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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

3 Pages 637 Words August 2015

In the novel "Thirteen Reasons Why," by Jay Asher, Hannah's thirteen reasons for ending her life are of equal importance. Every ill-fated event is one in a series where Hannah realizes how she is viewed by her peers and in the end, results in her showing us how she felt about herself. After these events, nothing for Hannah never got better, but just gets worse as she is harassed by her peers. As a result of everything that happened to her, Hannah comes to the point where she had chosen to take her own life instead of fighting for herself. During the course of the story each occurrence leads Hannah to hate herself more, ruins her self-confidence and leaves her feeling like life isn’t worth living anymore.
To start with, each of the events Hannah lists plays an equal part to her animosity toward herself. After many events that have damaged Hannah’s image and reputation, leading her to be embarrassed and not listened to by her peers, Hannah feels like she has no control over the rumors and the actions. This causes her to hate herself and her life. Hannah remarks, “But you can’t get away from yourself. You can’t decide not to see yourself anymore. You can’t decide to turn off the noise in your head” (Asher 178). This is a great quote because it is describing how Hannah can’t escape the rumors and is forced to see herself in a way that she does not like. Around the sixth bad occurrence Hannah starts to realize she has no control over her life anymore and becomes depressed.
Not only did these events contribute to her self-hatred, but these events have ruined Hannah’s self-confidence. Hannah had her first kiss with Justin Foley. He is the first reason that made Hannah commit suicide because he bragged about stuff that didn’t really happen between them, which started the rumors about Hannah: "A rumor based on a kiss started a reputation that other people believed in and reacted to” (Asher 30). The start of this rumor...

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