Themes
Trust
One of the themes that is illustrated throughout the novel is learning how to trust others. This is shown through Valerie as she begins her visits with Dr. Heiler in order to recover from the shooting. When she first met him, Valerie seemed skeptical about therapy until he commented "'In this office, anything can fly'" (195) about the heavy wooden balloon that she pointed out. That one comment helped Valerie begin opening up to Dr. Helier and she was able to recover and feel settled for once since the shooting. Just like in real life, withoutout having people around that are trustworthy, recovery as well as being social would not be made possible.
One of the themes that is illustrated throughout the novel is learning how to trust others. This is shown through Valerie as she begins her visits with Dr. Heiler in order to recover from the shooting. When she first met him, Valerie seemed skeptical about therapy until he commented "'In this office, anything can fly'" (195) about the heavy wooden balloon that she pointed out. That one comment helped Valerie begin opening up to Dr. Helier and she was able to recover and feel settled for once since the shooting. Just like in real life, withoutout having people around that are trustworthy, recovery as well as being social would not be made possible.
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Two Sides
Another theme that is shown throughout Hate List, is that it is important to understand that there is always two sides to every story, the way it happened and the way it is remembered. Whenever Valerie visits Ginny at the hospital, Ginny begins explaining to her that she knows that Valerie was not a apart of the shooting and even "... went to the police station"(371) to try and prove her innocence, whereas the media and most of the school thought that Valerie was the one who planned it and wanted her brought to justice.This makes Valerie realize that she is not alone and just like how any other person would feel, she feels like she will be able to rely on people and make a full recovery.