13 Reasons Why
How could anyone expect a suicide to lead to one thing after another? 13 Reasons Why is an exciting book about one girl’s life. Hannah Baker, a normal girl, commits suicide due to thirteen people. Hannah, on the day before her death, recorded her voice explaining to each person why they are responsible for her death. These thirteen people all receive her tapes. They tremble as they listen to the dead girl’s voice accusing them of helping to kill her. Clay, another main character in the story, tells the adventure as he listens and reflects back onto years past.
How could anyone expect a suicide to lead to one thing after another? 13 Reasons Why is an exciting book about one girl’s life. Hannah Baker, a normal girl, commits suicide due to thirteen people. Hannah, on the day before her death, recorded her voice explaining to each person why they are responsible for her death. These thirteen people all receive her tapes. They tremble as they listen to the dead girl’s voice accusing them of helping to kill her. Clay, another main character in the story, tells the adventure as he listens and reflects back onto years past.
Hannah has an external conflict that she deals with throughout the story. She is one of the prettiest girls in her grade and everyone has high expectations of her. She believes that she could never attain these lofty expectations. People were always watching her. The thought of no privacy can be stressful to a teenage girl; she felt that she was never alone. Hannah could not deal with life in high school on a day to day basis. Hannah felt she had nothing left to do in her life; she tried to deal with social situations but the emotional outcome was always negative. She was in a few words miserable and upset with her life. She experienced things that no one should ever have to go through.
Some highlights of the story are the everlasting mystery and curiosity. Each line pulls you in even more. When Hannah describes each person and how they have a connection to her death, it is interesting. Jay Asher’s overall message in the story is to be popular is not always what everyone wants. This popularity can lead to stress and anger.
Jay Asher has a remarkable and unique writing style. He writes book as a diary. He also uses two different points of view – one being Hannah’s and the other being Clay’s. The author also uses the devise of foil characters. These foil characters are other girls in the grade and boys at school. These people all make rude and obnoxious comments to her or about her to their friends. These foil characters push Hannah along the road to misery and ultimately death.
Overall this book is incredible! It has a way of drawing the reader in and grasping you tightly. I would recommend this book to girls because some of the situations that happen would be easier for girls to relate to. This book really gives good examples on how teenagers behave and react towards one another. 13 Reasons Why is a book about a teenage girl. This book helped me think about the sadness and pain other teenage girls experience every day of their lives, and showed me that people do not always show their true feelings.
Your word choice was really was amazing. Your first paragraph really grabs the reader's attention and makes them want to read the book. After reading this blog, this is definitely a book I want to read
ReplyDeleteThis book reminds me of Speak and Flipped. Speak, which I just recently finished, was also written in diary form; Flipped was written in the perspective of two main characters, similar to 13 Reasons Why. Secondly, I really loved how you strongly emphasized your positive opinion on the book. Also, you made the book seem relatable to realistic teenage dilemmas through your second paragraph. This book sounds amazing and I can't wait to read it!
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