Case Study Of Jonah : Character Study : Jonah

On October 5, 2016, Fowlerville High School freshman, Brendan Kangas, committed suicide. His whole school and community was struck with grief, previously unaware of Brendan’s battle with depression. The next day school was held on schedule, and it was a very unproductive day. According to the faculty, kids were crying in classrooms, and uninstructed teachers did not know how to handle the situation (Brent). Many Fowlerville students have struggled academically, unable to cope with the news of Brendan’s death. Fowlerville was not prepared to handle such a crisis and administrators were unaware of the effect Brendan’s suicide would have on the school. Since then, several other students in Brendan’s community have attempted to take their lives as well (Brent). Suicide has not only a problem in

Family History: Charlie grew up with his mother, father, one older sister, and one older brother in the suburbs. His father’s attention is most often on his older brother due to his football dreams. Charlie feels distant from his father, but when they do get time together, they have a good time. His mother was described as loving and constantly worried about Charlie. Charlie description of his 20-year-old brother, Chris, is a really good older brother who always defended him. Chris often fights with their sister who is the middle child, and his dream is to be a pro sports player. Charlie is very protective of his older sister who continues to be in abusive relationships. These relationships cause Charlie a great deal of distress.

One of the traits jonah shares with mrs. Hodge is the ability to think under pressure. Mr. Hodge shows this trait when he was trapped by the kids in the cave he was calm in saying “ you can come to the future it is better and you don’t have to be split from your family members.” pg. 268 This actually made jonah think twice about his decision. Jonah has this trait also when he was trapped in the cave except, when mr. Hodge had the control. He was tied up and any normal kid would have gave up but not him. He knew he had soe allies on the inside of their group so he asked “can I please speak with only one person maybe her” pg. 278 she was his allie.

High school is a big time for change in a teenagers life. They go through problems with friends, family, grades, and sports. For Andy Jackson, a 17 year old student at Hazelwood High School, he went through all of those troubles. He plays for the basketball team with his friends Rob Washington, Tyrone Mills, and B.J. Carson. One night after basketball practice, Andy was drinking alcohol and driving which led them to get in a car crash. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped the car with a few cuts and bruises, but Rob got stuck and burned to death. Rob’s death brought Andy to blame himself. He turns away from his friends, his girlfriend, Keisha, and his family. Andy changes negatively after the car crash; he becomes insecure, he closes up his feelings, and he turns emotionally weak.

Suicide is an obvious issue in the book, because it is what the book is based on. Hannah committed suicide because of the things she went through, and at the end of the book clay ends up recognizing signs thanks to Hannah’s tapes and helps his old from Skye who he sees as pushing away from others and becoming distant. In the book Hannah says. Hannah cautions those she has mentioned on the tapes to not underestimate the power and influence their words and actions may have on the lives of others. They may think their actions are secluded and not a big deal, but as Hannah reveals, everything is connected and carries power and in return can cause someone to hurt themselves or even cause them to take their own

“ His Expression remained the same- cynical, defiant, painful” (Gaines 84). Miss Emma did not think that Jefferson knew he was going to be put in the chair, which kind of furthers this whole idea that everyone has that’s he’s incompetent. Even his own aunt without realizing has degraded him. I think that maybe Jefferson can’t read or write but he’s a human who understands laws. At the beginning of the book I was feeding into the notion that he was mentally challenged, but I think now that he just grew up in the uneducated black stigma put on him by white people not letting black school have the same education. And so he knows he is going to die, he doesn’t fight he doesn’t resist he faces the unjust punishment with grace and is going o let

Cole is 15 years old and he is a boy. In his past there is a lot of bad things. His parents drink a lot. His parents beat him up. Mostly his dad does and his mom just watches.

The relatable Craig Gilner is in high school, “plagued by social…, academic…, and familial pressures” (Clabough 2) that give him overwhelming anxieties. Craig’s extremely self-critical, believing “everything [he has] done is a failure… and there is no hope [him]” (Vizzini 106). Indications of major depressive disorder include his self-loathing- feeling “dead, wasted, awful, broken, and useless” (Vizzini 158). It is the presence of these insecurities that are impertinent to notice because he will materialize “a plan and a solution: [he is] going to kill [himself]” (Vizzini 126). Craig believes he is “good at nothing” (Vizzini 259) and muse[s] at how [he] would kill [himself]” (Vizzini 173): Craig “suffer[s] from serious depression” (Vizzini 199). Despite his suicide plan, he sought help and after a few months of medical attention he returned to normal life as a healthy young

Jonah Takalua is a Tongan year 8 student who has a tendency to misbehave. The character, played by Chris Lilley,

Troy Maxson has had a hard life especially growing up. One day, Troy was with a girl and his dad came looking for him a and his dad saw him with the girl, so his dad tried to "get with" the girl he was with. Afterwards Troy pushed and shoved his dad and ran away. For Troy to get money he was robbing and getting money. Troy has been through a lot in his life, but at least he feels responsible towards his children. He wants his son Cory to succeed in life, so he wants Cory to stop playing football and go get a job. Troy won't support Cory in football as Troy thinks it's a

The idea of a teenager ending her life because of the people surrounding her is not uncommon today. I, myself, have had friends that have almost ended their own lives because of how a boy treated them or gossip surrounding them. Jay Asher illustrates the brutality and ugliness of these situations in such an honest way that I felt like Clay hearing these words that change his life. The book didn’t have a happy ending either—Hannah didn’t come back and Clay was left to deal with the mess that lay in her path. Sometimes stories find a way for there to be a happy resolution, but for Thirteen Reasons Why to be an authentic story it couldn’t have ended happily. Suicide, and specifically suicide in teenagers, is a real problem that needs to be acknowledged and prevented. Every story has many sides and you can never know what a person is truly going

Many times, Melinda has the thought of suicide among with many other negative things she could have done which she did not. “I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little window cracks of blood, etching line after line until it stops hurting” (87). At times she was close to the edge of completely falling apart, but she stayed strong and didn’t give up on herself. Not just that, Melinda has been battling with herself many times internally, debating whether to let the secret out or not. One side of her is desperately seeking for help while the other side is still badly wounded and afraid. “I should probably tell someone, just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out, blurt it out” (99). Melinda does not have anyone by her side to support her since no one knows what happened. Because of her outcast, she has no friends and her parents do not understand her. Without that inner strength of hers, Melinda would not be able to change and eventually walk out of the stormy clouds of

The Other Side of Paradise explores topics society refuses to speak about today. The author Staceyann Chin grows up as an outcast in Jamaica. The memoir begins with Chin at a very young age, her and her brother Delano both live with their grandma. Chin was left alone after being born by her mother and her father refuses to claim Chin as his own child. Throughout the memoir, Chin experiences sexism, classism, racism and strict religious standards. Furthermore, The Other side of Paradise, along with bell hook’s article, provides insight towards the roles of race and class, as we see in the memoirs characters, Staceyann and Delano.

Both Dade and Julian where fixated on proving themselves right and defending their beliefs about

When it was time for Winter Ball he was all alone and trying to get back with his ex. After many failed attempts Chuck was yelled at by one of her friends, she screamed “She doesn’t like you, get away from here, and get a life”. The next day his parents discovered his body hanging shower. Many teens have a story similar to this where they fear being a outcast and being made fun of by their peers, or having a wrecked social life(Inside Suicide, 5).