Dialectical Journal For 13 Reasons Why

In the novel Thirteen Reason Why, written by Jay Asher, a highschool boy named Clay Jensen receives a box full of tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a girl who committed suicide just two weeks earlier. The book itself focuses on many important issues experienced by high schoolers today including bullying and suicide. Jay Asher makes sure to teach the reader important lessons that can be applied to things that we do every day. The most meaningful lesson that Jay Asher is trying to teach the reader is that although our actions may seem small and insignificant, they have much bigger consequences than we would imagine.

An empty desk, an empty locker, an empty bedroom, and childless parents. Why would Hannah Baker take her own life? In 13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, a box of seven tapes was delivered to Clay Jensen’s house with the answers to that question. Thirteen recordings, one for each person’s story, including Clay’s. These thirteen individuals are those who she blames for making her life miserable and, in her opinion, not worth living. Throughout the novel, the reader uncovers the mystery of who Hannah Baker truly was. Although most view Hannah as the victim, she is actually the villain.

Throughout the last ten days I have been busy reading Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why, and I have finished it on page 288. In Thirteen Reasons Why, Clay Jensen, the main character, came home from school one day to find a mysterious package on his front door step. When Clay opens the package he discovers seven cassette tapes. Clay puts the first tape in the old radio, he found in his dads garage, a voice comes on. He recognizes this voice; it belongs to Hannah Baker. Two weeks ago Hannah Baker killed herself. Hannah made these tapes out to certain people. Every tape is to a different person, people that had an impact on Hannah’s suicide. One by one Clay listens to the cassette tapes, until he gets to his. Hannah tells him that he was like

In 2007, Jay Asher released the young adult novel 13 Reasons Why. It steadily gained popularity; it made the New York Times Bestseller List in 2011. In early 2017, Netflix took off with it and produced a 13-episode series. The story follows the suicide note (or rather, audio cassette tapes) left behind by high schooler Hannah Baker after she killed herself. Respected social figures and celebrities quoted the show and opened discussion about topics like depression, rape culture, bullying, and most obviously, suicide. On the thirteen tapes, Hannah walks the audience through the events and actions that led to her taking her own life, with each tape specifically about one of the thirteen people that she

Clay is the protagonist because he is the only person who is on the list who didn't give her a reason to kill herself. Hannah always heard great things about Clay and she really wanted to meet him so she snuck out to go to a party she knew he was attending.

I believe that the author, Jay Asher, ended Hannah’s life and story the way he did for several reasons. Hannah taking her own life truly emphasized the impact of bullying, rape, and harassment has on someone. Hannah deciding to make tapes dedicated to the people her impacted her decision, then committing suicide on the final tape showed how much hate and vengefulness she had for everyone. It seemed to me as if she was trying to instill the idea that being a bad friend, rude classmate, and a straight up bully comes with consequences.

The book 13 Reasons Why is about a mournful, sad girl who decides to commit suicide and leaves cassette tapes on why and who did what. The character who decides to commit suicide is name Hannah Baker. She is emotionally hurt by all of the lies that everyone has been saying about her. Someone who doesn’t have much money and doesn’t have many friends starting a new school, then that number of friends expands. She is a very sweet and kind person who is loving and caring.

For any teen who've had dark thoughts of their own, the aftermath of Hannah's decision and the conclusions Clay reaches hopefully will make them think again.The story is told from the point of view of Clay, Hannah's classmate and one of the people she addresses her tapes to. We listen to the tapes together with Clay who reminisces about Hannah and reacts to Hannah's revelations.Before I get more into the story here's some background one of the main characters Hannah.She was simply another teenage girl in highschool,but new to area.She made cassette tapes before she died explaining the 13 reasons that led her to kill herself, put them in a package and sent them to the 12 people that were involved.Now Clay is a goody-goody, according to Hannah

Major depressive disorder or depression is one of the most common mood disorders in the U.S. Its symptoms range from loss of appetite to anxiety. While in the book by Jay Asher “13 Reasons Why” Hannah Baker, a very optimistic girl, did commit suicide she did not suffer from this mood disorder and the evidence shows.

I have mixed feelings about Thirteen Reasons Why, overall it's a great book, but at times I felt that it encouraged suicide to someone who might be thinking about it. The style of this book is neatly put together, having Hannah narrate the tapes, it feels as if you are listening to them and her voice is just talking in the back of your mind while you try to take on the mystery of these people and what they have done to her.However, I do believe that it’s an interesting narrative about suicide and how it impacts people and their differences. Even though I don't completely agree with the context of the book, it’s more it’s complexity, it makes you think deeper, it shows how one event can lead to another and end up taking someone's life. Hannah

Jay Asher’s novel “Thirteen Reason Why” has its ups and downs. When I first started reading the book I couldn’t help but think “what did these people do to Hannah to make her kill herself and haunt them from beyond the grave”. If you think about it that is what she is doing, haunting them from beyond the grave. As I got deeper into the book I started to realize why she made the cassette tapes and sent them out to these thirteen people. Throughout the book the person that is listening to Hannah’s tapes is Clay Jensen. He is portrayed as the good high school kid who always does his homework and never goes to any high school parties. Since he was a goody good it really made me think why he was on the tapes. I could not think of any possible reason

Has something horrible ever happened to you? How would you feel if you never knew what caused it? In my book, “Thirteen Reasons Why” the main character, Clay, finally gets an answer as to why the girl of his dreams committed suicide. He receives a package anonymously that has old tapes in it. As it turns out, Hannah, the girl of his dreams, made recordings of the “snowball effect” that cause her to commit suicide. It named everyone who had caused problems at some point in her life, and they will all receive the tapes. I rated this book a 9.5 because it was a very intriguing book and definitely a page-turner.

The word anxiety is important to the novel because the theme of this book is depression and anxiety. The entire novel expresses the issues of depression and anxiety that many people have and how it is a hard topic to discuss about. Jay Asher, the author of “13 Reasons Why” uses Hannah Baker to let the readers experience and witness how depression and anxiety can affect a person or character. The character of Hannah Baker talks and shows the effect of anxiety and depression and this expresses the meaning of the novel. The character of Hannah Baker shows and reveals the mind of a person who has depression and anxiety. The author also uses quotations that express the topic of depression and anxiety. “I guess that’s the point of it all. No one

In the book “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher, many choices are made and many consequences are not good or beneficial for any of the characters specifically Hannah Baker. Hannah Baker’s death was the consequence of many people decision. Hannah was a healthy teenager even though she was bullied raped and she committed suicide. She tried to look for help

The ghost and haunting aspect in Thirteen Reasons Why is not what one normally imagines when they hear the word “haunted”. Instead of being haunted by a ghost in a haunted house or even having a physical ghost, Clay is haunted by the memory of Hannah, the tapes she sent, and the