Quotes From Thirteen Reasons Why

When first introduced into the story Clay is just an average high school student. He was friends with a girl named Hannah who recently commit suicide when he receives a box of voice recorded tapes from her explaining her reasons behind killing herself. These tapes are the extraordinary circumstance that force Clay to come of age. In the tapes, Hannah explains how if people reached out to her, talked to her, maybe things would have been different, maybe she would still be alive. “I think I’ve made myself very clear, but no one’s stepping forward to stop me. (...) A lot of you cared, just not enough. And that’s what I needed to find out” (Asher 280). Hannah explains how she made it clear that she was unhappy and thinking about suicide, but no one did anything to stop her, and it seemed that no one cared enough about her to do anything, resulting in her death. After hearing these tapes and these words, Clay has a new perspective on people, to be nice to everyone who seems sad so they don’t end up like Hannah. Earlier in the book we were introduced to a character named Skye, who, after 8th grade, stopped talking to people. Clay was on the bus while listening to a few of Hannah’s tapes, and Skye realized he was in the seat in front of her, and decided to talk to him. “Skye’s always been pretty, but she acts like the thoughts never crossed her mind. Especially the past couple of

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

She asked Clay why he pulled up on that ball that was thrown to him the other day. He insisted he didn’t but she said everyone in the stands could tell he did. Clay has been trying not to think about him missing that ball but Maddie brought it up again. Maddie said it’s good to talk about other things. Clay felt better after

Clay is not mature because he is insecure, and Clay is insecure because he grew up without parents to reassure him that they care for him, and he feels like he has to compete with Isabelle Derby for his father’s love and affection. One time, Clay asked Amari if she liked him, and Amari thought, “His voice sounded a little plaintive, almost as if he needed her to say she like him” (Draper 111). When Amari said yes, Clay was immediately assured and breathed a sigh of relief (Draper 111). This showed Clay is insecure because he was obviously nervous Amari didn’t like

This can affect his family in a negative way, and we see the scars on him from his past and now he begins to make decisions for others. And Troy believes he’s a changed man from prison, but he refuses to believe the world around him has changed. He is unhappy with Lyons’s choice of a career as a musician.“It is too easy, just not physical enough, not manly enough”. He has ideas of self-pride that have to be firmly squashed by the father.

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen is a book about Henry having to do a journal for his therapist after his brother committed suicide. This book shows how Henry deals with living a new leaf, dealing with memories of his brother’s bullying, and getting bullied in school. Henry has a lot to deal with his friend being harassed and the effects of his brother’s suicide.

Knowles wants to show with A Separate Peace that so much can be missed when one does not properly communicate their feelings with someone else they are supposed to trust. Just like Gene wound up seriously crippling Finny due to a hidden misconception, anyone can hurt those who are close to them in a similar way. Knowles wants the audience to learn from the boys’ mistakes in order to cultivate healthier relationships with one another that seek to better those in them, rather than to tear one another

In the book Fences by August Wilson, meet a small African American family going through everyday and not so everyday struggles. These very struggles seem to root from the same one person. we are soon quickly introduced to a character by the name of Troy Maxson. While Troy is portrayed as the protagonist of Fences I see him as very much his own antagonist. Not only to himself but to many if not all the other characters.

Troy feels guilty for not being around for Lyons growing, instead, Troy was serving his fifteen years sentence. Lyons is thirty-four year old still getting financial support from Troy. However, he never urged Lyon to get another career. Instead, he gave up and let Lyon take advantage of him. But when it came to Cory, Troy was very assertive and short tempered. He refuses to sign the consent forms for Cory’s football draft and ruins his chances at a football career. There was a fearsome relationship between Troy and Cory. All Cory ever wanted was his father’s affection. He even asks Troy if he likes him. All Cory ever gotten from Troy was fear, he never knew if his father genuinely liked him or not. “You my flesh and blood. Not cause I like you! Cause it’s my duty to take care of you. I ain’t got to like you.”(Wilson 40).

She was walking home from work and was mugged by 5 men. They robbed her and when she began to resist shot and killed her. Jordan quickly fell into depression, his grades dropped even further. He cut off communication with the coach, denying the scholarship and his chance at getting out. He is forced to live by and fend for himself. His state gets exceedingly worse, he gets even more involved with drugs and goes into a state of deep depression. Eventually, he even loses his friends. He is now without friends, without an education, and without a mother figure, trying to survive in society. He struggles to provide for himself, even the daily necessities, including food, and a place to stay. He is too depressed and unmotivated to work a job, or do anything

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

The new girl at school is naturally shy and alone, but Hannah Baker seemed to have it easier acquiring friends and such, she is pretty popular for being the new girl but that didn't last long, people started many rumors going around but of course these rumors are not true and yet they just keep bundling up until she's reached her breaking point. No one saw it coming, no one expected it, no one noticed she was about to committed suicide. But before she committed such an event, Hannah left behind a total of seven cassette tapes and thirteen stories leading to her death, the reasons to why she was driven over the edge. Each tape was directed towards one specific person in which they caused one horrifying reason to her death. The tapes was put

In the book, Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher the main character, Hannah Baker, decides to go to her guidance counselor, Mr. Porter, to seek help. She explains that she has been having problems in school and even admits that she's been thinking of committing suicide. When Mr. Porter asks if she genuinely wants to end her life; Hannah says that she doesn't want to but she's planning to. Deeper into their conversation, Mr. Porter asks if the event that caused all the rumors about her, involved a boy and Hannah says yes. Being honest throughout the entire conversation, Hannah states that the boy didn't do anything illegal. Instead of trying to investigate in the problem, Mr. Porter simply tells Hannah to either converse with the boy or to move

Characters: In “Thirteen Reason Why,” there are two main characters, Clay, and Hannah. Clay is developed as this ordinary student in high school, and get these videos about Hannah Baker. Hannah Baker is the girl who killed herself, and explains all her feelings about others, and tells what she hears from others.They both interact by,Hannah giving her point of view about the others person, and Clay listens to everything she says, and thinks about the others. In this quote it

Communication is a powerful thing that may cause people to either drift apart or come closer. People communicate to be understood, but the lack of communication can lead a person to separate themselves from everyone else, only wishing to be understood. In Jay Asher’s book, 13 Reasons Why, Clay Jensen receives a box of tapes that claim they’re by Hannah Baker, a girl Clay claimed he ‘used to like’. The only problem is that Hannah Baker had committed suicide some time ago, and she mentions how whoever is receiving her tapes is a reason for her death. Now Clay has to locate the other tapes to find out the secrets behind Hannah’s death, and how he played a role in it. Through the process of listening to each tape Clay realizes something. If Clay