A famous quote from Thirteen Reasons Why is “'You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own… everything affects everything.'” What this implies is every thing that is said or done to a person impacts them in one way or another, no matter how insignificant it seems in the beginning. Most of the things in Hannah’s story are just minor occurrences, losing a friend, or being stood up for a date, while some are huge, like not doing anything to stop her friend from being raped or not being able to get help fast enough to stop a fatal accident. Many of the people on her list never realized the effect they had on Hannah’s life because to them, it didn’t matter. For Hannah though, after the tragedies she’s endured, all of these little incidents
One of Hannah Senesh's greatest influences was aquired when she was arrested and tortured on march 14th, 1994. Hannah and some of her colleagues parachuted into Yugoslavia and joined a partisan group, after they landed they found out that the Germans had already occupied Hungary. The men that were with her decided that it was too dangerous to continue but Hannah continued on to the Hungarian border. At the border, she and the people that stayed with her were arrested by the German military. Hannah was taken to a prison and was brutally beaten for three days, then she was transfered to a prison in budapest where she was interrogated and beaten. Hannah stayed in a cell until she was executed by a German firing squad on November 7th, 1994. The
Chapter 37- Hannah asks Will resides to ask him to ride to Salem to warn the Patriots of a British attack. Hannah decides to make the ride herself. Will and Mr. Hubbard helped her along the route and directions.
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.
On the morning of Halloween of 2003, a girl named Bethany Hamilton, who lived in Hawaii, was attacked by a shark. When she was attacked, the shark bit her whole left arm off. She was attacked while she was surfing. Bethany was only 13 years old at the time. She wasn’t really concerned about getting attacked when entering the water again. She only focused on surfing again. Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in overcoming a shark attack in order to achieve her surfing dream.
Although this quote seems fairly self-explanatory, there’s more to it that it appears on the surface. It’s not necessarily only the small words that hurt the most, but also the small actions and events that occur throughout a lifetime that can pile up to have an enormous impact on somebody’s life. A high schooler who isn’t outright bullied can still feel oppressed because a lot of little insignificant encounters that happen to them, such as a friend picking someone else as their partner for a project. This is evident is the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, which is the story of a girl named Hannah who kills herself details her experiences leading up to her death via casette tapes. Each of Hannah’s reasons are single events that, if
Twelve-year-old Hannah Stern, is a Jewish girl from New Rochelle, NY. What started out as a normal traditional dinner called Seder, became an adventure of humiliation, survival, death, and a new found appreciation for her family and heritage. Hannah, during Seder dinner, was told to answer the door to see if someone was coming. When she opened the door she was suddenly transported back in time—to Poland in 1942. Her confusion grows deeper as she inhabits the life of Chaya Abramowicz. Not understanding if this is a dream, or if she is Hannah or Chaya, she and her new friends and family are then taken by the Nazis. The book details the horrific acts that happened at the concentration camps during WW2, and the message of never forgetting what
Hannah's tapes weren't only about people and the problems they have caused her; one of the tapes is about seeking help. She really needed someone to help her out with the burden she carries every day she needed someone to give a reason to live, she needed someone there for her. She needed a friend the type of friend that would listen and tried to understand what she's been going through. Like Hannah wants help she doesn't want to end it just there she wants a reason to live so in the book she says “ I’m giving life one more chance. And this time, I’m getting help. I’m asking for help because I cannot do this alone. I’ve tried that.”(Asher 269). Therefore, Hannah is asking for help even though Clay was there for her but she pushed him away
Hannah’s background as a Holocaust survivor is important for understanding the experience of the Holocaust. Her story provides unique insight on the Holocaust outside of concentration camps, dispels myths, and captivates the emotional aura of living during the Holocaust. Hannah’s story is one of resistance, danger, and the importance of family.
Serious events can cause change in a person's life. S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders tells a story about a teenage boy, Ponyboy, that lives with his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. Pony and his gang are all poor Greasers so they are constantly mugged by the privileged Socs. Since the Socs and Greasers do not get along and are constantly fighting each other, the kids are almost always injured. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy learns a lot of important lessons because of the events that take place. Pony learns that all Socs are not mean, that Darry does love him, and that there is lots of good in the world. He learns many different things that help his life; however, the most valuable lesson is that all Socs are not rude.
This letter a woman wrote to her teenage daughter before she died will have you in tears
In “Eichmann in Jerusalem,” Hannah Arendt analyzes Adolph Eichmann while he is on trial in Jerusalem for the crimes that he committed while being a Lieutenant Colonel in the SS during the Nazi Regime. In the book Arendt talks about how Eichmann’s actions were “banal” in the sense that he seemed to be an ordinary person who just committed acts that were evil. Italian-Jewish Writer Primo Levi, a Holocaust Survivor, states that SS officers like Eichmann lived in their own self-deception that made them believe that their actions were caused by just following their orders in the SS. In this paper, I will analyze the views that both Arendt and Levi had about the Eichmann trial and then compare and state the differences of their views. I will then explain the reasons why both Hannah Arendt’s and Primo Levi’s analysis of Adolph Eichmann that show that the actions that he committed were all truly evil actions.
Every Thanksgiving there are 50 million Americans that are struggling with poverty in this country. Many families around this time of year cannot afford to have a turkey or traditional foods to celebrate this holiday. Through phi theta kappa, our chapter did a food drive around Faulkner state community college to help make a difference for families around the community. I was responsible for the food drop boxes and paired with other officers to go to all classes on campus for a week to get canned goods and other necessities for Thanksgiving. Through our food drive we were able to feed families and give them a Thanksgiving dinner they
The assumption for Hannah and Michael is that they would be able to use Michael’s education and Hannah’s experience in order to deal with students and their learning disabilities. The reality is Hannah feels strongly about her experience should more weight over Michael’s education. The
Experimentation on Human Subjects During the late 1980’s, two French researchers traveled to a remote African community containing both a noninfected and infected HIV population. Because they wanted to determine whether their AIDS vaccine was working quickly, they took this opportunity to test on the children in the community, even though the children were a protected and vulnerable population. The research they conducted was not publicized due to the fact that such research is not permitted in their home country of France and many other countries including the United States and England. The researchers did not succeed in discovering an AIDS vaccine during this research; however, if they had succeeded, should we have used their findings?
Acid Rain, or more specifically, acid precipitation, is an environmental phenomena. It is composed of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, in addition to water, which come to be due to the interactions between the water and atmospheric pollutants, such as sulfur oxide and nitric oxide. This combination of strong acids in water is known to be detrimental to the environment, infrastructure, and the health of people. Due to the water cycle, other water bodies, such as lakes and streams, are affected by the excess acid in rain in that their aquatic populations decrease. Acid Rain also leaches aluminum, as well as minerals and nutrients, from soils, harming vegetation. As for infrastructure, the acids in acid precipitation are known to erode metal and stone. Though acid rain itself does not damage people’s well-being, the sulfur oxide and nitric oxide in the air can react with other atmospheric compounds to produce fine, inhalable sulfate and nitrate particles, which are linked to heart attacks and damaging effects on lung function for those more prone.