Author Archives: Sierra Hunter

Earlier I talked about how Valarie character in the beginning of the book and before the climax of the book. But, after the climax Valarie as a character has shown growth and became more selfless. She is see and shown as more selfless through her actions of speaking up and talking out about her opinionsContinue reading “Valarie as a Character in the End of the Book”

In this book, the climax can also be seen in the beginning. The beginning is giving information about the shooting and introduces all of the victims. This can be counted as the climax because it describes the turning point of everyone’s lives. Its the biggest cause of the rest of the effects of the story.Continue reading “Climax in the Beginning”

The book The Hate List can be compared to the book The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas. I will be comparing and contrasting these two books because they both are fictional stories written and inspired by serious real world issues and events that take place to this day. The way that these twoContinue reading “Compare and Contrast to Another Book”

Text to world connection is when you take events from a fictional story and compare it to real world events. The story of The Hate List can easily be connected to real world events. A great comparison is the Columbine shooting that took place in 1999, in Colorado inside the Columbine high school. This eventContinue reading “A Text to World Connection”

The resolution of a story is the unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story.  The resolution and the climax of the story tie together. The event and action of her visiting the victims and their families ties together with the final scene. This meant that her going to the houses, talking toContinue reading “Resolution”

The climax of the story is the term used to refer to the part where the tension or action reaches its highest part. In this story, the climax is when Valarie visited the victims and their families . This is the climax because this was a big turning point for Valarie’s character. It was a great wayContinue reading “Climax”

Rising action in a story is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative. In this story the rising tension could be the whole event of the school shooting including Nick, and the deaths of the students. But, you can also use the events of her going back toContinue reading “Rising Action”

One type of conflict that is shown in The Hate List is internal conflict. Internal conflict is an internal conflict is the struggle occurring within a character’s mind. Things such as the character views for, but can’t quite reach. In this story internal conflict is a big big component of learning more about the characterContinue reading “Internal Conflict”

Conflict is a big part of story’s writing and helping keep the audience occupied with the story. Conflict which is defined as any form of struggle between opposing forms. This is shown throughout the story between the character Valerie and her school life. The major conflict in this story is her overcoming the effects ofContinue reading “Conflict”

The story “The Hate List” written by Jennifer Brown has such an amazing example of character development when following the main character. This story follows the life of Valerie(Val) who is a dynamic character and follows through her emotions and how she grows throughout the story. In the beginning Valerie was very intimidated. Her thoughtContinue reading “Development”