Themes in THUG, Modern Lit 3A/3B by Michelle Petersen https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig Brainstorming together! Under the topics, write a theme sentence, example, or quote from THUG. Don't forget to use page numbers. en-us 2022-01-28 16:11:47 UTC 2025-10-05 06:59:20 UTC hello@padlet.com How the druggies and drug deals all cycle with each other in ghetto areas like garden heights BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018454369 2022-01-28 18:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018454369 “Exactly, we can’t be quiet” (mav 171) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455079 2022-01-28 18:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455079 How maya and Starr’s friendship grows dealing Hailey BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455179 2022-01-28 18:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455179 “At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them” (Thomas 264) GK https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455537 2022-01-28 18:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455537 Police Brutality has to be fixed to stop the cycle BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455943 2022-01-28 18:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455943 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455944 “You got folks like Brenda, who think they need drugs to survive. And then you got the Khalils who think they need to sell them to survive” (Mav 170) AF]]> 2022-01-28 18:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018455944 “A neighborhood notorious for gangs and drug dealers”(Thomas 245).-OE https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018456154 2022-01-28 18:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018456154 115 killing unarmed khalil CC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018456194 2022-01-28 18:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018456194 Starr speaks out to the police https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018456933 WS]]> 2022-01-28 18:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018456933 Communities come together during hard times. michellepetersen https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018457865 2022-01-28 18:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018457865 Starrs neighborhood is way different than the neighborhood where she goes to school. WS https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458190 2022-01-28 18:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458190 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458318 You have to use your voice in order to get the justice you want. AF]]> 2022-01-28 18:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458318 People are protesting Khalil’s death BR https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458352 2022-01-28 18:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458352 “Pretend the back is some Fried Chicken. Bet you’ll. Stay on it then.” (Hailey. 111) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458699 2022-01-28 18:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458699 Police targeting Black people needs to stop. OE https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458949 2022-01-28 18:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018458949 Khalil’s death has triggered an uprising of protests in Garden Heights, people who are protesting to speak out against police brutality and racism. Starr realizes she has to be Khalil’s voice if he is to get justice. CG https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018459051 2022-01-28 18:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018459051 Hailey saying Maya ate a cat for Thanksgiving BR https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018459518 2022-01-28 18:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018459518 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018459546 Influences who you are.JS]]> 2022-01-28 18:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018459546 A prime example of racism is when the cop shot Kahlil. This would have been a different outcome if it was a white male. Cw https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018460224 2022-01-28 18:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018460224 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018460855 “That’s why people are speaking out huh? Because it won’t change if we don’t say something”(Thomas 77). mj]]> 2022-01-28 18:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018460855 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018461819 There are more people outside than there are in the church holding signs with Khalils face on them that say, “justice for Khalil” (Thomas pg. 133)- bp]]> 2022-01-28 18:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018461819 “Brickz wont act crazy as long as Daddy’s home. All of us are kinda like Brickz, really. “ (Starr 202) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018462441 2022-01-28 18:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018462441 “Do not let your hearts be troubled” (pastor Eldridge 126) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018462921 2022-01-28 18:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018462921 “Khalil said its about what society feeds us as youth and how it comes back and bites them later” -Starr KL https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018463222 2022-01-28 18:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018463222 “They leave Khalils body in the street like its an exhibit” (Thomas 25) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018463706 Bs]]> 2022-01-28 18:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018463706 In this book “Social Justice” is unfair and is influenced by race. NB https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018464003 2022-01-28 18:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018464003 Starrs mom gave her advice on friendships, she said if the good things don’t out weigh the bad things, then let her go. Talking about being friends with Hailey after she did all that stuff. AD https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018464612 2022-01-28 18:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018464612 Star uses her voice to speak about khalil on national television CC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018465782 2022-01-28 18:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018465782 Maya being nice and supportive, bp https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018465866 2022-01-28 18:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018465866 “I remember what Khalil said-he got tired of choosing between lights and food” - Thomas 169 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018467009 2022-01-28 18:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018467009 Example would be the friendship between Starr and Khalil. Even though Starr and Khalil haven’t seen each other for awhile they still act like they did.JS https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018467594 2022-01-28 18:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018467594 You have to accept all of who you are and in order to accept all of the people that are around you. NB https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018469492 2022-01-28 18:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018469492 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018469670 “You have to decide if the relationship is worth salvaging. Make a list of the good stuff, then make a list of the bad stuff. If one outweighs the other, then you know what you gotta do.” -Lisa. ZS ]]> 2022-01-28 18:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018469670 Thug life zs https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018471177 2022-01-28 18:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2018471177 People finally start to speak out about Khalil because they are tired of getting taken advantage of BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021843751 2022-01-31 17:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021843751 Asks if the cop would shoot her to BR https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021849107 2022-01-31 17:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021849107 THUG talks about how there is a lot of racism in white communities and it has to be stopped BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021849211 2022-01-31 17:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021849211 A good example of racism is Hailey, she doesn’t have a filter. OE https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021849744 2022-01-31 17:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021849744 People have to use their voice in order for their to be justice -sk https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021850417 2022-01-31 17:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021850417 THUG talks about how Starr has to accept what has happened and she has to move on and keep going with her life BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021850926 2022-01-31 17:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021850926 Things don’t just change for the better, you need to speak up and use your voice to advocate for what you believe in. CG https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021851437 2022-01-31 17:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021851437 Asking the cop, “if he wished he shot me too”(Starr 290) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021851842 Cw]]> 2022-01-31 17:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021851842 “I’d ask him if he wished he shot me too” (Starr 290) GK https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021852042 2022-01-31 17:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021852042 Starr is throwing shots at the cop because she know she will be heard- OE https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021852221 2022-01-31 17:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021852221 115 killed Khalil -SK https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021853007 2022-01-31 17:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021853007 Examples: She compares her voice to different punches. JS https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021854386 2022-01-31 17:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021854386 Starr uses her voice to fight for Khalil and black rights and to fight the social injustice https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855351 2022-01-31 17:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855351 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855500 People need to use their voice and speak out if they want change. mj]]> 2022-01-31 17:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855500 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855639 She’s asked what shed say to officer 115 if he was There. “I’d ask him if he wished he shot me too” (Starr 290) AF]]> 2022-01-31 17:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855639 Starr sharing her side of story in a more public way https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855709 Cw ]]> 2022-01-31 17:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021855709 Starr has to accept that she is two different people at Williamson and Garden Heights.-OE https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021856982 2022-01-31 17:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021856982 “You decide if the relationship is worth salvaging. Make a list of the good stuff, then make a list of the bad stuff. If one outweighs the other, then you know what you gotta do.” https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021857246 -sk ]]> 2022-01-31 17:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021857246 Starr sees her voice as a weapon, throwing punches with her words. Fighting for justice for Khalil GK https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021857646 2022-01-31 17:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021857646 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021858172 Khalil having to sell drugs to keep his family safe form the gang. He has no way out of it. AF ]]> 2022-01-31 17:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021858172 In the book The Hate U Give a great theme would be the power of your voice which Starr is figuring out https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859102 2022-01-31 17:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859102 Starrs family is crazy and has a bunch of different parts to it but they all show how much they care during the book and show how much they want to protect each other BP https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859170 2022-01-31 17:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859170 “The drug dealer. That’s how they see him. It doesn’t matter that he’s suspected of doing it. ‘Drug dealer’ is louder than ‘suspected’ ever will be.” (Thomas 113) https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859556 CG]]> 2022-01-31 17:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859556 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859713 If you want justice for something you have to use your voice. AF]]> 2022-01-31 17:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021859713 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021860394 Starr’s mom tells her it’s ok to be sad over Khalils death but don’t stop living. JS]]> 2022-01-31 17:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021860394 Mav is helping Devantae get out of the gang life https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021860949 BS]]> 2022-01-31 17:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021860949 “I’d ask him if he wished he shot me too”-Starr (290pg) ZS https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021862449 2022-01-31 17:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021862449 “What if the good doesnt outweigh the bad” “then let her go” https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021862451 Starr and Lisa 256 KL ]]> 2022-01-31 17:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021862451 Everyone protesting bp https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021862558 2022-01-31 17:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021862558 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021863589 Starr’s mom telling her it’s okay to drop friends when the good starts to outweigh the bad. mj]]> 2022-01-31 17:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021863589 Maya and Starr finally decide to get Hailey out of their lives and they regret not doing something when Hailey would make racist comments towards them both, which made them come closer. AD https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021865709 2022-01-31 17:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021865709 https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021866769 “This all happened because he, I can’t say his name-assumed that we were up to no good. Because we’re black and because of where we live. “ Thomas pg.290 JS]]> 2022-01-31 17:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021866769 They are moving out of Garden Heights and they don’t have to deal with the protested. They can be more protective and don’t have to listen to the gun shots at all. NB https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021867902 2022-01-31 17:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michellepetersen/4h85it8dyxblspig/wish/2021867902