Hannah Baker's Suicide Revealed In Thirteen Reasons Why

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Suicide is becoming a severe problem that has been occurring in the US for quite some time. The book “Thirteen Reasons Why” teaches about suicide and how and why Hannah Baker killed herself. She was a young girl that had a bright future ahead of her, but instead her life had ended from what people did and said. Even if they did not think, anything they did was wrong; Hannah Baker had many friends that cared a lot about her. However, they never knew that she was in so much pain. Justin Foley a senior who was Hannah’s first kiss, her very first hand to hold, meant a lot to her but he was also just an average guy. He affected her life by spreading rumors of the two of them about occurrences that happened between them that never truly happened. …show more content…

For example, this is what happened with Hannah, because people kept bullying her and she could not take it anymore no matter how hard she tried. She finally broke after holding it all in. Clay Jensen liked Hannah for two weeks, they both went to the same party, they meant up, and they kissed. They were Romeo and Juliet they were perfect for each other, but others ruined that for them. Whether or not Clay was at fault for Hannah’s suicide, he was changing his ways just for someone that he lost because he truly cared about her even if others did not. This story may have shocked you about what happened and why it did, it did with me too but it did not matter. Now If I feel the need to want to or not want to judge people I second-guess what it could do to that person and how much it could actually affect their lives or how they see themselves in their own point of view. Do not make others feel bad just to make yourself feel better it will not help you can do some real damage to that person if you hurt them too much. In some people’s eyes, suicide is not that big of a deal, because it does not affect them

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