The book 13 Reasons Why could have been written in the point of view of every person that Hannah gave the tapes to because every person was a reason why she committed suicide. The story is told in Clay Jenson's point of view. He is ninth person on Hannah Baker's list. Clay is the one that wasn't suppose to be on the list but he needed to be because he meant something to Hannah in a good way. He was someone who didn't put her down or made up rumors about her but actually connected with her. I think Clay being the narrator was a good choice because he wasn't a jerk to Hannah like everybody else therefor being somewhat there for her and acting nice. But in the end it wasn't enough and that's what makes the book even more sad.
I think another good choice for narrator could have been Zach Dempsy number seven on Hannah's list. Zach was the person that came over to assist Hannah after a boy she was on a date with tried to sexually touch her maybe because he thought it was okay due to all of the rumors. Hannah doesn't give him the attention that he wants and he is embarrassed in front of his friends. Later he steals all of Hannah's 'compliment cards' from her bag in her Peer Communication class. During that time in Hannah's life those compliments were the only thing that made Hannah feel positive but Zach decided she didn't deserve them. If Zach's point of view were told he might say why he thought that she didn't deserve them and what made him so mad at Hannah when all she was feeling was hurt. I would like to see Zach actually feeling bad for her because when he listens to the tapes he'll know just how much pain he inflicted on her. Also why he thought that Hannah should have been all over him after something terrible just happened to her.
Zach is the person that I wonder most of why he did the things he did. Everyone did something bad to her but he was one of the people that intentionally meant to hurt when she was already falling apart. His actions was one of the ones that had the most impact on Hannah and even when she tried to confront him he just ran away from her leaving Hannah in tears.
Friday, May 20, 2011
13 Reasons Why: Quarter 3
I read 13 Reason Why by Jay Asher. Clay(narrator) receives a package of old cassette tapes one day on his doorstep. He puts them in and begins to hear a voice that belongs to Hannah. Hannah committed suicide a couple of weeks ago. On these tapes are thirteen people that in some way made her come to this decision and she talks about each one. All these tapes are passed around to each person, as they listen to each one they discover who Hannah really was and not at all the rumors that everyone followed.
I would recommend this book because it unraveled the truth. Everybody on the tapes linked to each other one by one exposing who they really are and what they did. Also the rumors that Hannah had to deal with were made by some of those people like Justin which was what her reputation was built around. Nobody wanted to get to know her for real because they were afraid of those rumors but in the end all she wanted was a real friend and not someone who judged her which was Clay.
Clay mostly decides to believe what he has heard but after a while of working in movie theater together he sees that she is different and they get to know each other too. Even though Clay is on the tapes he doesn't belong on them, Hannah admits she just wants him to know how much he meant to her. But he keeps following everyone else finding out the secrets.
There is a lot of suspense that builds up to the end of the tapes. As Hannah described it, its like a snowball that's rolling downhill that keeps getting bigger and bigger until finally it is too big and she can't take it anymore. That is where she gives up on life also where the tapes end. Even though she is already dead when she talks to the people on the tapes it doesn't seem real until they are all over. Clay is always saying what he should have done to save her how he could of been there for her. There were all the signs that she was depressed but he never picked them up. The only thing he can do now and the rest of them is listen because no one can change the past.
I would recommend this book because it unraveled the truth. Everybody on the tapes linked to each other one by one exposing who they really are and what they did. Also the rumors that Hannah had to deal with were made by some of those people like Justin which was what her reputation was built around. Nobody wanted to get to know her for real because they were afraid of those rumors but in the end all she wanted was a real friend and not someone who judged her which was Clay.
Clay mostly decides to believe what he has heard but after a while of working in movie theater together he sees that she is different and they get to know each other too. Even though Clay is on the tapes he doesn't belong on them, Hannah admits she just wants him to know how much he meant to her. But he keeps following everyone else finding out the secrets.
There is a lot of suspense that builds up to the end of the tapes. As Hannah described it, its like a snowball that's rolling downhill that keeps getting bigger and bigger until finally it is too big and she can't take it anymore. That is where she gives up on life also where the tapes end. Even though she is already dead when she talks to the people on the tapes it doesn't seem real until they are all over. Clay is always saying what he should have done to save her how he could of been there for her. There were all the signs that she was depressed but he never picked them up. The only thing he can do now and the rest of them is listen because no one can change the past.
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