Sociologist: 13 Reasons Why By Jay Asher

Maria Georgoulakis

Period 1

Thirteen Reasons Why

By: Jay Asher

Project Option 4: Sociologist

Thirteen Reasons Why can be a huge impact on some kids life. The main focus in this book is about a girl named Hannah Baker. She killed her self when she was in high school. Clay Jensen comes home one day to find a package siting on his doorstep. When he opened it, it was not what he expected it to be. He finds 7 tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. In the 7 tapes, there are 13 reasons why she decided to end her life. She talks about why these 13 people made her want to end her own life. If these 13 people do not pass on the tapes, the second set of them would be leaked to the whole school. In 2014 many kids are going through a rough time so many take

“Then come to realize that you’re making mountains out of molehills. Realize how pretty you’ve become. Sure, it may feel like you can’t get a grip in this town. It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down. But you should stop being so pessimistic, Hannah, and learn to trust those around you. So I do. One more time.” I think this relates to me because she’s talking about how she blows things out of proportion. She makes things seem like a bigger deal then they actually are. And sometimes I do the same. In the second part of the quote it talks about how it may seem every time someone offers you a hand down they just let you slip farther down and sometimes I kind of feel this way. I am also scared to trust people I have to earn their trust. And I get scared to ask people for help and get close to someone because I don’t want to get hurt just like

“After everything I’ve talked about in these tapes, everything that occurred, I thought about suicide. Usually, it was a passing thought. I wish I would die. But sometimes I took things further and wondered how I would do it. I would tuck myself into bed and wonder if there was anything in the house I could use. A gun? No. we never owned one. And I wouldn’t know where to get one. What about hanging? Well, what would I use where would I do it? And even if I knew what and where, I could never get beyond the visual of someone finding me swinging inches from the floor. I couldn’t do that to my mom and dad. It became a sick sort of game, imagining ways to kill myself. And there are some pretty weird and creative ways.” I think it means that even though she is thinking about taking her own life she’s also being considerate of the people around her. Then, on page 255 it gets worse. In the text it says “But what kind of pills? And how many? I’m not sure. And I don’t have much time to figure it out because tomorrow . . . I’m doing it. Wow” So its official Hannah Barker is actually going to commit suicide. After everything she’s been threw she’s had