13 Reasons Why Psychology

13 Reasons Why is about a high school student, Hannah Baker, who commits suicide. Two weeks after death, her former classmate, Clay Jensen finds a box on his porch. When he opens the box, he finds cassette tapes explaining 13 reasons why Hannah chose to commit suicide. If Clay, decides to listen to the tapes, he will find out why and how he influenced Hannah to take her own life along with many other pieces to her suicide. Throughout this tv series, it portrays several different sociology concepts that i have learned about this year. From sex and gender, to groups and organizations, deviance, and social interactions. These were the four social dynamics i chose to insert in my powerpoint due to the fact that these main topics are

There are many different groups throughout the show. You have the baseball team, cheerleaders. nerds, smart kids, goth kids, photography club, writers, quiet kids, etc. Bryce, Zach, Scott, Montgomery, Jeff, and Justin were baseball players. Sheri and Jessica were cheerleaders. Ryan was a writer/poet. Marcus and Courtney were honor board members. Tyler was a photographer. Alex wasn’t involved in any sports or schools clubs, but he was very popular. Tony was a viewed as a rebel. Clay was a quiet kid and Hannah was the new girl. When you hang around a certain group, you do certain things. The baseball team were always in the hallways together and after school for practice. They did drugs and threw many parties together for celebrations or just because. The cheerleaders were around the baseball players during school and attended all the parties thrown by them. Ryan was a writer and poet, so he was very well spoken with what he said and didn’t care how anyone took his opinion. Marcus and Courtney were the smart kids. Each of them were honor board members and had very good grades. Neither of them were in trouble and always worried about their reputation at the school because of the high honor they held at Liberty high school. Tyler was a photographer and viewed as weird since he wasn’t interested in any sports at school. He took pictures of people in school to put them in the school newspaper.

Without social interactions and socialization, nothing would be resolved in the show. Hannah’s tapes led to socializing. When Clay received them, he no longer was the quiet kid. He talked to everyone involved in the tapes to try and understand why they treated Hannah the way they did. A lot of fighting was involved due to offensive words, lies, and self- defense in the school and out. The parties thrown allowed everyone to meet new people and make new memories with different friends. Advice was given frequently in the show to help them out. All the characters had a different reason as to why they were on Hannah’s tapes and different reactions afterwards. Some of them said she was lying and other felt guilty for allowing her to feel so bad about herself. In class, pictures and rumors were sent around the school which created more controversy. This lead to more physical altercations and yelling towards one another. Last but not least, social interactions were made in court. Without Hannah’s mom, taking her daughter’s case to court, a lot of pieces to the puzzle would have never been found. New information would have never been found about Hannah and her relationship towards her former friends. In court, new truths were revealed and some lies remained the same, but without everybody up on the witness stand, Hannah’s suicide could’ve been an unsolved case