The Hate List

In Hate List, Jessica’s feelings of lack of control over her social life are masked by her confident public persona. What Jessica desires is to be in control and she sees an opportunity to achieve this within the popular group of Garvin High School. Jessica earns her position within her clique by being demanding. She scrutinizes students at school, and her dominant demeanor gives her control over the behaviour of her peers. Although Jessica plays her part exceptionally well, Valerie is able to see

In the book The Hate List by Jennifer Brown, the story is told from the point of view of Valerie Leftman, the girlfriend of Nick Levil. Nick shot multiple people in their school and injured more. Valerie unknowingly helped him create the list of victims. I think the book could have been as interesting if it was told from the point of view of Ginny Baker. Ginny Baker was shot by Nick in the face. She had to have multiple plastic surgeries to reconstruct something that even remotely resembled a face

The book Hate List by Jennifer Brown (2009). Tells a story of a girl’s boyfriend shooting up a school and how it affected her life as a teenager. I recommend you read this book, because it is entertaining and emotionally stimulating. Hate List will captivate you with the main character, theme, and the situation. Nick had a leather jacket. His attitude was good until he started writing in the Hate List and his girlfriend was Val. She was the one to starting writing in the Hate List. They added people

Over the past few weeks I finished Jennifer Brown’s Hate List. It ended with Valerie finding who she really is. She finally found her true identity after the tragic shooting put on by her boyfriend, Nick Levil. In the end of the novel Valerie helps finish the memorial project for all of the victims of the Garvin High shooting that was made possible by the student counsel. At the graduation ceremony Valerie and Jessica presented the memorial, a time capsule, and put in an item from each of the victims

This summer I chose to read the Hate List by Jennifer Brown. The book Hate list is about, a girl named Valerie and her boyfriend Nick. They have made a hate list of people who bullied them or didn't like them. For Valerie it was a way to get out her feelings and how much she didn't like them but, Nick took this book and when Valerie said she wanted these people to die a little too seriously, and one day came in and started kill everyone on the “hate list” because he thought that’s what she had wanted

In Hate List by Jennifer Brown, the fact that both Nick and Val are bullied but only Nick shoots up the school suggests that when bullied, boys feel the need to take action while girls internalize the insults and pain. Nick plots revenge for the people who bully him and Val: “I’ll take care of it,” Nick explains, “I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time” (62). Nick believes that the bullies deserve pay back. He feels that he has a responsibility to teach them a lesson. Nick commits

People model themselves after those they admire. Of course, people cannot simply become someone they are not. Instead, to become the person they want to be, they may need to play a character. In the novel Hate List and Nineteen, characters’ public personas allow them to achieve their inner desires. Whether it is to become a hero, to gain control, or to be loved, each character develops a fake public persona that allows them to become the person they want to be. Being a hero is a title that many strive

published a map of so-called “hate groups” based on data from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) which includes some Christian organizations. According to SPLC, a hate group is one which has “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.” CNN published a report featuring a map of hate groups that include Christian organizations, and a link to an explanation as to why those groups were included in the list. Aside from some of the

Supreme Court there are a few exceptions to this freedom. Slander, defamation, fighting words and obscenity are all not protected under the First Amendment. The main issue derived from this is whether or not the government should be able to censor hate speech or if that is a violation of the Constitution. One one hand, it is argued that it should be allowed in order to protect minorities and individuals from being slandered and targeted. On the other hand, it is said that the government should not

As defined in 1999 the survey on the victims of domestic crimes, "A hate crime is a criminal offense committed against a person or property, in whole or in part, because of prejudice against offenders of a racial group, religion, ethnic group, a race, sexual preference, or disability. The offense is considered a hate crime even if the perception of offenders for the victim as a member of a protected group is correct. "In the US, federal prosecution is possible for crimes committed on the basis of