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Most of us know or heard about the popular Netflix show called “13 Reasons Why” but did you know that it was originally a book written by Jay Asher? The novel is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Hannah Baker who decides to commit suicide because of all the bullying she’s been going through. Before she committed suicide, she left behind 13 cassette tapes, 13 reasons why she committed suicide. Each tape is about one person who did something that affected her in a horrible way. The way the tapes work is simple. You get the box of tapes, you listen to all 13 of them and then you pass it on to the next person who's on the tapes. If you don’t pass them on, a trusted friend of Hannah Baker will release a second set of tapes for the whole world to listen to and that’s not a good because it would negatively impact everyone on those tapes. This cycle keeps going until the last person receives the tapes and then it’s up to them what they want to do with it. Once you have these tapes, it’s up to you to decide whether they want to listen to all the tapes at once or take your time. Back to the book, the main character’s name is Clay Jenson. He was once a friend of Hannah Baker before she passed away. Unlike the Netflix show, the book is written …show more content…

One day, he finds a box of cassette tapes on his porch and decides to listen to all of them just like everyone else but while he listens to them, he decides to uncover some facts and he goes on trying to investigate why those people did

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Joel, the love of Hannah’s life found interest in another girl at school. Because they are not talking anymore, Hannah decides to stop coming to school for a few weeks. Knowing that he was the only person she cared for, he left her questionable and weak. The break up between them to brought Hannah to a very dark place. At this very moment Hannah felt that everyone was against her.

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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)

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(Asher. 8) Context as a Whole Book As a whole, this quote symbolizes what, left behind in the aftermath of a suicide. Clay is searching for an answer, why Hannah killed herself. Clay, devastated as he had wanted her to confide in him. Hannah saying she wishes that it won’t be easy for the survivors speaks volumes about what caused her to kill herself.

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