Compare And Contrast Why And Thirteen Reasons Why

Natalie Sterling, a seventeen year old senior at Ross Academy had just won class president and beat her opponent Mike Domski. Mike was the kind of guy that Natalie and her best friend Autumn tried to stay away from. The girls at Ross Academy were known as demeaning and “boy crazy.” One day, during the pep rally a bunch of freshman dressed in trampy clothing and started to dance inappropriately. The leader’s name was Spencer a girl Natalie used to babysit for. The flirty freshman called themselves “Prostitutes” or Ross Academy prostitutes. Not only was Natalie embarrassed and angry by Spencers action but, she was disappointed. When the principal and Ms. Bee the student council head were talking to the girls punishments Natalie barged in. Natalie explained how she wanted to have a lock-in for all the girls in trouble and any others from school who wanted to come, about feminism and women's rights. Ms. Bee and Natalie agreed that it would be a good idea for

Melinda is a freshman at Merryweather high school. Freshman year is already nerveracking enough, but in Melinda's case, nerves mean a whole different thing. Over the summer, Melinda and a few of her friends snuck out to a party. Something makes Melinda to call the police, which busts the party and causes several people to get arrested. Those who got arrested go to/are affiliated with Merryweather high. So now, she is hated throughout the school. On her first day, Melinda walks in with no friends. Eventually she makes a friend named Heather. But Heather and Melinda aren’t going on the same path in high school. Melinda doesn’t seem to be interested in popularity (she would rather be hanging out in the janitor's closet or art class) while heather is, and wants her to join in on trying to climb the social ladder.

Thirteen Reasons Why is a novel about a girl named Hannah Backer who committed suicide because of how people in her school treated her. The night before her death, she recorded seven cassettes with two sides each explaining why the thirteen people on the list gave her a reason to kill herself. The story focuses on Clay, the person who is listening to the tapes, who is in denial of the fact that he did something that gave Hannah a reason to committing. Fortunately, it turns out that Clay didn't do anything that led to Hannah's death which made him relieved.

Judgment is a young girl. She has eyes as blue as an ocean shimmering in the afternoon sun. She is sixteen with dark brown hair, always gathered in a low pony. She stands five feet six inches tall, wearing old blue jeans, raggedy old nikes, and some type of old sweatshirt. She recently moved to a big city in New York for her dad’s job where she will attend Journey High School in the fall. Just like any other high school, all the regular cliques are present: jocks, cheerleaders, hicks, nerds, and druggies. As a shy freshman, Judgement’s antisocial personality induces her anxiety, fearing that she other students will judge her. Ever since she was little, she dreamt about being the “popular” girl in school. While she has always longed to join the cheerleading team, the fear of rejection has held her back.

Some people go through their lives acting happy when in reality they have been considering suicide. If they end their life, it shocks the people around them, and often leaves them with a changed outlook. In Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, an average girl named Hannah Baker commits suicide and forever changes the people with whom she was closest. Before she dies, she leaves a set of tapes meant for the students who caused her to make her decision. After listening to the tapes, each person mentioned in them learns how their actions affected Hannah in the long run. Her suicide causes every character to think and reflect on how thy hurt their former classmate. Real-life suicides change the real world, as many recent or famous ones have. Whether

In America suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 - 24 year olds, the age group of most high school and college students (“11 facts about suicide”). The novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher has become one of the most controversial books this year due to the recent release of the netflix series based on the book. Two sides have formed saying that the novel is either glorifying suicide or that the novel is bringing awareness to the growing problem in america. While different facts can be put into argument for both sides, Thirteen Reasons Why has brought about many new opinions and perspectives that show the glorification of suicide to outway the support it was attempting to give.

The rate of suicide, the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally, increases each year. “More adolescents die each year from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined” (Preventing Teen Suicide, 2016, p.2). These facts show suicide is a serious problem among teens. Last year, teen suicide became the second leading cause of death in the United States confirming the significant increase in teen suicides.

In the book 13 Reasons Why Hannah makes 13 tapes talking about the people who have caused her to commit suicide. In each tape she says her 13 reasons why she killed herself. Her reasons were, bullying,betrayal, and trauma. Because she received all of these things she felt threatened, scared and not safe anymore, not even in her own home.“My house. My bedroom.They were supposed to be safe for me. Safe from everything outside. But you were the one who took that away.” (Asher 15)

A statistic connecting to this states that bully victims are between two to nine times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University. Phoebe’s tormenting became so bad that on January 14, 2010, she hung herself in her house’s stairwell. The people who had the evidence first would be her 12 year old sister who had come home from school separately, and unfortunately had to walk in the house to seeing her sister hanging dead. She was only 15. Her sister was scared when she just walked in. Although the Phoebe Prince case turned into a argument because, the “Mean Girls” said they did not do anything of the sort to Phoebe, which was really

In the compelling young adult fiction 13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, you learn about a suicide committed by a 16 year old high schooler who lives in Cresmont, California, named Hannah Baker. Hannah is really having a hard time just due to gossip, assaults, non trusting friends, and other issues caused by her classmates during her few years there. She decides to commit suicide, but before she does so, she makes a set of tapes that tells about the 13 reasons why she’s going to kill herself. With these tapes she mails them to each person that was apart of why she committed suicide. They then have to mail them to the next person apart and so on.

According to Emile Durkheim there are four different types of suicide. They are egoistic suicide, altruistic suicide, anomic suicide, and fatalistic suicide. Although I personally have never thought about committing suicide, my life has changed because of two girls who decided to take their own lives. I grew up in the small town of Philomath, Oregon so everybody knows everybody. In October of 2013 a freshman named Lilly Stagner committed suicide. We weren’t personally friends, but I saw her in the halls each day and she seemed like a happy girl. On the morning of October 23 everyone came to school, but something just didn’t seem normal. In first period our teacher read us a letter about how Lilly had passed away and that there were counseling

In the middle of January, Phoebe hit rock bottom. She became tormented and terrorized in the school library and hallways. That same day, Phoebe walked home from school and then suddenly, one of the instigators threw a Red Bull can as she drove by. Phoebe came home and hung herself in the stairwell defeating her pain. It didn’t stop there. Students continued to post harshful

A young girl named, Hannah Baker, has committed suicide . The reason is that 13 people has been doing something to her. She wanted to let these 13 people know that they are the cause of her death. The way

Stressful doesn’t even begin to cover what a teen’s life is like. They deal with school, social cliques, and constant pressure from the world around them. All this stress can lead to depression, which can lead a vulnerable teenager to consider suicide as an option for dealing with their problems. The tv show Thirteen Reasons Why has opened the eyes of many teen and adult viewers to how and why suicide affects those around you. Although it may be hard to talk about suicide with your peers and parents, it is important to discuss and understand why it happens, because it educates others about the reality of suicide and shows how small actions can create huge consequences.

Once Clark gave a good advice “The person who completes suicide, dies once. Those left behind die a thousand deaths, trying to relive those terrible moments and understand … Why?” Although the person who commits suicide only dies once, but everyone will be affected by their deaths this means that the act of suicide can cause a ripple effect, dispersing pain and grief among the survivors. Every day, thousands of teens attempt suicide in the U.S. — the most extreme outcome for the millions of children in this country who struggle with mental health issues. In March 2017 Netflix released a show based on a novel by Jay Asher called ‘’Thirteen Reasons Why’ ’The 13-episode drama, co-produced by actress and pop star Selena Gomez, is based on Jay Asher’s young-adult bestseller about Hannah Baker, a high school student who kills herself and leaves behind audiotapes detailing the events that led to her death. In each tape, she essentially blames her death on the actions (or inaction) of a group of classmates and a faculty member.