Starr and her father have a conversation about why so many young people are involved in selling drugs or gang activity. why does this happen? from the book the hate u give

The conversation between Starr and her father is a result of Khalil’s death. Khalil was a childhood friend of Starr and she noticed that he was selling drugs, that was a common activity in Garden Heights. He justifies his activities alleging his grandmother lost her job at the hospital because she has cancer, and his mom is struggling to be clean, ironically , from drugs too.

Khalil dies from 3 gunshots in the back that came from one of the cops, he had the number 115 in his badge.

tree and the cat in the tree

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.