I chose this book because reading the back reminded me of Amanda Todd. To me it seemed like the type of book you wouldn’t normally read. I didn’t know what to expect when I did start reading. Throughout reading the book the author kept sucking me in deeper and deeper into the story, almost like I was Hannah or Clay.
I would recommend this book to people thirteen and older. Even adults. I recommend this to them because I don’t think people younger would fully understand what is going on and being said in the book.
I liked, well I loved how the author made Hannah put the thirteen reasons why on cassette tapes. It was very thoughtful and it actually taught me a couple things about tapes.
I liked how all of Hannah’s reasons merged together. Like a puzzle, the fit together understandingly.
I liked, but then I didn’t like, how Hannah was Clay’s first love. I didn’t like it because it didn’t really seem like it, but then it did. You had to keep remembering she was Clay’s first love. I also liked it because in Clay’s tape it kept me wondering “Well why didn’t he do anything?”. Obviously he loved her and you could really tell through all his thoughts.
I liked how Hannah talked in the tapes. I could just tell how meaningful the tapes were. How her words just caught my attention and felt what she felt.
I disliked Marcus. I absolutely did not like him. He was so rude about the tapes. Obviously he does belong on them. He was a part of all the tapes. If he wasn’t on the tape, the tapes wouldn’t connect together. Hannah did not want an excuse to kill herself. He’s part of why she did it.
The setting is past and present. Past because Hannah’s tapes are being told from the past. They were made in the past too. Present because Clay is in pr...
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...r death but didn’t tell Hannah what she wanted to hear.
The plot is Clay Jensen comes home from school just to see a box on his porch. He opens is to find seven cassette tapes. On the tapes Hannah Baker speaks. Telling thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life.
Hannah was Clay’s first love who committed suicide two weeks before getting the tapes.
Throughout Hannah’s reasons Clay is worried what his is. He follows most of the places on the map from Hannah.
After listening for so long his tape is finally playing. He realizes his is different from everyone else’s. Hannah is actually apologizing. He spend one night listening to all the tapes.
The next day he mails the tapes to the person after his tape. When he gets to school he saw a girl, Skye. She had all the same actions Hannah did before she was gone. Clay learned from Hannah, so he reached out to Skye.
The main characters were Charlie and Riley. I did enjoy the characters. I found them intriguing and loved that I could relate with Charlie. They were characters that in the eyes of the public would be considered bad, but in my eyes, they were trying to be good.
The clichés, as listed above, were really enjoyable. Most of them were some of the things I avoided in high school as well, not that I vowed to avoid them at all costs – I just never got around to doing any of them because I was always far too busy reading. I really loved watching Julia and Dave go through their cliché list, though it started off as more of a joke for them rather than a die-hard mantra, but seeing how they experienced the different events and how hard they tried to make some of them happen was really entertaining.
Hannah's Mormon background embedded in her strict beliefs about traditional love and marriages and the idea that being gay is unnatural and devilish. This background doesn't allow her to accept Joe's sexuality. It is in this upheaval that Hannah moves from Salt Lake City to New York in hopes to save her son and his dying marriage. Her arrival, However only makes the situation worse. She carries out responsibility as a mother-in-law and takes care of the abandonment and valium-dependant Harper and manages at the same time to dive Joe completely out of the picture.
The first is that this case is a terrifying tragedy, where a community and a family are devastated. This is shown through the two articles “Hannah Graham’s Parents Make Emotional Plea for Help” and “Two Girls Gone: Family Shares Grief and Plead for Vigilance.” These articles pull at the heartstrings of the public. It is an attempt to gain more viewers by creating a sense of sadness and also relatability, since Hannah was a smart, young, innocent woman simply out on the town having
That same night, I walked by Hannah’s cell and I saw her staring down at a newspaper clip out of a young teenager shaking hands with another man. I recognized that the boy was the man who visited today. Could he be Hannah’s son? If he is, then why hadn’t he visit her all this time? Hannah brushed her fingers across the books on her shelf, and took out a sheet of paper and started writing in it. This time, her eyes turned grey and they were empty, but free.
The tapes are the centerpiece of the story and the largest motif for showing the impact that people have on those around them— even if they do not realize it. While it would be easy to write a paper on every person on the tape and how they made an impression on Hannah’s life, the focus is on Alex and his story. Alex’s story affected many people – not just Hannah. Alex’s Best of Freshman Class and Worst of Freshman Class list affected everyone whose name made that list. Hannah is not afraid to call him out on that fact; "There are some sick and twisted people out there, Alex – and maybe I'm one of them— but the point is, when you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it" (53). Sure, the way this list objectified women let them be handled like they were toys for men, but it definitely hit every girl’s self-esteem. The perfect example of this is the fight that Hannah and Jessica have in the café. The whole fight started over their names being on that list. While Alex made the list as a fun joke, he unknowingly ruined a friendship; Isolating Hannah further. “It’s a punch in the stomach and a slap in the face. It's a knife in my back..."(68). Alex's quest for popularity in a new school left him unaware that the choice he was making to pass around a list, a list that idolized the way his
I have really enjoyed reading this book made by Ishmael because it tells how life has its twists and turns and their adventures through villages and trying to escape death. The characters in this book show how you really do have real friends and that a society can form and shape who you're or who you could be. My favorite character would have to be Ishmael Beah bec...
There are two main characters, Clay and Hannah. Clay Jensen is the main narrator, as he is the one who is listening to Hannah in the tapes. He is a high school freshman who is very curious, but shy about it. He has a very spotless reputation until Hannah comes along. Hannah Baker is a secondary narrator as she is the voice in the tapes, which sounds like she is longing for companionship. For example, she says the following during her tapes: “For the longest time, from almost day one at school, it seemed that I was the only one who cared about me (p. 144).” She commits suicide by overdosing on pills, but leaves maps and reasons to why she committed suicide to the people who led her there. When she was alive, she was misunderstood as people called her many names. Some would say she is a bit manipulative because of the way that Clay at times undermines her side of some
I personally would not recommend this book. I did like some parts but I disliked it more than I liked it and unless someone is very passionate about this subject I wouldn’t tell them to read it because they would probably find it boring or it would be hard for them to understand certain parts like it was for me.
As you read the summary at the back of the book, it can easily fell in love and can caught everyone’s attention. For every chapters, people’s interest are getting higher until they finished reading the book. It is worth reading because it gives more knowledge on how life can be through the ups and downs. The book is recommended since it doesn’t only give the people entertainment in reading but it can inspire many people by the story itself. It gave them a lesson in which we can apply in real life as well. If everyone reads the book, it will open the people how dangerous the world can be
Hannah was a godly lady who loved the Lord and wanted to live every day of her life to please her Savior. She was very involved in her church, and she tried to impact the world around her in a way that showed Christ to everyone for whom she came into contact with. Hannah was preceded in death by her father Jimmy Cagle of Asheboro, her mother Dianne Cagle of Asheboro, her precious Shih Tzu Molly, and her grandparents of
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
This emotional illiteracy could be for many reasons. For Michele, it may have been the lack of adulthood that was experienced in his life and for Hannah, it may have been because of the pain and suffering she
Suicide is a decision one makes to end his or her own life. People who make the decision to end their own life have often experienced depression, guilt, emptiness, or a combination of those, and many more negative things. Hannah Baker is a character in the book Thirteen Reasons Why By: Jay Asher who has lost hope in all aspects of her life. In this story, a boy who contributed to Hannah’s suicide receives tapes of her explaining the reasons why she did it. The tapes take him throughout the city they live in and help him understand further how and why she did this to herself. In this journal, I will be predicting that Clay will help Skye, questioning why both Justin and Hannah said nothing about what happened to Jessica, and connecting Hannah
Jules Verne in his book, Mysterious Island, quoted: “It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason”. This quote can easily be associated with Hannah Baker, the protagonist of the book Thirteen Reasons why, written by Jay Asher. She likes candy, hot chocolate, blue nail polish, filling out surveys, and reading and writing poetry. Deeply romantic, she wants to find love, and is exploring relationships naturally, at her own pace. She's also smart, attractive, and friendly. Hannah had just arrived in a new town, new school, new people and was ready to start her life again, but what followed were the next three most miserable years of her life. She had entered her school with great expectations and a fresh look upon the world, but had found herself faced with great challenges and obstacles; she had to deal with being alone, fitting in, and not knowing who to trust. To overcome these problems Hannah had to go through immense hardships which developed her character largely; struggling with them developed her character in three instances: Her relationship with Justin Foley, the accident with Jenny Kurtz, and her very last interaction with Mr. Porter.