Identify two examples of verbal irony within the novel, The Hate U Give, and explain how your examples meet the criteria for verbal irony.

"hood rich"

Maverick's father, Adonis Carter, was a one of most notorious drug dealers and gangbangers in the city. His involvement in the drug trade made him a huge amount of money; pictures of Maverick as a child show him playing with jewels and furs. However, Carter neglected Maverick, and ended up going to prison, because of the very same involvement in drug dealing that enabled him to be financially successful. Starr later identifies this irony as "hood rich": King's house is hood rich because it is broken down and crumbling from the outside, but stocked with televisions and fine furniture on the inside.

Carlos and Maverick

Carlos and Maverick are constantly feuding, because Maverick resents the fact that Carlos was essentially Starr's father during the time that Maverick was in prison. The two men seem unaware that their constant fighting hurts Starr, making her feel stressed and guilty. By fighting over how to best make Starr happy, Carlos and Maverick inadvertently make her unhappy.