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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Alex Standall in Thirteen Reasons Why Throughout Jay Asher’s novel Thirteen Reasons Why‚ he has demonstrated to the reader how one’s inability to make rational decisions can lead to another individual’s suicide. Over the course of the novel‚ the reader follows the events in the life of the protagonist‚ Hannah Baker that have led to her tragic suicide. One can argue that secondary character‚ Alex Standall plays a significant role in the story‚ and in Hannah Baker’s suicide‚ as none of the
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The novel Thirteen Reasons Why is written a little differently than most books. The point of view is first person‚ however the point of view is coming from two different people‚ Hannah and Clay. As you read the book‚ Hannah is explaining why she killed herself‚ and then Clay is reacting to Hannah’s story because he is listening to the tapes. In my opinion both Hannah and Clay are the protagonists. Hannah Baker is telling her story through tapes. She committed suicide and left behind seven tapes
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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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double over a decade. Throughout the article‚ Thompson discusses why this has happened‚ and who it is happening to. This article was written because of a recent Netflix series that has been released‚ Thirteen Reasons Why. Thirteen Reasons Why is based on Jay Asher’s book of the same title. The story follows a high school girl who commits suicide. Before killing herself‚ however‚ she made thirteen cassette tapes and left them for the thirteen people she believed played a part in her suicide. The show
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of the books we read this year‚ I would choose to meet Skye Miller from Thirteen Reasons Why. There are many unanswered questions about Skye‚ and we don’t know a lot about her. We know she’s an outcast and likes to avoid people. We know Clay used to have a crush on her in 8th grade too. She appears only a few times throughout the book‚ but we can infer Clay goes to help her after he goes after her in the hallway. The reason I would want to meet Skye is because we don’t know a great deal about her
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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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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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There are many reasons why teenagers commit suicide. Maybe they aren’t happy at home‚ bullied at school‚ or it’s just like Hannah Baker in the book we’ve been reading‚ it’s the snowball effect. Thirteen Reasons Why – Hannah’s story The snowball effect. That’s what Hannah called it. It is when like a small snowball rolling down a hill – picking up more snow on its way down‚ getting bigger and bigger‚ and at the end it breaks – that’s what happened to Hannah. One reason led to another and
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Thirteen Reasons Why Chloee Bartels Author: Jay Ashner‚ Amount of pages: 288. This young-adult fiction novel describes a boy‚ Clay Jensen‚ receiving a box of tapes. On these tapes Hannah baker‚ a girl who recently committed suicide‚ explains why she killed herself. Clay hears all the stories and all the people who caused her death‚ he also has a story but not one you may think. Clay Jensen receives a shoe box that has seven tapes inside‚ on the first tape is an explanation of why Hannah made the
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