13 Reasons Why Sparknotes

There are several characters that are shown throughout the book but we are going to focus on the first three characters that you are introduced to in the first chapter. These three characters are Sam Temple, Quinn Gaither and Astrid Ellison. Sam Temple is a quiet but heroic teenager who doesn’t want to be known. In the town, people expect his heroic side. Mary (a character found in the novel) is seen saying, “She found herself angry with him for not being here now: she needed help” She talks how Sam is not there to help her. Sam Temple is definitely not a stereotypical “hero” as he, unlike other heroes, does not want to be known as one. Nevertheless, throughout the novel he does gain more confidence and heroism. Sam Temple’s best friend is Quinn Gaither and unlike Sam, he is no hero. Quinn has a sense of humour but is very cowardly when comes to frightening situations. In one scene Sam talks about Quinn’s betrayal and compares it to Drake’s (an evil character found in the

An American author and journalist Jeannette Walls once said, “When people kill themselves, they think they’re ending the pain, but all they’re doing is passing it on to those they leave behind”. This is certainly true of the characters in Susin Nielsen’s realistic fiction novel The Reluctant Journal Of Henry K. Larsen. In this novel, a young boy named Henry is trying to rebuild his life, after his older brother, Jesse, pulled the trigger in a murder/suicide, taking the life of one of his classmates with him. The actions and choices of the characters are reflected significantly in three notable themes: regret, tragedy, and fear. All of these themes entwine into each other and help us to understand the answers to a key question- what motivates

These are simple, short lines but, one can perceive the tone of resignation fueled by complete belief in her thoughts as the truth; thoughts that ultimately led to her self-destruction. There is this one funny thing about humans and the world. There are many truths- too many. And no one is capable of discerning whether they are lies or not. Each one has their own beliefs and nobody is given the advantage of having seen the “ultimate truth” because what we think our truths are, are truths merely because we believe them to be so. Hannah’s “truth” was her belief that she could not be saved and that suicide was her only way. So, we are only given the right to believe that what we think is

There are seven tapes and each side of the tape is for a specific person who had a role in helping Hannah commit suicide. The first tape is addressed to Justin Foley who was Hannah’s first kiss. They had a sweet, innocent kiss, however, Justin decided to spread a rumor that much more happened, which lead Hannah to be called a “slut” for the rest of high school year.

Hannah and Mitch are from two different cliques which causes a problem with their relationship. When Hannah and Mitch are together, their relationship is good and fun, but when they are around his friends, the popular crowd, it is awkward and he barely talks to her. Mitch ends up breaking up with Hannah over text message and crushed her yet again. She then is determined to get away from Warsaw. Going to California causes an argument with her parents; she wants to get away from Warsaw and claims it is bad for her. She also tells her parents she does not want to end up like them. After graduating, she does move to California to being her residency. Hannah stayed in California for eight months and realized she hated it. She then moved to New York where she began school and loved

Hannah felt like she had no one to turn to during her most vulnerable moments. Hannah encountered being known as the school slut after being lied on by a popular football player and several other students; including a lesbian student. She lost her two best friends. She made a new friend who betrayed her by leaking her most intimate poem in the school newspaper; further confirming her peers’ thoughts that she was a slut. To add insult to injury Hannah was raped by a popular football player, and no one believed her. Which ultimately led to Hannah becoming depressed, and she describes herself as a broken soul. Hannah realizes she needs to attempt to get real help, at least once. Hannah goes to the school guidance counselor and confides in the counselor that she has been raped. The counselor tells Hannah if she does not give up her rapist name, she needs to just “move on”. Hannah immediately left his office and went home and killed

It all starts on the last day of Hannah´s junior year when her boyfriend Sebastian cheated on her. She is left depressed and lonely on the summer break. Her bestfriend, Ava, is there for her, until she goes off to Maine for the summer and is left alone with anybody to talk to. But theres Ava´s boyfriend named Noah who´s a really nice guy, he gets a job for Hannah at the same place he works. On Cooleys they pass a lot of time

There are a lot of important characters in this story, but the main one has to be Melinda herself, since the book appears to be written in diary format we follow her around for the whole book. Throughout the book you get to see Melinda and the other characters reveal their flaws just like people in real life through social interaction. Melinda is filled with guilt and shame about drinking at the party and not speaking out when a young man took advantage of her and sexually assaulted her. As the story continues she has to deal with her problems without any friends or support from her family. Her family does not see that she any problems until the principal and guidance counselor bring this to Melinda’s parents’ attention.

Asher based this entire novel on his life; How he was affected by bullying and how he viewed teenagers interacting with each other. Initially, Jay talks about how each character in the book is somewhat relatable to him as he was growing up, but he identified that he felt the most connected with the character Clay (Diaz). Jay describes Clay as “non-confrontational,” an attribute he himself displayed in high school, which he says “can be good, but can also be a weakness” (Diaz). Not only was Jay able to align himself with Clay, he also found that he could join with Hannah’s character traits as well. Jay describes Hannah as, “a romantic in how she sees the world, which makes it even more crushing when the world doesn’t unfold how you think it

Hannah grew up as an ordinary Maldivian girl. She was the top of her class unfortunately she had to graduate in year 11 so she could take care of her grandmother. Soon she has the offer to be taken to America with fake documents and no money to soon find out the “American dream” wasn’t what she thought it was going to be. She will do whatever it takes to survive the 16 hour days and verbally abusive mother.

The main character Charlie, is a young teenager who is shy, socially awkward, and an introvert who is ready to begin his freshman year of high school. Charlie struggles with his new transition from middle to high school, and he is uncertain what to expect as he prepares to enter this new life event. His social circle is minimal to non-existent while he is dealing with the suicide of his best friend earlier in the year. In addition, he also seems to struggle with the loss of his aunt who was killed in a car accident when he was a young boy. While he does appear to have good family support with his mother, father, older brother and sister. He also appears to

Have you ever noticed how every action or choice you perform has a consequence? Actions come from out state of mind, and when our mind changes, so does our actions. We need to take responsibility for our actions, and reflect on them. Jay Asher relates to this in his book Thirteen Reasons Why. Not only do actions have consequences in the book Thirteen Reasons Why, but they also occur in the real world too.

For Thirteen Reasons Why, I am going to explain the literary terms. Thirteen Reason is about a girl named, Hannah Baker who killed herself. Before Hannah killed herself she made 13 videos of why this person made her make that decision.

Hannah is desperately giving people ‘signs’ that she is “breaking, slowly dying”. Clay noticed this and turns the other way, and giving up on any thought of communication between them at that moment. Ultimately, giving up on her as well unknowingly. This becomes clear when Clay thinks, “A flash. But she knew I was watching her. And even though no one else saw it, I turned away. She was on her own.” (Asher 192). Clay finally realized how he gave up on not only Hannah, but the communication between them. Clay chose silence rather than a decision that could’ve saved her life. This illustrates how Clay notices Hannah’s desperate pleas and signs to people of what she is going through, but Clay turns his back completely with his choice of silence. Consequently, his choice had resulted in Hannah choosing suicide because of how she truly felt alone. It also reveals that Hannah is left alone by the person who claimed to ‘like’ her. The words that have an impact are ‘I turned away. She was on her own’. The author used these words to show how Clay’s choice of silence left Hannah alone. Clay might've been able to save her if when he could be the one to save her all along if he had said what he truly felt. The author wanted to demonstrate how Clay’s decision not only made him turn away from Hannah truly isolating her from him which led to

The theme of the book "Thirteen Reasons Why" is that you can make a differance in someones life if you put aside your fears. I feel this because if Clay would've put aside the rumors he heard and his reputation there may have been a better outcome.