Dozen In Jay Asher's Novel 'Thirteen Reasons Why'

Baker’s Dozen Everyone knew she was dead, but how are her tapes being passed around? Hannah Baker is revealing to all why she killed herself. Thirteen tapes, thirteen people, thirteen reasons why. Throughout Jay Asher’s novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, his main character Hannah goes through her life and how the people in her life played a part in her death, and how it influences them. She includes a map with stars on the places they need to go that pursues along with the tapes. Hannah describes how she has changed throughout the novel because of what people have said about her. As the tapes progress, more and more is learned about Hannah and her “secret life” that everyone thought they knew about. Little did they know they had it all wrong. Clay Jenson played one main role in Hannah’s

Porter. Hannah reaches out to him and she knows this is her best chance. She wants someone to show they care and to tell her not to do it. She is leaving the fate of her life in one person’s hands. When Mr. Porter says, “I’m not trying to be blunt here, Hannah, but you can move on” (page 278). That is when Hannah knows she is done and it is really time to give up. This really changed Hannah because it made her believe killing herself was the only option left. She reached out to multiple people and showed the signs of being suicidal, but no one paid attention. Therefore, Thirteen Reasons Why is a book about people changing and realizing the importance of life and how small talk can hurt someone and push them to that breaking point. Hannah’s ways of showing everyone what she went through were the tapes. It was a harsh realization, but she got her point across and that’s what she intended to do. Although it was too late to do anything about it, it gave some people closure and others left guilty of what they did or what they could’ve