The Hate U Give by

The Hate U Give

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 21:57:30 UTC

This is The Hate U Give, which focuses on a family and their struggles with racism in their area. This story is specifically based around Starr (the Carters daughter) finally noticing how corrupt the world is after witnessing a childhood friend die at the hands of the police for simply holding a hairbrush when being pulled over.

Synopsis

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 22:35:55 UTC

This story takes place in Garden Heights and focuses on the Carter family. They live in a rough neighborhood but attend a fancy school, so they have not been exposed to the troubles they could face if they got mixed into the wrong crowd. In this movie, Starr, their sixteen-year-old daughter, attends a party that ends up being in a shoot-out. That leads to her leaving with a childhood friend and him being pulled over simply because of his looks and the incident at the party. His looks, along with his willingness to know what he did wrong end up with being fatally shot by a cop when he reaches for his hairbrush, which the cop thought was a weapon. This alters Starr's outlook on life because she starts to see that life is not as fair to black people as she thought since she was always shielded from trouble. Starr testifies for her friend, but she can tell he is being made out to be an enemy instead of getup the justice he deserves. His aggressor would not be prosecuted, but after several protests, the trial would eventually be heard with Starr as a witness. She finds herself mixed up in gang affiliations before the grand jury puts her safety at risk, but eventually ends up testifying. Ultimately, the grand jury decides not to indict the cop, but she continues to fight for justice for him and others. his causes her family to spiral down, leading to her dad's arrest and a lot of grief from everyone. They eventually pick up all the pieces and realize that Garden Heights isn't the place where they will flourish because they are in a white dominating area. They all make peace with that fact. In the end, Starr learns who she is and realizes that her voice matters regardless of what the media or white community says.

Stage 1:Infancy

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 23:06:45 UTC

The infancy stage leads to a crisis of trust versus mistrust. During this stage, babies are trying to figure out who they can depend on the most for their needs, which allows them to figure out who they can trust to rely on in their lives and experience hope.

Erikson's Psychosocial development

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 23:08:50 UTC

Eric Erikson is a German psychologist whose developmental theories were popular in the 1950s and 1960s for helping the process of forming an identity. He goes over the 8 stages of life from bring to late adulthood, showing how identity is formed.

Stage 2:Early Childhood

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 23:19:43 UTC

The early childhood stage focuses on autonomy versus shame and doubt. During this stage, toddlers learn that they have control over their actions and start to explore things on their own. This creates a virtue of will.

Stage 4: Elementary school

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 23:26:25 UTC

The elementary stage focuses on industry versus inferiority. During this stage, children learn that everyone is not on the same pace, and some people may be more advanced than them in certain areas. This is when they find the virtue of competence.

Stage 3: Preschool

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-30 23:28:02 UTC

The preschool stage focuses on initiative versus guilt. During this stage, children can explore their independence and things without their parents. This is when they find their virtue of purpose.

Stage 5: Adolescence

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 00:04:24 UTC

The adolescence stage focuses on identity versus role confusion. During this stage, teenagers have a hard time finding out who they want to be because of the different norms they see compared to what they want to do. This opens the virtue of fidelity.

Stage 6: Young adulthood

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 00:09:08 UTC

The young adulthood stage focuses on intimacy versus isolation. During this stage, adults navigate the emotional and romantic connections that they will see for the rest of their lives. This virtue is love.

Stage 7:Middle adulthood

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 00:16:26 UTC

The middle adulthood stage focuses on generativity versus stagnation. During this stage, you are trying to figure out what you bring to the table in different aspects. This is the virtue of care.

Stage 8: Older adulthood

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 00:26:06 UTC

The older adulthood stage focuses on ego integrity versus despair. During this stage, adults contemplate their life decisions and think back on the choices they made in life. The is the virtue of wisdom.

Stages that occur during the movie and effect character identity in the end

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 00:47:53 UTC

This movie focuses mostly on stage 5, which is adolescence. You see Starr constantly trying to find her place in society while also knowing the world through her parents' eyes she experiences a lot of trauma and grief that shapes her into the strong woman she becomes in the end.

I would say her brothers are also navigating through this age as well since they are also trying to find their place but have not had the same experiences as her. Seven has his own family experiences that lead him into trouble, which affects who he wants to be in life. Sekani falls under stage 4 more since he is younger and is finally learning the world around him, but he lets his emotions overpower his thoughts.

The parents and their battle of setting the right example for their kids leans toward stage 7 because they put all their needs aside and do at is best for the kids regardless of the challenges they are facing.

Main events that affected character development

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 01:11:53 UTC

For Starr's personal development, the biggest thing that affected her character development was the killing of her childhood friend at a young age and then witnessing the killing of another childhood friend firsthand. Experiencing threats and seeing firsthand how corrupt the system is when she testifies for her friend's death. She finally got to see the segregation between the two communities that everyone had been explaining to her since she was little. These events tear her down only to allow her to find herself and her purpose in life She realizes that she can make a difference by speaking her truth and advocating for those who did not have the chance to advocate for themselves.

Her family faces challenges that stem from a broken family that has a bad past criminal history. They face harassment from gang affiliation that goes back for years and a constant battle of what is the right way for children to be brought up. After seeing everything that their family has gone through, they end up becoming stronger and learn to let go of their bad habits and prove that there is good in every person regardless. of their color. They grow stronger together and let go of the habits they had before all the traumatic events that happened.

Conclusion

k6mzsfx48g — 2024-10-31 01:39:56 UTC

Erikson's psychosocial development shows how different events open the eyes of teenagers to the world around them. It shows that his idea of development is also compatible with those in a later stage of life who are still trying to do the right thing and find purpose in life. This movie depicts three different versions of development that range from elementary school to middle age to show how the same events can affect people of different ages and alter their development. You can see the difference between the maturity and understanding in each group, which shows that they all interpret events differently based on their development.