the school by an angry student, who's trying to feel powerful. Our country deals with this impact everyday. Whether it’s in school or out of school, there is a shooting everyday. When I first read The Hate List I wasn’t sure if the story was based off a true story because the novel was written as a regular day in America. The book also relates with the real world by connecting with how media reacts to news. In The Hate List the media takes advantage of the school shooting. But yet the media takes any information on Valerie to make her look like a suspect, even though she is not. This is what typical news providers will do, they put a twist on the headline just to get more viewers. …show more content…
Valerie had to deal with the pain of the whole country not believing she was telling the truth because the news changed her words. The last thing that happens to Valerie in school also is a typical conflict with what victims deal with in the world. That would be being who you are as an individual/victim. Imagine going to school everyday while people think you are the reason they lost their loved ones. Although Valerie was not the reason, people believed she was. She was never given a chance to explain herself because she was shut down by other people’s thoughts on her. Valerie tried to pick herself back up and try to stay herself through all of the tragedies. Yet, Valerie had changed. Valerie was depressed, stayed in her rooms for months, and was not social anymore. When Valerie had the courage finally to go to school she was bullied even by her “bestfriend”. People in our world today deal with this same conflict, trying to stay who they are while being a victim of an event. The author connects with many real world situations in school through her writing. Another conflict that relates to the world today is bullying.
The author’s main connection is bullying in this novel. Before the shooting Valerie was bullied by many people in the school. When Nick realized Valerie was being bullied he started writing down all the names of the people. Keeping track. People though never gave Valerie a chance because she was stereotypically judged. She was quiet and in many people’s eyes “goth”. This was through many people who were insecure about themselves. It was just a way for them to give their insecurities to someone else like Valerie. The bullying was also through holding regrets to Valerie. Many people were jealous of something that Valerie did better. Bullying happens daily in the world and causes many impacts to both parties, changing who they are as a
person. The last thing that the author relates to the world is teenagers social life/home. A big part of the novel is that Valerie’s parents are going through a divorce. The novel delivers to the reader what it’s like to have fighting parents and the process of seeing your family split apart. The novel also connects by how you find yourself as an individual/ you friends in high school. After Valerie’s recovery from the shooting she begins to see who her real friends are in life. She also begins to join groups that she enjoys like art classes and student council. These groups connected to many similar groups in high school now. The author also connected to the world by showing how teenagers spend their time. Valerie free time is spent drastically different through the whole book. She begins being depressed, locked in her room. She then begins going to school events and then eventually making new friends. The author connects very well how a teenager spends their time throughout their ages. As you can conclude the author based her novel off many conflicts in today’s day and age. There’s many consequences in life good and bad. We as people have to learn from that. I feel this book helped me realize that. People deal with self conflicts everyday just like the ones in The Hate List like bullying, conflicts in school, and their social life. The novel connects to many real life conflicts and shows how a victim recovers from such pain.
Christian Laettner played basketball for Duke in the 1990’s. He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He's the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national championships. He had looks, smarts and game. So why has Christian Laettner been disliked so intensely by so many for so long? Maybe it was the time he stomped on the chest of a downed player, or the battles he had with his teammates, or a perceived sense of entitlement. But sometimes, perception isn't reality. "I Hate Christian Laettner" will go beyond the polarizing persona to reveal the complete story behind this lightning rod of college basketball. Featuring extensive access to
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...lms these students get away with murder and still go on to college. This simply does not happen in real life; therefore, looking to Hollywood films for the true colors of schools is not in the best of interests. We have to realize that directors produce these films in their vision of American culture. We as Americans always look to the American Dream of sometime “making it.” The films neglect to see the loser’s point of view, meaning Hollywood films only look to a positive ending because it is in our nature to believe in the American Dream. This book allows our society to actually look past the films fantasies and observe the true inequalities in school. Although Hollywood films do correctly show how urban, suburban, and private students behave in schools, they do not show the true outcomes of real life.
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...aspects are depicted unrealistically and inaccurately. Though she depicted the overwhelming fear and panic of a shooting, as well as a common, believable case of circumstances leading up to the shooting, it seemed highly unlikely that the main character, who took a bullet for another classmate, would be despised and outcast by almost every other character. However, the novel did cause the reader to truly feel Valerie’s pain, and to understand the absolute horror that a school shooting brings to the students, teachers, school, and community.
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