What I thought it suggested was that he was doing something to help this girl that he didn 't do for Hannah. The author is trying to hint that he can help people and to not let his reputation or rumors get in the way. For me it is because it is a new beginning and i think that it was satisfying because Hannah 's death helped clay prevent another potential suicide. 3)
Jay Asher was born on September 30th 1975 in Arcadia, California. Growing up he lived with his mom, dad, and younger brother Nate. He graduated high school from San Luis Obispo High School in 1993. After finishing high school he attended California’s Cuesta Community College for two years. He then briefly studied elementary school education at California Polytechnic State University before pursuing writhing full-time.
Maddy’s story is one of a battle with sudden depression as the move from high school to college became overwhelming. She missed her family and found the intense academic and athletic demands, things that had always come so easily, unbearable. Madison was accustomed to being a high achiever in the classroom and on the track. By most peoples’ standards Madison’s performance at college was still stellar, but she wasn’t meeting the demands she placed on
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Knowing what her society had done to her, she recorded thirteen tapes as to why she was ending her life. Through the lenses of similar events and symbolism, 13 Reasons Why depicts the culmination, rejection, and imminent demise of a monster, or a character who strays from the social norm, in a very similar way to that of Frankenstein. These events illustrate the typical reactions
She tries to navigate through her first year of high school, and it seems like the entire student body despises her; she feels more alone than ever. I will be analyzing and making connections to three specific elements in this novel: the search for one’s identity, Melinda’s inner conflict,
Although Holden separates himself from others and society, he does have a few relationships with characters that he develops an attachment to. While trying to appear as though he could care less, Holden ends up showing how much denial he is in. “Caulfield’s attempt to imply that it is the reader who wants to know his story, and not he who wishes to be heard, is an immediate sign of the ways in which Holden avoids the appearance of needing or wanting anyone or anything” (Puchalik). Holden wants to make it seem like he does not care if anyone listens or is there for him. Yet he is telling everyone the story so we can assume that he wants someone to know or maybe even care about him.
This conversation between an anonymous character that we learn to be named Clay Jensen and a store clerk introduces the mysterious plot of this shocking yet amazing novel. Clay Jensen, a high school student, finds a set of tapes in his mailbox with the name Jenny on it. Soon after that we come to learn that the package of tapes are the audio suicide notes of Hannah Baker. In the tapes, Hannah expresses the 13 reasons why she committed suicide, hence the title of the novel Thirteen Reasons Why. In this novel I can visualize the severe and utter pain that Hannah Baker felt before her suicide; I can connect to the stress and anxiety Clay Jensen is feeling; and I am questioning what Clay Jensen will do after he listens to the horrific and physically
She speaks through six double-sided tapes to convey the exact reasons why she killed herself. Many may say that her reasons were unjustified and that suicide was just an extreme measure for an unstable, unhealthy teenager. Though others might believe that without being in Hannah’s shoes we cant fully understand anything she has done. However, unhealthy or not is not the message Asher expects the readers to receive. Majority of Hannah’s thirteen reasons were about everyone else’s views of her.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a book about a high school student, Hannah Baker, who is telling her story about her own death. Before she commits suicide, she creates thirteen tapes telling her story about her life leading up to her death. Each tape she creates is about a single person who has somewhat contributed to her emotional deterioration and eventually her decision of taking her own life. This book is narrated by Clay Jensen, a distant friend of Hannah’s. This book is Clay’s journey where he is getting to know Hannah on a deeper emotional level by listening to her tapes and literally standing in her shoes.
Just as Asher states on page 7, “No, I can’t believe it. Hannah Baker killed herself. I hope your ready, because i'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended.” Hannah recently commited suicide but Clay hears her voice on the tapes.
3b) Another demonstration on the importance of self reflection is shown when Hannah thinks too rashly and proclaims “I would ride a bicycle, just once, to prove that I was at least a little like Ilana and Leah, to prove that I have some control over my life”. Therefor, Hannah has started rethinking her decision to obey her Tante’s rules against bicycling, even though she knows that this disobedience could cost her the respect of her Tante and possibly her future as a pianist. Since this is a turning point in the plot, the connection between the character’s choices and the rise in action emphasizes on the theme. 3c) One final example of the use of characters and plot to advance the theme is when the repercussions of Hannah’s actions are exacted during the climax. At the highest point of reader interest, specifically connecting to theme because of the consequences of not thinking ahead, the passage “In the upper left-hand corner was a photo of me, Hannah Golandsky, riding a bicycle down Moon Street on Friday night at dusk…” shows how instantly Hannah’s life changes because of one hasty, split second decision.
The novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by Jerome David Salinger written in 1951 is about a boy living through an adult’s life for three days. 17-year-old Holden Caulfield is in a mental home and tells his story about how he gets expelled from school after getting low marks. Additionally he gets thrown out because of always philosophizing about the others’ lives as being “phony” and “lousy”.
