Thesis For Thirteen Reasons Why
The book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher was both enlightening and entertaining in a grim, twisted way. Asher tried to convey the message of how “People do have an impact on the lives of others; that’s undeniable.”. The book outlines the day Clay Jensen receives a showbox full of cassette tapes. Each tape a new reason why Hannah Baker, Clays longtime crush, Commit suicides two weeks before. This book follows Clay as he journeys through his once familiar town.
Thirteen Reasons Why is set two weeks after local teenager, Hannah Baker, Commit suicide. The book states “Hearing her story on here, on these tapes, must have killed her. A shiver crawls up my back. ‘Killed her’. A phrase I will now drop from my vocabulary”(95). This details Clays newfound reaction to the phrase “killed her”, a phrase often used in everyday life. This enlightened me because I never thought about how such a simple phrase could affect someone in such a way. The book would also talk about how Clay felt school felt emptier without Hannah, how it was different. It inspired me to care more about the people I …show more content…
At a few points throughout the book, we are told how, after listening to the tape, Clay sees people differently. He looked back on people’s behavior, “Did I do something to piss him off, I wondered. I couldn’t have done anything.”(46). In this part, Clay is going over an interaction with Alex Standall, one of the people on the tapes. Alex was just shoved into Clay by someone and Clay is reviewing his reaction. These tapes opened doors, in a way, to new information. Most of this information, Clay wished he never heared, for the guilt weighs too heavily on him. This enlightened me because it helped me see different aspects of people, the good and the bad. Clay thought he knew these people, yet listening to the tapes, he realized he knew nothing about
Thirteen Reasons Why is set two weeks after local teenager, Hannah Baker, Commit suicide. The book states “Hearing her story on here, on these tapes, must have killed her. A shiver crawls up my back. ‘Killed her’. A phrase I will now drop from my vocabulary”(95). This details Clays newfound reaction to the phrase “killed her”, a phrase often used in everyday life. This enlightened me because I never thought about how such a simple phrase could affect someone in such a way. The book would also talk about how Clay felt school felt emptier without Hannah, how it was different. It inspired me to care more about the people I …show more content…
At a few points throughout the book, we are told how, after listening to the tape, Clay sees people differently. He looked back on people’s behavior, “Did I do something to piss him off, I wondered. I couldn’t have done anything.”(46). In this part, Clay is going over an interaction with Alex Standall, one of the people on the tapes. Alex was just shoved into Clay by someone and Clay is reviewing his reaction. These tapes opened doors, in a way, to new information. Most of this information, Clay wished he never heared, for the guilt weighs too heavily on him. This enlightened me because it helped me see different aspects of people, the good and the bad. Clay thought he knew these people, yet listening to the tapes, he realized he knew nothing about