(Q4) LESSON 1

• Truth - is defined as a state or quality of being true. When something is true, it is real, factual, honest, sincere, believable, and credible.
• Literature - mirrors life in an artistic manner as it follows the conventions and elements of the literary genre and writing.
• ALLEGORY - can be considered as one of the greatest literary devices used to depict truth.
• Allegory - refers to a story, poem, or painting where the characters, setting, and events symbolize particular ideas or truths about human life.
• Due to the rise of modern technology, our preferences have significantly evolved.
• Aside from reading literature, other popular platforms such as film, music, and media have played a vital role in letting us see, experience, and understand the truths about life.
• ANGIE TOMAS - An American writer born on September 20, 1988 in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
• Tomas was exposed to drug dealing and gun violence and found refuge in books.
• As a teenager Thomas performed as a rapper and appeared in Right On!, a teen magazine devoted to African American celebrities.
• She went on to study creative writing at Belhaven University in Jackson, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2011.
• THUG, a film adaptation by George Tillman Jr.
• In the novel Thomas tackled such volatile and timely subjects as racism, privilege, and police brutality.
• The Hate U Give grew out of a short story that Thomas wrote as a student in 2009 following the killing of Oscar Grant.
• Oscar Grant was an unarmed 22- year-old African American who was fatally shot in the back by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California in the morning of New Year's Day, 2009.
• The killing, and the protests against it, were an important precursor to the Black Lives Matter movement, which began in 2013.
• In 2017 The Hate U Give was published to critical and popular acclaim.
• Starr Carter, the protagonist of the novel, is a 16 year old teenager
• Starr Carter moves between two worlds. The first is the poor black neighborhood where she lives in Garden Heights, and the fancy suburban prep school she attends at Williamson Prep.
• IDEAS PRESENT IN THE FILM, THUG

  1. Racism and Police Brutality
  2. Dueling Identities and Double Consciousness
  3. The Power of Language
  4. Community and Loyalty
  5. The Cycle of Poverty and Crime
• The film shows the TRUTH OF RACISM in a powerful country as well as the TRUTH OF SPEAKING OUT the injustice experienced by the oppressed.