Why Hannah Committed Suicide

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

She had finally mustered up the courage to go to her teacher/guidance counselor Mr. Porter for help, and was once again ignored. She walked out of his room with her intentions clear, and he never followed her to try to help her. This act finally convinced her that nobody cared about her or what happened to her, and made her feel worthless. All of the other reasons in her tapes brought her to that point, and the final one insured that she wouldn’t leave it. Because of the cruelty of the people she considered her friends at one point in her life, and the ignorance of those around her, Hannah Baker committed suicide. She was so filled with the sense of hopelessness and worthlessness that even though she knew there were some people there for her, she believed that they weren’t enough. So in the end, the reasons in Hannah Baker’s tapes did a lot more than affect her identity, they ended

After Marcus had left when she kicked him out of the booth, she sat at her table and did nothing. Marcus revealed to Hannah that nobody knew her and only thought they knew her by her reputation. Later, Zach came to her table to try to talk to her, but she ignored him, so he left. Zach got mad at her for not talking to him because he stole her messages from her bag in one of their classes. The bags are in the class for people to tell other people nice things. When Zach stole these, Hannah had needed them the most because this was when she started to think about suicide. Because of this, Zach became Hannah’s seventh reason why.

Hannah felt like she had no one to turn to during her most vulnerable moments. Hannah encountered being known as the school slut after being lied on by a popular football player and several other students; including a lesbian student. She lost her two best friends. She made a new friend who betrayed her by leaking her most intimate poem in the school newspaper; further confirming her peers’ thoughts that she was a slut. To add insult to injury Hannah was raped by a popular football player, and no one believed her. Which ultimately led to Hannah becoming depressed, and she describes herself as a broken soul. Hannah realizes she needs to attempt to get real help, at least once. Hannah goes to the school guidance counselor and confides in the counselor that she has been raped. The counselor tells Hannah if she does not give up her rapist name, she needs to just “move on”. Hannah immediately left his office and went home and killed

In the movie and the book my favorite was the movie. Some of the reasons why i liked the movie more because it was more understanding for me. Its easier to understand things when you see it for yourself and not see it in black and white. My favorite part in the movie is when hannah is so kind and takes her life to save man many others it was emotional part in the movie. There was a big difference between the movie and the book here are some examples…

PER REPORTER: Hannah lives with her father. There is an investigation going on in Pontotoc County for Hannah. Hannah disclosed that sexual abuse went on at her mother's home. She said it was from her cousin. The cousin is also a child. There are other children that live in the home. Reporter wants to make sure he (cousin) doesn't sexually abuse the other children. It is unknown if the other children are being sexually abused. Reporter has spoke with Tippah County about the concerns. Reporter stated it is unknown if the primary caretaker is aware of what's going on. Reporter has not discussed the concerns with the primary caretaker or the cousin. Reporter stated it is unknown who was suppose to watch the children when the incident occurred.

The exposition of this book is 13 reasons why Hannah Baker committed suicide. She leaves tapes behind for the people that have caused her to taker her life. Each side of the tape has a story on why a person has caused her to take her life. The rising action occurs when Clay revives a shoe box filled with tapes from Hannah Baker who committed suicide a couple weeks earlier. The tapes are sent to the people who gave Hannah a reason to kill herself. So Clay goes through the tapes trying to figure out why he belonged on one of these tapes. On his way through the tapes, he listens to other reasons why she killed herself. After he went through each tape, he saw those people differently.

Hannah could have done something to stop the snowball from getting bigger andbigger. There were lots of people that Hannah pushed away that could have helped her, and there were a lot of different paths that Hannah could have taken instead of suicide. She could have talked to her parents or Clay, and she could have stopped certain scenes in her life from happening.

Hannah is desperately giving people ‘signs’ that she is “breaking, slowly dying”. Clay noticed this and turns the other way, and giving up on any thought of communication between them at that moment. Ultimately, giving up on her as well unknowingly. This becomes clear when Clay thinks, “A flash. But she knew I was watching her. And even though no one else saw it, I turned away. She was on her own.” (Asher 192). Clay finally realized how he gave up on not only Hannah, but the communication between them. Clay chose silence rather than a decision that could’ve saved her life. This illustrates how Clay notices Hannah’s desperate pleas and signs to people of what she is going through, but Clay turns his back completely with his choice of silence. Consequently, his choice had resulted in Hannah choosing suicide because of how she truly felt alone. It also reveals that Hannah is left alone by the person who claimed to ‘like’ her. The words that have an impact are ‘I turned away. She was on her own’. The author used these words to show how Clay’s choice of silence left Hannah alone. Clay might've been able to save her if when he could be the one to save her all along if he had said what he truly felt. The author wanted to demonstrate how Clay’s decision not only made him turn away from Hannah truly isolating her from him which led to