How Does The Rocket Ship Play Structure In Thirteen Reasons Why

In the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher the rocket ship play structure in this story represents the innocence and childhood that Hannah had. The reason why the rocket ship slide is a symbol in the story is because when she moved to the new town the park had the same slide as her old town. In the story this slide becomes a symbol because she goes there when she needs to escape. Rumors also have also stated there that she did stuff that she really didn't and all she did was innocent things.
"On many nights leading up to my first day of school here, I'd come up to the top of that rocket and let my hair fall back against the steering wheel. The night breeze blowing through the bars calmed me. I'd just close my eyes and think of home." (24) In this quote she is talking about how she would go up there and think of home when she needed a break from school. This also shows how she would think about when she was little and she would go up there and play up on the slide. You can tell that Hannah is having a hard time leaving behind her childhood and working her way to young adulthood.

then I hear your voice calling up from the ground... so I leave the steering wheel and climb through the hole in the top platform...come down the slide I'll catch you. I push off and you catch me and our lips get closer and closer then I wake up." (25) In this quote Hannah is dreaming about having her first kiss and she wants it to be in a familiar place. All she wants is a kiss and nothing more. She has always been rumored to be a slut and has done all these things with guys but she hadn't even had her first kiss yet. This quote shows that she is a very innocent girl that has always been rumored to be