13 Reasons Why is a novel by Jay Asher‚ that will stay with me because it has genuinely changed my outlook on life. I was fascinated by the character Hannah Baker and her poetic way of describing the terrible events that changed her life. Hannah sends 13 cassette tapes to people she blames for her suicide‚ before killing herself by taking a handful of pills. The book is set around Clay Jensen‚ the ninth person to receive the tapes out of twelve. I was fascinated at how all of these people in
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’’I support the death penalty because I believe‚ if administered swiftly and justly‚ capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives.’’ Those were words of the 43rd President of the United States‚ George Walker Bush. Capital Punishment is a controvercial issue in the present-day world. This turbulent dispute whether the punishment should be retained or not has been going on for years. Since the begining of the human history‚ at first‚ people have been
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because I’m about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically‚ why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes‚ you’re one of the reasons why.”(Asher 7) Hanna Baker a girl who commit suicide nearly two weeks ago. Clay Jensen who had a crush in Hanna received the tapes but has no clue why he is on these tapes. In this journal I will be evaluating‚ visualizing‚ and predicting. While reading Thirteen Reasons Why I found myself evaluating Hanna Baker when she was talking on the cassette
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The problems in dysfunctional families can contribute to the reasons why children join a gang. The dysfunctional part of dysfunctional families can be exhibited in many ways. It could be that either parent or neither parent is in a child’s life at all. Or it could be that one or both parents are working multiple jobs to make ends meet which in turn leaves a child alone a lot. Other dysfunctional problems could be physical‚ sexual or mental abuse within the family. Often times‚ if a gang member is
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Hannah’s’ Help This is a paper that goes through a set of tapes that is trying to help teenagers not want to commit suicide. ENJOY MRS. REED We are going to start with what this book “Thirteen Reasons Why” is about. A girl named Hannah Baker committed suicide. She felt it would be a good idea to make a set of tapes and send them to the people that compelled her to kill herself. She never really “let anybody in” and when someone like Clay Jensen‚ the other main character in the book‚ also
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United States congress decided to join World War I due to the German U-boat sinking the British Lusitania which killed 1‚198 civilians including 129 Americans. The Zimmerman Telegram was when Germany formed an alliance with Mexico promising their lost land which was taken from the US back as their territory. Woodrow Wilson‚ the American president in 1913 encouraged our entry into World War I believing it would make the world safe for democracy. Many people of America followed his voice except the
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10 Reasons Why People Lie The invention of lying probably dates back to the invention of communication itself. It can be said that lying is‚ in fact‚ a basic need for social existence. A lie can serve a lot of purposes. We take a look upon the most common reasons for which people resort to lying. 1. To Please In order to maintain the pleasantness of any social situation‚ people have to lie. Questions like ‘How do I look?’‚ ‘Am I getting Fat?’ or ‘Did you like my gift?’ are bound to fetch lies
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Hero John Cena is who I picked for this project because I truly believe‚ that he is a hero. He was born on April 23‚ 1977‚ in West Newbury‚ Massachusetts. His father is John Cena sr. and his mother is Carol Cena. He also has four brothers‚ and their names are‚ Matt‚ Dan‚ Sean‚ and Steve Cena. John Cena is a hero because he does so much for the community‚ he works day in‚ and day out‚ and is not stopping anytime soon. He even donates to foundations and charities‚ which is really generous of him to
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Once upon a time‚ I was walking through the field beside the old abandoned building in my neighborhood. I found a body‚ I didn’t know if the body was a man or a woman but as I got closer I see that the person was struggling to breath‚ I didn’t know what to do so I turned and ran‚ About halfway to my house I Knew i couldn’t just leave the person there so I turned back around and went to find them. When I found the person I found out that it was a young woman. She struggled to tell me that she had
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Shutting people out‚ doesn’t solve your problem Suicide is irreversible‚ it affects everyone that knew the person. In the book‚ Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher‚ the color blue is a symbol of sadness and emotion‚ it represents the finality of her decision. At the beginning of Hannah Baker’s school year she was pretty typical compared to other high school teenager‚ she was intelligent‚ beautiful‚ and diligent. As time went on things became more complicated and her emotions and the people around
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