Playlist for Hate List by Marseli

by Marseli


The first song in my playlist is “We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus. I chose this song because even though people were shot and people died at Garvin High School they didn’t stop from trying to move on with their lives and forget what had happen. I mean I know they’re never going to forget that some of their peers died and some of them just got injured but they can I least try and forget or maybe not forget but try and move on from that terrible moment that happened May 2nd 2008. The tone in the scene is calm but towards the end it starts to get more intense. It matches the song because the song starts out very calm and gets intense towards the end, just like the scene that I picked out.





The second song in my playlist is “Miss Movin’ On” by Fifth Harmony. I chose this song because people were saying that Valerie told Nick to shoot the kids at their school, but she knew that she didn’t and tried to ignore them and move on, and she definitely became a different person after the shooting. She became more social and independent. She also became more trust worthy of her mother. The tone to this scene is progressive because she was trying to give herself a better life not just for her but for her mother, father, brother, and everybody who was there when the shooting happened.





The third song in my playlist is “When I was your Man” by Bruno Mars. I chose this song because when Nick killed himself after he shot a lot of high school student and teachers, Valerie kept thinking about him even though nick shot her in the leg, and she kept having flashbacks about all they’re memories together. The tone in this scene is struck because Valerie couldn’t believe that Nick shot had shot some of his peers and his teachers.





The fourth song in my playlist is “When I’m Gone” by Eminem. I chose this song because Nick did whatever he could to protect Valerie even if it meant hurting other people, which he did. Nick had killed all of the people that had bullied, annoyed, or were just very rude to Valerie and him. The tone is in love because Nick loved Valerie so much that he one day he decided it was time for the people that made them miserable to get their revenge, and unfortunately they did.





The fifth song in my playlist is “The Way” by Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller. I chose this song because both Valerie and Nick loved each other and they always thought about each other, and the way they made each other feel. The tone in this scene is inseparable because in my opinion nothing or no one would be able to separate these two love birds.





The sixth song in my playlist is “Try” by Pink. I chose this song because Valerie misses Nick and she thinks about why he shot all those people, but in the end she knows that she has to try and move on from the life she had with Nick. The tone in this scene is confused because she doesn’t really want to forget all of the, what Valerie calls them, wonderful memories.





The seventh song is my playlist is “Wanted” by Hunter Hayes. I chose this song because Valerie thought she was lost without Nick, and once the shooting was done she thought she wasn’t wanted anymore because Nick was the one who always made Valerie feel like she was actually wanted by someone, and that someone was Nick Levil her boyfriend. The tone in this scene is miserable because she thought that without Nick there she would have nobody there to protect her from the bullies, but at the end she because friend with girl that used to torment her at school.





The last song in my playlist for the book I read Hate List is “I won’t give up” by Jason Mraz. I chose this song because even though Valerie knows that Nick is dead she will always have him in her heart, and she will always remember the cherishing moments they spent together, and another reason why I picked this song was because Valerie saved Jessica’s life during the shooting, and I felt like that meant the world to Jessica. So Jessica decided that she wasn’t going to be a jerk to Valerie and decided to become friends with her and not try and be enemies with her anymore. When Jessica told Valerie that she wanted to be friends and not enemies, Valerie was surprised. She asked her why and she said because you saved my life, Valerie was still in the past and she remembered all toughs’ times Jessica spent torturing Valerie, but she came through and said she will give a try. The tone in this scene is forgiveness because when Valerie decided to become friends with Jessica she forgave her and she had let go of the past.