At the beginning of the story, Starr didn't want to share what she witnessed. Over time after being the suspect she was scared of being Khalil's witness and was scared to tell the world because she was afraid no one would believe her side of the story. She was being told to tell her side of her story, but she didn’t feel like telling the world. She started seeing the news about Khalil and reporters telling lies on the news, making Starr cry. Lastly she was tired of people telling lies about her friends so joined a group of people that protested for Khalil and she spoke the truth to the world.An example of injustice in “The Hate You Give” is on page 60 “”We won't give up till khalil gets justice” This shows that they are trying to get justice …show more content…
“Word spread around the neighborhood, and folks think she’s the witness they been talking ’bout on the news.” pointing out that the cop who detained Starr’s father was because Starr was the witness for Khalil being shot by Officer 115 and the officer who detained Starr’s father said no reason for why he was being detained. Another example of injustice is pointed out by Ms. Ofrah “I’m going to invite Sister Freeman to come up and give a word about the injustice that took place tonight,” This shows that Ms. Ofrah is determined to talk about the injustice happening in her community with Sister Freeman.Throughout the book “The Hate You Give” there are several instances of injustice.For example, after khalil got killed for nothing more than a taillight his community protested for khalil to get justice. Furthermore, after the news put Khalil as a “gangbanger” Khalil community still fought for justice. Additionally, Starr was quiet at first because she didn't want others to know she was the witness, but as soon as someone said something about her best friend Khalil, she always stood up and spoke up for his justice as
In “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch” Ann Hodgman uses her title to manipulate readers to read her story. She applied the same trick that advertises around the world practices to make consumers to buy their products. Deceiving advertising directly misleads consumers into thinking that they are getting something great but in reality they are not getting fully advertised product. In short, advertising can be described as a message that is designed to promote a product or a service. Every year companies spent billions on advertising, at the same time budgets for adverting increase every year. They spend more, use various forms of media to reach the consumer in an effort to inform the people of their products. That is what they want you to believe in, but the truth is they are trying very hard to sell you their product. They hit you with
Chris Crutcher, author of the short story “Fourth and Too Long”, demonstrates how important it is for players and coaches to have a mutual respect for each other on and off of the field. Over the course of the story, the main character, Benny struggles to find respect for himself as well as the coaches of his high school football team. Identically, the coaches lack respect for him as well. Benny woods is being penalized from playing football due to the length of his hair and his decision not to cut it. In the 1960’s long hair was said to have represented being a member of the hippie community. “It sends a message that the rest of the team can do any damn thing they want. First it’s the hair, then...who knows what”(160) is what Coach Greene
Frye opens the essay with a statement how women’s anger is not well received by this society. Men view women’s anger as worthless and ignorable because they cannot control their anger as they view them simply because she was upset, hysterical or crazy. Men tend to control their anger by through violence, or downgrading by informing her how he cannot handle her anger. Male had not understood the fact that anger is normal reaction for the irritability, disorderly and frustrations caused by other person from the person to able go forth to their desired goal. For example, you are looking forward to go a concert but the storm hit, thus making the concert to cancel which it ends of disappointment but not anger since you cannot control the weather.
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird explores the concept of injustice and her readers are introduced to a society where the social hierarchy dominated acts of humanity. We are often put into situations where we witness member of society be inhumane to one another in order to fit into the community and to act selfishly to save yourself. Within the text, we are also commonly shown the racial discrimination that has become society’s norm. Because of the general acceptance of these behaviours, it is explicitly show to all that the major theme Lee is trying to portray is ‘Man’s inhumanity to man’.
In They Say/I Say, Chapter Eighteen is talking all about food, and the long term argument that has been going on forever: What should we eat? There are many good articles in the chapter written by many reliable authors, but there are two of the articles that really stood out. The first one “The Supermarket: Prime Real Estate” by Marion Nestle, and the second is “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” by David H. Freedman. Both of these authors talk about the food industry, one talks about how the supermarket effects the choices people make in their diets, and the other talks about how junk food and the fast food industries might just be the way to go to help Americans become healthier.
Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson’s Chew On This explores the dark secrets of fast food. The authors first describe the background of fast food and their tactics with customers, and then elaborate on the impact of fast food on society today. Their view on fast food is a negative one: through describing various aspects of fast food, the authors ultimately reveal how the greediness of businessmen has caused the loss of individuality and the growth in power of corporations. They explain the effects of fast food on health, traditions, and animals, clearly showing fast food’s negative impact.
In "thinking outside the idiot box", Dana Stevens responds to Steven Johnson's New York Times article in which Johnson believes that watching television makes you smarter. Indeed, Steven Johnson claimed that television shows have become more and more complex over the years in order to follow the viewers need for an interesting plot instead of an easy, linear story. However, Dana Stevens is opposed to this viewpoint. Stevens is not against television, he does not think it makes you smarter nor that it is poisenous for the brain, he simply states that the viewer should watch television intelligently. That is to say that, viewers should know how much television they should watch and what to watch as well.
Debra Marshall defines rebelism as: “They reject the means and reject the goals, not only that, but they work hard to change the goals of society” (Marshall 15:11). Starr glorifies her actions and values the historic American Wild West time period, hoping to adjust society’s standards to the period she idolizes. Belle Starr is an outlaw who murders five men and one dog, she justifies this by explaining how they merely gave her an obscene look, or made an offensive remark towards her. Starr sees nothing wrong with her actions, and expects society to understand and empathize with her reasoning. After Starr murders a diner shop owner for suggesting she would enjoy a hotdog he offered to prepare for her; Starr and McRae converse, “’I didn’t shoot that man for money, you know.’ McRae said nothing. ‘I shot his because he made a nasty remark to me about the hotdog.’ ‘I didn’t hear a nasty remark.’ ‘If he hadn’t said it, he’d still be alive’” (Bausch 121). Belle Starr is delusional and overly sensitive, she believes the shop owner is a pervert and therefore deserves his fate. Starr explains her reasoning to McRae, and despite the fact that McRae does not support her decision; Starr continues to believe her actions are justified. Belle Starr believes that by murdering those men, she is performing a service to society in order to improve her own life and the lives of others. In reality, society
“You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?” (Lee 197) A quote from Harper Lee’s award winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which says so much. It shows the prejudice present in the 1920’s and 1930’s and how a black man could not feel sorry for a white woman because he was black. Negroes were not treated as equals. In fact, Negroes were believed to be less than second-class citizens, even level with the animals on the social ladder and biologically inferior to whites. Negroes were lynched often in many states, without reason, by white mobs. Blacks weren’t treated right in any part of American society including the courtroom. , with both the lynching in the streets and the prejudice in the courtroom this was a time where blacks did not have a fair chance both in and out of court.
However, she admits, “Now I am that person, and I’m too afraid to speak.” After her friend Khalil is killed. Starr confidently says that she will actively inform society if someone around her dies unfairly. Nevertheless, when Khalil dies, despite being deeply affected by the
Injustice represents a lack of fairness or justice. The theme of injustice is established in the book “The Hate You Give”. There are numerous individual examples that can indicate injustice, such as when Khalil got killed because of the officer 115 assumption. Additionally, Starr’s childhood best friend got shot in a drive-by shooting for no reason. Furthermore, Starr’s dad (Maverick) was asked to face down on the ground for nothing.
In the opening chapter, Starr goes to a party in her neighborhood with her friend Kenya. Even though Starr has lived in this community her whole life, she feels uncomfortable as if she isn’t “black enough” because she goes to Williamson Prep, a mostly white private school. In the quote, “There are some places where it's not enough to be me. Either version of me” (Thomas, 2017, p. 3). Starr feels like she doesn’t fully fit in with the people of her community because she doesn’t go to school with them and also because she has other character traits and interests that make her more similar to her white friends.
Television has come a long way since it was first introduced. Originally, it was thought that the masses that watch television enjoyed the more simple shows that would tell you exactly what was going on from start to finish. In Steven Johnson’s article, “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”, Johnson argues that this is actually not the case. In fact, Johnson argues that much more people enjoy shows that involve multi threading, or multiple plots that are all connected.
In the article, “The Good, the Bad and the Funny”, authors Oliver Conolly and Bashshar Haydar lays out the argument that ethics of humor is Amoralist. To provide a balanced argument, they present arguments from the perspective of the Amoralist and the ethicist. The article focuses on what makes a joke racist and why racist/sexist jokes are considered funnier. Is it because of the jokester’s perspective on racism/sexism or does the humor lie in our interpretation of such jokes. Jokes were divided into forms and types to gain a better understanding of telling a sexist joke and implementing sexism in a joke.