Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Thirteen Reasons Why

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126 comments:

  1. I absolutely adore this book and I must say that it was one of the best. I picked it up and put it down for the first time as I read the last word! If you didn't enjoy this book, I'm sorry, but this is one of the best reads I've had in a long time!!

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  2. this book was awesome!!! it made me sad though =( i cant wait for another from this promising author!!!!!!!

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  3. Clayton C.

    I hope this book will be good!

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  4. Jamie S.
    Mrs. Scheller 1st

    The setting of the book affects the story in many ways. The main way is that Hannah leaves a map of the city to be passed around with the tapes. On the map are several dotted places from all around town. The places all have to do with different events in her life that made her commit suicide. Each of the tapes talks about a different event and a different dotted place, and whoever has received the tapes must go to that spot. A few of the places on the map are a restaurant Hannah used to go with her friends, a boy who would spy on hers house, and a park where she met up with the guy she liked at.

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    1. Abril R. Scheller 1st Hour
      I think that Hannah thought of interesting ways to communicate with the people that made her suffer. She had everything so perfectly planned out that it was almost to unreal to believe. The map that she leaves behind really makes the story have more of a visual. Each location has it’s own separate meaning and Hannah goes into detail about everything that occurred in those specific locations.

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  5. Mikaela G.
    Mrs. Scheller 1st hour
    The setting affects the character’s thoughts and feelings because if it weren’t for the setting Clay wouldn’t have went to the liquor store. The liquor store is relevant to the book because what happened in the store one day was one of the reasons why she committed suicide. Hannah experienced a butt grab, aggressive behavior, and being uncomfortable. Clay went to the4 liquor store out of curiosity to find the clerk that had a connection with Hannah but instead he just bought a soda and a candy bar. The setting also affects Hannah because she moved to a new school thinking she would have the chance to start over and create a new reputation but people there really weren’t that friendly to Hannah which all affected her so much that as an end result she committed suicide.

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    1. Khadijah W.
      Scheller 1st hour
      So Mikaela G. what do you think about this book? Like is it interesting at all because in the beginning to me I couldn’t understand who was talking at a time? Also it wasn’t so interesting at all like it would’ve been more interesting if like Clay go up to another person who have had it or something or had a friend who was with him when he received it.

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  6. Khadijah W.
    Scheller 1st Hour
    The setting of the school, neighborhood and playground affects the character’s thoughts, action, and choice of the girl acting all dramatic and the first kiss and making new friends and also the bullying because it’s just a high school teenager’s life and that is what takes place as a high school teen. My reaction will be normal because I’m living in a world now that most high schools even middle schools teens are just like this, like how some bullying leads to suicide and how people make up lies to get attention and how we make new friends and how we lose friends so it wouldn’t really matter to me.

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    1. Abril R. Scheller 1st Hour
      I think that the way Hannah died wasn’t fair for her or her family. I’m sure she didn’t want to die, but the things that other people did towards her were powerful enough to make her think that life wasn’t worth living anymore. Hannah was just trying to live a normal life like everyone else. She was at a point where her life would’ve just been starting, but instead it became the end.

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  7. Aliza T.
    This place took at High school. The setting effect the Character action by making a bad decision so far. In the beginning people are being mean to the character, like people are saying that The character is on the hot list and the other student is on a not even though the character is in the opposite list. My reaction to this character decision would be that I think she’s over reacting about the whole things. The character made a tape, and that tape has the reasons why she’s willing to do suicide. However, only the people that are on the list will know about it.

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    1. Khadijah W.
      Scheller 1st hour
      So Aliza T. what do you think would happened? When do you think Clay will show up in the story because its kind of confusing that he know a lot about things already. It wasn’t really interesting to me at all in the beginning of the book Do you think it was interesting at all?

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  8. Abril R, Mrs. Scheller 1st The setting in Thirteen Reasons Why affects the character Clay the most. His thoughts and actions all revolve around the setting. Clay had received a map instructing him on where to go according to the tapes he listened to. One location in the book was a liquor store, and once there he was able to understand one reason why Hannah committed suicide. He’s on a mission to discover the meaning of all the tapes so without a variation of settings in the story the story wouldn’t make sense. Clay feels confused and curious about the tapes Hannah left him, so that curiosity is what drags Clay to these places. If I had to adapt to Clays environment I would be frightened because he’s going places he isn’t even sure about. He’s taking risks to find out why Hannah toke her life.

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  9. Emma E.
    Mrs.Scheller 2nd
    The setting in this book is placed during the school year, a few weeks after Hannah committed suicide. This is significant, because the main character, Clay, didn’t really think about her anymore. In the social setting of the school, Hannah was a pretty popular new student, but not in the way you would think. She’s basically known for a rumor going around saying she had sex with a guy Justin when she didn’t and for having a nice body thanks to her ex best friend Alex’s list. The weather in the book is supposed to be sunny and shiny. I think this is important to the story, because it’s showing clay that even though he is going through a big problem thinking he cause a girl to kill herself, the world still goes on.
    If I had to adapt to Clays environment I don't know how I would react, because I have no idea how to deal with thinking I'm apart of the reason a young girl took her own life

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  10. Juliet B.
    Mrs. Scheller 2nd
    The setting affects the story in many ways. Clay's thoughts about the tapes and Hannah are completely revealed. There are stars Hannah put on a map for Clay to go to, all these places have a specific reason or message for why she committed suicide. If I were to take Clay's place, I would be scared or worried. He doesn't know these places he's going to. He is basically risking his safety to find out why Hannah committed suicide. Clay is very calm about going to these new places but, if I were him I would be a little nervous.

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    1. Drew B. Scheller 7th

      I would be scared but I don’t think that these would all be dangerous but there was that sketchy store where she would get candy from. It was weird that Clay ordered the same things like she would at that store. The coffee shop seemed pretty safe although and everybody’s houses.

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  11. Nathan D.
    Mrs. Scheller 2nd

    The setting of the book 13 Reasons why is a city called Crestmont. One of the main characters is all about setting, she gives a map out to everyone who gets the tapes and it has all the places she talked about in the tapes marked on the map with her comments about the marked location. The character Clay is creeped out and nervous when he visits the places because the location is somewhere that had to do with why she killed herself. My reaction would be about the same as Clays because I’d be associating myself with the reasons she killed herself and knowing that I can’t do anything to help her.

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    1. Drew B. Sheller 7th

      I would be a little creeped out too, but I would participate in these maps just out of curiosity. I feel like Hannah would want everyone to follow the map just so they can see what it is like. It might be a little cool just to see where everything is and to imagine a little easier.

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  12. Hannah s.
    Scheller 6
    The setting of 13 reasons why effected the main character clay the most. The reason for that is because he is the first to get the tapes from Hannah, a girl who committed suicide. The tapes are suppose to go around to all the people that are mentioned in them and the reason for why she did what she did. So clay has to go around to all these places on this map that was left with the tapes and every place something happened there to her that led up to her suicide. Clay goes to spots the tapes say and on the map, Some of the spots where he’s never even been before. So it can be a little creepy to go places he has to go. Clay is waiting for his name to be brought up in the tape and see where his dot leads him.

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  13. Drew B.
    Scheller 7th

    The setting is in a town called Crestmont. This setting is important because Hannah marks important places where parts of the reason where she killed herself. The main character will use these locations to travel to. He will go to them and see what she was talking about. If it is a restaurant he will go there and order what Hannah would order when she was alive. If I had to react to this I would be really nervous to go there. I would eventually go there probably. I don’t think I would order the same things though like. Clay would.

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    1. A.T.
      Heyy budd… well ummm why would you not order the same thing as her? Isn’t that the point to go there and do what she wants u to do. Where did you find the place at?

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  14. Chris S.
    Scheller 7th
    “13 Reasons Why” takes place in a small city and suburbs. There is a school which affects Clay as he knew the girl who committed suicide from there. Then there are run-down places that he goes to because of tapes that he received from the dead girl. Then there is a nice coffee shop that he goes to, again because of the tapes. Also there are two houses he visits because of the tapes. If I were put into clays situation I would probably feel nervous and guilty for somehow being responsible for someone else killing themselves. I would probably try to find a way to talk to the other people on the tapes as well to see how they feel.

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    1. Abril R. 1st HR Scheller
      I think that Clay should have asked the others who received the tapes about Hannah but I guess everyone was to ashamed of what they had done. I would feel really guilty if I were responsible for the death of somebody else, but Hannah didn't have to leave the tapes behind I’m sure that the people who knew that they had done something to her would remember.

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  15. Morgan B.
    Mrs.Scheller 7th

    The book thirteen reasons why is set in clay's house that made Hannah commit suicide. This setting is important to the characters because you can get the experience of everyday life at their house and how their parents think of them. Clay's thoughts about the tapes and Hannah are completely revealed. The setting also affects Hannah because she moved to a new school thinking she would have the chance to start over and create a new reputation but people there really weren't that friendly to Hannah which all affected her so much that as an end result she committed suicide.

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  16. Stephanie Y.
    Scheller7
    The setting of the book “th1rteen Rea3ons Why” is taking place in a small city called Crestmont. Hannah, a girl that committed suicide, gave a map and a tape full of the reasons why she killed herself. The map shows all the places where something bad happened to her. The main character, Clay, is worried and upset that he was sent Hannah’s suicide tapes. He follows the map around and sees where all of the major events happened. Clay is hoping that he has no role in her death, he thinks that he may have got these tapes on accident…

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    1. Jamie S.
      Scheller 1st

      I agree that Clay thinks he got the tapes by accident. He is running through his mind thinking about all his interactions with her and none of them seemed bad. He seems pretty anxious to figure out what it was that he did do or maybe in the end it will turn out that he did get the tapes by accident.

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  17. Riley K.
    Scheller 7th
    The setting of 13 Reasons Why is a small town called Crestmont. The settings become scattered around the town depending on where certain people live or certain events took place, only because the main character, Clay, is following orders on where to go from cassette tapes made by a girl named Hannah who committed suicide not too long ago. The settings in the book include the park, where Hannah had her first kiss, and places like a candy candy shop where she went everyday. The settings affect the main character Clay by making him immensely nervous about where he is going next and why hes going to a specific place. I would most likely have the same reaction as Clay does, just because of the fact that i am listening to a dead girls voice on tapes and walking around my town. Plus the fact that i have to keep the entire ordeal a secret would just place more anxiety onto my already guilty feeling.

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    1. I feel like I would have reacted worse than Clay to be honest. I feel like I would have not been able to keep the tapes and what happened to me and that I would have to tell someone about it. I would probably have started freaking out the minute that I learned whose voice was on the tapes.

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    2. Nathan Dennigmann
      Mrs. Scheller 2nd

      I would have been as creeped out if not more creeped out then clay because a girl that I used to like killed herself and I'm one of the reasons why. I think I would have followed the map Hannah gave me to because it is kinda like her last wish that everyone one the tapes sees how they affected Hannah and how words can hurt people even if they don't mean to.

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  18. Jamie S.
    Scheller 1st

    I do not really agree with Hannah making the tapes. I can see why she did it and I understand that she wanted people to know her story and about all the people who hurt her, but I feel like making them feel super guilty isn’t right. I don’t blame her for doing it I just don’t think anything productive came from making the tapes. Since she is gone now the people on those tapes will have no way to apologize for what they did and so they will just be stuck feeling guilty about what they did in the past.

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    1. Mikaela G.
      Scheller 1st
      I see your point, but I also feel like even if Hannah was still living, the apologies really wouldn’t do much. Just like when you stab somebody and say “ I’m sorry”, it doesn’t make the wounds better nor does it make you feel any better. She didn’t do this to make people feel guilty, she made the tapes to get her feelings out.

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    2. Emma E.
      Scheller 2nd
      I agree with Mikaela. Before she died people were still bullying her and starting rumors about her. After she killed herself for awhile everyone forgot about her and no one felt guilty. If they hadn't gotten the tapes they might have started bullying someone else. I think Hannah is being harsh, but I also think she's opening their eye to the fact that words and actions do hurt.

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    3. Nathan Dennigmann
      Mrs. Scheller

      I agree with mikaela and Emma, I don't think the tapes were to make the people on them to feel guilty but to make them realize how they affected her and to hopefully stop bullying other students even if it was a joke or a misunderstanding. I don't agree with how bitter Hannah was toward the people on the tapes or how she told them they would have to live with themselves knowing they made her kill herself but if the bullying was bad enough that she would kill herself then maybe her bitterness was necessary

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  19. Khadijah W.
    Scheller 1st hour
    My character is Hannah Baker and she killed herself and made tapes to the people she is talking about. Hannah is acting this way because of 13 reasons and as far as I read I think she is just acting dramatic about everything. What I see wrong with her acting and taking actions like that is just doing too much for me because everything that’s happening to her is normal in an everyday life when people spread rumors, bully, girl fight, etc. and she is acting like she needs to kill herself because of those reasons. I think she should have told the principal or an adult before taking actions like that and now she hurt more people like her family because she is now gone.

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    1. Emma E.
      Schelller 2nd
      I kinda agree that she did take things too seriously, but at the same time you have to realize that all of this happening to her when she just moved somewhere is really hard to deal with. Some people take things that might seem stupid to you like girl fights, bully, ect. to heart. I do think she could have gotten help, but she decided she couldn't take it anymore.

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  20. Aliza Clay is reading the tape that Hannah made; so Well far he is anxious to know why Hannah wrote his name on the list. So far she’s only talked about Justin, Alex, Jessica, etc… they all have different story, however what they have in common are all of them had been mean to her. Hannah just wanted to fit in, but people are horrible to her at school. She acted this way because of other people at her school they treat her like crap. Hannah never deserved to be treating like that. I suggest instead of killing herself she should of talk to someone about it because killing yourself won’t solve anythingT.

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  21. Mikaela G.
    Scheller 1st
    I don’t agree with the actions of Alex, a guy who went to school with Hannah. One day he came into the liquor store that Hannah always goes to; He grabbed Hannah’s butt. In return Hannah became offended and wanted to get out of that situation fairly quickly. He became very aggressive with Hannah by grabbing her arm and telling her to calm down. I think this is morally wrong because they’re not dating, Hannah was uncomfortable, and this all happened because of a list that was written in school. It was wrong all around, Hannah shouldn’t feel uncomfortable in a place she’s always at.

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    1. hannah s.
      i don't agree with that because they are not dating that he cant put his hands on her. He shouldn't have put his hands on her dating or not. Dating someone doesn't give you the right to throw people around when they do something you don't like. or didn't want them to do.

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  22. Thirteen Reasons Why Week 2 Abril R. 7th ,Scheller
    In the book thirteen reasons there is this guy named Alex. He was in Hannah’s old class and he was one of the popular people in the grade. Him and his friends decided to create a list of girls. They would categorize them depending on their appearance. Hannah was on the list and he wanted to get close to her, so one day at a liquor store he decided it was okay to grab Hannah in an inappropriate way. Alex knew he wasn't supposed to grab her, but he did any way because she was on the list of attractive girls. I don’t think any person should grab a hold of someone without their permission. He didn't only touch her but he also got in a physical confrontation with her. A preferable response in Alex’s case would've been just talking to Hannah and maybe become friends with her first.

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    1. Chris S.
      Scheller 7th

      I agree with what you are saying. It was absolutely not ok with Alex grabbing Hannah. If he wanted to be close to her he could have talked to her and gotten to know her. It is absolutely not okay to just grab a person like that ,and then laugh it off as a joke.

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  23. Juliet B.
    2nd hour
    I do not agree with the actions of Marcus. Whenever he first met Hannah, he tried to sexually assault her. While Clay is going to find Alex's house, he runs into Marcus and it turns out Marcus has already received the tapes. Instead of feeling bad about his role in Hannah's suicide, he states that he did nothing wrong and she was just finding excuses to kill herself. I believe this was uncalled for and it shows how inconsiderate he is.. Marcus strikes me as the person who only cares about himself however, when it comes to be popular… he’ll hurt anyone he can just to fit in

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    1. I agree Marcus seems like a jerk. He made her feel worse about herself when she already wasn’t feeling confident. He made her feel uncomfortable and unsafe and I think the fact that no one around them decided to help made her feel like nobody cared. The fact that Marcus had such a rude response about it showed that he only does care about himself.

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    2. Jamie S.
      Mrs.Scheller 1st

      I agree Marcus seems like a jerk. He made her feel worse about herself when she already wasn’t feeling confident. He made her feel uncomfortable and unsafe and I think the fact that no one around them decided to help made her feel like nobody cared. The fact that Marcus had such a rude response about it showed that he only does care about himself.

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  24. Emma E. 2nd hour
    I don’t agree with Marcus when he was trying to get Clay to throw a rock through Justins window. He wanted people to throw a rock through the window just because Justin was in Hannahs tapes. That’s not right, because so were they. I think instead on Marcus getting physically aggressive with Justin he should have maybe talked to him and ask him why he peeped in on Hannah. Or he should of just relaxed and realized that someone may as well do the same thing to him. In my opinion none of them have the right to yell at the others, because they’re all a part of the reason for why Hannah Baker killed herself.

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    1. I agree that it is not right to throw a rock in someone’s window just because they have something they don’t have control over getting or having if someone was trying to throw a rock in my window for something I couldn’t help getting in the mail I would be pretty mad.

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  25. Hannah s.
    scheller 2
    I disagree with Clay’s action when he stole his friends walkman. He could have asked him to use it but instead he stole it. Yes he was scared he was going to ask why you need it. Maybe he wouldn't have and he could have just told him the truth because it’s his friend. He could have even lied, but not steal. Clay was acting like that because he didn't know if his friend was going to receive the tapes at any time. or didn't know if he had already gotten him.so he didn't want to give away that he’s on the tapes as well. i think it’s wrong because you should never steal or lie.

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    1. I totally agree, Clay could have simply asked to borrow it and tell him that he bought some tapes to listen to and see what it was like, plus how is he going to casually sneak it back when he already made an awkward attempt to take it in the first place? Personally i would not trust someone again after stealing.

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    2. I agree with you. Clay should not have stolen the walker from his friend. I think if I were in that situation I wouldn’t be able to tell him why. How can you tell their friend that you are listening to someone’s suicide tapes? That would be extremely hard to do. But like you said, he could have already gotten the tapes too. That’s a delicate subject.

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    3. Khadijah W.
      Mrs.Scheller 1st hour
      Hannah S. I totally agree with you because I also think it would’ve made the book even more interesting to read. Like if his friends were on the tapes they could’ve been on a journey together or even mad at each other for the reason that they are on the tapes. If he wasn’t on the tapes, then they could also both explore what’s happening and her reasons why, but yeah you should never steal I don’t know about a lie because that’s how you get through life without hurting the people you care about but stealing should not be an option.

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  26. Juliet B.
    Scheller 2nd
    I agree with your reasoning because Hannah's tapes did hurt a lot of people however, they also hurt her. I believe it probably hurt some of the people on the tapes very badly but maybe that was Hannah's way of dealing with leaving everyone behind. Maybe she should have made the tapes but shouldn’t have sent them out.

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  27. Nathan Dennigmann
    Mrs. Scheller 2nd

    A character in my book that I disagree with is Mr. Porter. I disagree with Mr. Porter because he is Hannah Bakers guidance counselor and when Hannah came to him to tell him about her suicidal thoughts he didn’t take her seriously. What makes this worse is the fact that Mr. Porter is an adult and a counselor that is supposed to help kids with their problems and instead of ignoring them. I think it would have been more acceptable if Mr. Porter at least listened to Hannah and took interest in her problem to try and prevent her suicide because nobody should kill themselves like she did.

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    1. I agree that Mr. Porter didn’t do the right thing and should have tried to help Hannah instead of blowing it off. If I was in Hannah’s shoes I would think no one cared not even people she thought she could trust and it would probably make the situation worse rather than better

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  28. Morgan b.
    Mrs.scheller 7th

    A character in my book I disagree with is Mr. Porter I disagree with Mr. Porter because when Hannah goes to talk to him about her suicidal thoughts and what has been going on at school he doesn’t think she is serious and blows it off, and being a councilor you are supposed to take all the children’s thoughts and feelings to heart and try to help. I think Mr. porter should have listened and tried to help Hannah through it or told her parents so they could help her not think so much about it, rather then just blowing it off.

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  29. Drew B. Scheller 7th
    I disagree with Marcus when he had people throw rocks at the peeping tom’s house. Marcus did a wrong thing obviously since he is on Hannah’s list. So he shouldn’t be treating anyone else differently. He made a lot of people already throw a rock at this window and now it is almost fully broken. I’m very glad that Clay didn’t participate in this like everyone else. Marcus should know better than to do something like this because he wouldn’t like anyone for completely hating him even though he is on the list just like everyone else.

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    1. I agree with you. It is not okay for Marcus to do that. In fact it’s never okay to throw rocks at anyone’s windows. But I disagree with you saying that Marcus made them throw the rocks. He encouraged them to throw the rocks. Nobody can make you do anything. And I am glad that Clay didn’t participate in those activities also.

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    2. Chris S.
      Scheller 7th

      While true that he was on the list didn’t Justin do something arguable worse A.K.A. peeping on her AND taking photos of her? Marcus didn’t have people throw rocks at hi window either. People started doing it on his own and he jumped on board of it. He didn’t even really try to make Clay do it he just gave him a big rock to throw since he thought that he was already going to do it.

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  30. Stephanie Y.
    Scheller 7th hour
    I disagree with a character named Mr. Porter. He is the schools guidance counselor. He forces Hannah and Courtney to be friends. That is not beneficial for either of the girls. His job is to make sure everyone at the school is happy, not to make kids be friends with each other. If I were Mr. Porter, I would NOT have put the girls in that situation. That is unprofessional (at least in my opinion). You can’t force people to like each other. He should have left it alone. Maybe then Hannah would still be alive…

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    1. I agree with you, some kids just mentally can not get along and its just better to sometimes leave things alone rather than forcing something to happen.

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  31. Chris S.
    Scheller 7th

    I disagree with the actions of Justin.It is never EVER acceptable to peep on anyone. He even took photographs of Hannah. You should absolutely NOT take any photos of anyone without their permission. Hannah didn't know how long you he was their what he got pictures of or what he was doing, or if he had been in the house at all. Plus isn’t it disturbing enough to know that someone right outside your window watching you and taking photos of you, and can do whatever he wants with them. Its even worse that he even did it when Hannah and another girl were in her room together.

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  32. Riley Kampff
    Mrs.Scheller 7th
    I do not agree with the actions of Hannah and how the make the audio tapes in the first place. I can understand where she is coming from and why she wants to make them, but i mean is it really necessary? I guess in a sense she got closure but getting some sort of revenge on these people,but honestly there are so many other ways to deal with these problems. If i was in Hannahs shoes, i would either confront these people or start talking to a professional therapist, there are always people you can reach out to for help. Even if it seems a good idea at the time, revenge is never the answer to solve all your problems.

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    1. Jamie S.
      Mrs.Scheller

      I agree exactly with that. I understand why Hannah did it but it would be much more productive for her to talk to either a teacher or a parent beforehand. They might have been able to help her work out her problems in a better way than making the tapes.

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    2. Khadijah W.
      Mrs.Scheller 1st hour
      Kampff, I have to agree and disagree with because I think revenge is the perfect way to deal with people who are doing things to you because it’s only fair to give them what they deserve right? They didn’t care about her feelings when they were being mean so why should you should care about theirs. I agree with you on talking to someone though because I didn’t think she should kill herself over the little things that was done to her because as I said in the beginning revenge is the best way to deal with things.

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    3. Abril Romero 1st HR Scheller
      I agree with you. I’m sure Hannah wanted the people on her tapes to feel guilty but she did go a little to far with recording the tapes. I can’t even imagine how these peoples lifes are going to change. For the rest of their life they are going to have on their conscience that they were the reason someone committed suicide.

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  33. Khadijah W.
    Mrs.Scheller 1st hour
    I think the most important conflict in the book would be the story with Tyler, he was snapping pictures of Hannah when she was home alone and creeped her out. When Hannah and Jessica (another person with a conflict in the story) helped her find out who was the peeping tom which would be Tyler. It’s important to the story because it’s one of the reasons she killed herself. I would be angry if that was me but also scared just like her because that is so creeping and I would try to get someone to beat him up if I didn’t get to him first.

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  34. Abril Romero 1st HR Scheller
    The most important conflict in the book is that Clay doesn't understand why Hannah put him on her list. Clay had received the box of tapes because he’s one of the people who motivated Hannah to commit suicide. At first Clay was confused because according to him he had never done anything to her, but now he has to go through all the tapes to find the truth. This is important to the plot because without Clay going through the tapes, no one won’t know why Hannah committed suicide. I think Clay knows what he did but he’s in denial because he doesn't think he’s capable of causing a suicide.

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    1. Emma E
      Scheller 2nd
      I fully agree with that. That is what the entire book is about really. It’s an internal conflict Clay is feeling. He wants to believe that he didn’t do anything to make Hannah kill herself, but as he listens to the tapes he realizes more that instead of just not bullying her there were many more things he could of done. (i.e., telling her how he feels, noticing her signs, just talking to her more,ect.) Him noticing this is increasing his conflict and frustration even more.

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    2. Nathan D.
      Mrs. scheller 2nd

      I agree with your reasons of conflict because the stress clay must be feeling whenever he starts a new tape is unfathomable. If I were in Clays position i wouldn't want to listen to the tapes although if i did listen to the tapes i could find out what i did that upsets people and change it.

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  35. Jamie S.
    Mrs.Scheller 1st

    I think the main conflict is Clay’s uncertainty. He is unsure what he did to affect Hannah. He seems to be very confused about everything that is going on. Clay is also confused about how a second set of tapes will get out if he does not pass them on. Clay is trying to listen to all the tapes to clear his uncertainty but where I am at in the book he has still not reached his tape. He does not know if he is actually on the tape or if they were given to him by accident. He seems to be very concerned and the tapes are creating the conflict of making him uncertain.

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    1. Nathan D.
      Mrs. Scheller 2nd
      i disagree with your reasons of conflict because in my opinion clay is not uncertain but worry and concern clay is feeling like i would in his situation because he did something to Hannah to make a girl he had a huge crush on kill herself, also I would feel angry she put me on the tapes.

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    2. Chris S.
      Scheller 7th

      Clay has an odd reaction to the tapes he wants to know why he is on them, but then is uncertain if he wants to each time he starts a new tape. He does not seem mad at all that he is on the tapes more guilty and confused over anything.

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  36. Aliza T.
    I think the most conflict in the book is the “Peeping Tom” cause of what he did is totally screwed up. Peeping Tom is Tyler, he would take a snap of Hannah when she’s home alone, and it creeped her out. When Hannah and Jessica (another conflict with the story) try to figure out whose peeping tom which would be Tyler. It’s important of the story because it’s the most important why she killed herself.

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    1. hannah s.
      i don't think that tyler spying on her was the most important reason why she killled her self. i mean yes, its one of the reasons but every reason on the tapes are reasons why she killed her self. or she would have just told them that reason and there wouldn't have been any needs for the other tapes.

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    2. I agree with Hannah. The peeping tom part of the story is a conflict that the characters have with themselves, whether they want to get back at Tyler or not, but it’s not the biggest. The biggest would have to do more with Hannahs death. Maybe that the Peeping Tom led to her fight with another person that ended up being on the tapes.

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      I agree with that. Tyler took aware her sense of privacy and security. Her house seemed to be one of the only places she felt safe up until this point. Hannah may also have wondered what happened to the photos if they were still out there for people to find and look and or if they were erased.

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  37. Mikaela Gholson
    Mrs. Scheller 1st

    I think that the main conflict is that Clay is continues to doubt his judgement on whether he should continue to listen to what Hannah says on these tapes. He doesn't want to finish the tapes because what he hears Hannah say shes gone through it breaks his heart because he really liked Hannah. He also contemplates about finishing the tapes because he doesn't really understand what he did to Hannah for him to get the tapes, or that maybe he got them on accident.

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    1. hannah s.
      i totally agree with you on what you think the main conflict is. clay is the main narrator so you feel his feelings most than anyone. clay has a lot to think about, to finish them, pass them on. what if someone else got them first and now everyone knows he was a reason for her suicide.

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    2. Morgan B.
      Mrs.scheller 7th
      I agree Mikaela I would do the same thing fight with myself if I should keep listening or just pass them on if I was clay I would dread hearing what I did because whatever I did I caused a girl to kill herself. If I were clay I would keep listening just to see what I did.

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    3. riley k. scheller 7th
      i agree because so far in the story i have only heard positive things with how hannah and clay felt about each other, so clay should not feel guilty because he obviously did nothing wrong (i hope).

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  38. hannah s.
    scheller 2
    what i think the main conflict is clay doesn't know why he is in these tapes for. he wants to know why but he doesn't want to listen to all the tapes. he keeps going back and forth on weather he wants to finish them, pass them on. or just totally throw them out. but sense he liked her so much hes willing to listen to them and pass them on as asked.

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  39. Emma E
    Mrs.Scheller 2nd
    The biggest conflict in “Thirteen Reasons Why” is an internal conflict Clay has with himself. As he is listening to the tapes that Hannah left him he is feeling regret and guilt. He can’t stop thinking that he could have done anything to prevent her suicide. Even though he hadn’t been that close with Hannah, he felt a super strong feeling for her, love. He keeps thinking back to one particular time they talked at a party and how he wishes then that he could have told her how he really felt. This conflict influences the story by giving Hannah more of a character and a personality instead of just having her as some creepy girl that killed herself and left tapes to people who were rude to her. It also gives you clues as to why Clay, who seems like a very nice and sweet guy, would be on her tapes.

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    1. Morgan B.
      Mrs.scheller 7th
      I agree with you Emma if I was in clays position I would be scared to death of what I did and it would drive me crazy wondering how I made this girl kill herself and why. If I was Hannah I would put the people who get the tapes first towards the last tapes so they would have to listen to them and hear the whole thing to make them feel just how clay feels.

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    2. Drew B. 7th Scheller
      This makes a lot of sense to be a conflict. But it seemed like she pushed him away. Like when they both worked at the movie theater and some jerk was talking to her. He asked if she was ok and she yelled at him for caring about her.

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  40. Nathan D.
    Mrs. Scheller 2nd

    The biggest conflict in the book is Clay not knowing why he is on Hannah’s tapes and having to deal with the fact that a girl killed herself and he’s one of the reasons why. Each time Clay is finished with a tape he gets nervous thinking that he could be on the next tape, and when he hears Hannah say someone else’s name he is relieved. I think this is important to the plot because if Clay didn’t get nervous then the entire book would be monotone and not enjoyable to read. I kind of get nervous when clay gets nervous because I don’t want to think of him as a bad person who ruined someone’s life.

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    1. Drew B. 7th Scheller
      I agree Clay seems to have a lot of problems with not knowing with why he’s on here. I think that we are getting closer and closer to seeing why he is on here although. It will be pretty cool to see why he is on this list.

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    2. I agree with you Nathan. Clay does have a lot of issues and with not knowing why he is on the tapes. He struggles on understanding how Hannah could include him on such a terrible list. Clay actually thinks that it was a mistake. He thinks he should not have gotten those tapes at all.

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    3. Riley K. 7th Scheller
      I agree as well. without the internal conflict with Clay then there would be no suspense and interest in the book. After all the things he has experienced with hannah I believe he is not a true candidate for one of the reasons.

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    4. Chris S.
      Scheller 7th

      I agree with the fact that he was a pretty nice guy. It still bugs me as to what horrible thing he did to make it on Hannah’s list of reasons why she killed herself. Maybe he did some little thing that turned out to be a pretty big thing for her.

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  41. The biggest conflict is that clay has no idea why he is on Hannah’s tapes and has no idea what he did to receive them and has to deal with the fact that he is a reason why a girl killed herself. Each type clay is scared to press play wondering if he is on this tape scared of what he did.i think this is important to the plot because every time clay gets worked up about the next tape it makes the book interesting and makes you want to read more without that the whole book would get boring and the same stuff over and over again.

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  42. Drew Brissette 7th Scheller
    The biggest conflict Clay not understanding why he is on the tapes. It is making him feel worse and worse no knowing why he is on these tapes. The end of these tapes makes him even more anxious then he was before. At the end of the tapes it says who is next and it never seems to be him. Once his name is said I think he will feel relived but it will also make him even more anxious. It will solve his problem to finally see what he did wrong for her to kill herself.

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  43. Stephanie Y.
    Mrs. Scheller 7

    I think the conflict that drove the plot of the story was when Clay first got Hannah’s suicide tapes. He didn’t understand why and or how he had gotten on Hannah’s list. He believes that there were no issues or conflicts with Hannah. There was no reason why he should even be considered on the tapes. The thought of Clay being a reason Hannah killed herself made him sick. In fact, Clay denied the fact that he got the tapes. He thought that it was an accident or just a silly mistake.

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  44. Riley K.
    Scheller 7th
    The most important conflict that I have noticed that has changed the book is the internal conflict with Clay. He feels like his whole life has turned upside down since listening to Hannahs tapes because he feels responsible and he feels guilty for not seeing the signs of her suicidal behavior in the first place.I feel as if he really should not have a conflict with himself, its not his fault that he did not notice the signs of Hannahs suicide because she never came out about it personally to him, he just thought she was generally changing. Clay also feels responsible because he was on the list of Hannas thirteen reasons for killing herself. Personally i do not think it is his fault because he should not feel guilty for not noticing anything strange because not many people noticed.

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    1. I agree with you Riley. Clay struggles with the fact that he is on Hannah’s list. He denies it and thinks it’s just some sick joke. He cannot understand why Hannah would put him on such a bad list. He hopes that his name will be nowhere near the list of all the names.

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  45. Chris S.
    Scheller 7th

    The conflict in the book so far is what Clay will do. He does not know how he didn’t notice Hanna’s suicidal signs. He does not know what to do after finding out that there was a peeping tom at his school. He also doesn’t know what to do when he finds out exactly why he was a reason Hannah killed herself. This is hard for him because he has no clue how big of an impact he made or how little of an impact he made on Hanna’s decision to kill herself, or even if he can do anything.

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  46. Jamie S.
    Mrs.Scheller 1st

    I think the main theme of the book is that what you do affects others even if you don’t realize it. If you bully or do something to someone it may not seem like a big deal to you, but to them it could have a great affect. The people that hear the tapes might not know that they played a part in her death. Like the story of the girl who hit the stop sign, she probably feels bad that there was an accident because there was no sign, but she probably has no idea that she played a part in Hannah’s death over it. Some of the characters might not have been that shocked though because their actions where more direct in harming her. People who were spreading rumors about her may have not realized how much they were affecting Hannah and her reputation.

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    1. Khadijah W.
      Mrs. Scheller 1st
      I do agree with you Jamie because people just don’t know how much things effects one another and they just thinks it’s not a big deal and don’t even know what’s going on in the person your messing with head or life. Yeah and also its funny how some people were shocked to be even on the tapes but little do they knew it’s because of what they thought wasn’t a big deal. I think people need to know how little thing can make a big difference and to me sending those tapes were a great ideal

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    2. Mikaela G.
      Scheller 1st

      I agree with this completely, some people more directly hurt Hannah in such a painful way, but others didn’t even realize they had hurt her until it was too late. Bullying has a lot to do with it, Hannah was labeled as a “slut” to many people in the school because of rumors that were being started about her.

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  47. Khadijah W.
    Mrs. Scheller 1st
    A theme for this book would be “All actions do effects people”, I think this is Implied because this is what I think base off what I see and what anyone can see based off reading it. This is important or meaningful because the girl Hannah who killed herself over little things people have done to her. The whole book was about thirteen reason why she killed herself and it seems to me that none of that was really worth killing herself but I guess it was building up and she just couldn’t take it anymore.

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    1. Abril R. 1st Scheller
      All actions do affect people in many ways and especially Hannah but I think that the words that came from those people were even more hurtful. Hannah did decide to take her life and for that the people who caused it will forever remember. Hannah was just a freshman she didn’t deserve to die, but I guess it was just to much for her to handle at once. The actions people made towards her weren’t okay, but at least those people will now know how she felt.

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    2. Emma E.
      Scheller 2nd
      I agree with your theme, but based on your opinion that those reasons weren’t worth killing herself I have to disagree. It wasn’t just the thirteen things that happened to her that made want to take her life it was also everyone’s actions. She was breaking down and so many people at her school could see that, but no one wanted to help her or make sure she was okay. They all just ignored her problems.

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  48. Mikaela G.
    Scheller 1st hour
    I think the theme is that sometimes you may not think anything of what you say to other people, but words hurt. Hannah was hurt in so many ways by people in her life, some of which didn’t even know they had hurt her. For example, Courtney Crimsen never really meant to hurt Hannah but by ditching her all the time and using her just like everyone else, to get a good impression on everyone. As an end result, Courtney was one of the people to end up on the tapes because without knowing it, she hurt Hannah.

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    1. Khadijah W.
      Mrs. Scheller 1st
      Mikaela you are so right about this theme and Im so glad you get it, like its so funny how people don’t mean things and not everyone is perfect but still people should think before they take actions. Having those tapes out helped people if you asked me so people would know what they did and how to make a better choice when doing something. Don’t you agree?

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    2. Abril R. 1st Scheller
      It’s true that most of the people Hannah revolved herself around weren’t the best of influences, but I don’t think their intentions were to make her commit suicide. All of the people on the tapes didn’t think about their actions right then and there. It was after that they might have had some sort of reflection about what they had done. The tapes were a reminder of the damage they cause a human being. No hurtful actions need to be taken to make someone commit suicide, hurtful words are just enough to make that person take their life.

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  49. Abril R. 1st Scheller
    A possible theme for this book would be “The truth is always revealed”. This theme has an importance on the book because without the truth being revealed no one would have known why Hannah toke the decision of committing suicide. The entire book is mostly about Hannah Baker sharing her life experiences with certain people. I find this meaningful because the tapes are the base of the story, so without them Hannahs choice of committing suicide would have been left a mystery. Two examples from the story to support this theme would be when Ryan Shaver decided to publish a poem that she wrote the day she was considering killing herself and when Clay Jensen finally found out that he wasn’t one of the people that motivated her to die, Hannah just wanted him to know how much he meant to her.

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    1. Emma E.
      Scheller 2nd
      I agree with this completely. Most of the people who did these things to Hannah didn’t care anymore, because they didn’t think anyone would ever find out. They also thought that their actions had stopped affecting Hannah a long time ago, but it hadn’t. I think it was important for them to find out what happened, because they might have kept bullying and doing the same thing to other people.

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  50. Mikaela G.
    Scheller 1st

    I agree with this completely, some people more directly hurt Hannah in such a painful way, but others didn’t even realize they had hurt her until it was too late. Bullying has a lot to do with it, Hannah was labeled as a “slut” to many people in the school because of rumors that were being started about her.

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  51. Aliza T.
    A theme for this book would be “all actions do effect people”, this is important or defining other people by their reaction. What I think is that Hannah should not have killed herself over little thinks; even if it’s severe a person could always get help from people you trust. The book is called thirteen reasons why however, none of it is truly great reason to kill herself. High School is tough but people will have to suck it up by ignoring what they think of you they are not worth wasting your time. When people talk about me I always tell myself “People who talks about me have no better things to do, and they’re just wasting their time because I could care less about their opinions.

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  52. Emma E.
    Mrs.Scheller 2nd
    The theme of this book is that your actions really do affect other people. In Thirteen Reasons Why there are thirteen people who had done terrible things to Hannah and at the time they didn’t realize that what they were doing was making Hannah want to take her own life. For example, Clay had just left when Hannah told him to, even though he knew something was wrong. His action of leaving instead of trying to help her made Hannah feel like no one cared about her at all. Another example is of Mr. Porter when Hannah had actually told him she was thinking about ending her life and instead of trying to help her, calling her parents, or something he told her to move on and stopped caring about her when she left. This action made Hannah feel like killing herself was the only option, because she didn’t know how to move on.

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    1. hannah s.
      i agree with every word in this. because of everyone hurting her, then not helping. she feels like no one is there for her when she needs it the most.

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    2. Nathan D.
      Mrs. Scheller

      i agree with your theme because the 13 reasons are the 13 reasons she killed herself. no one helped her out or listened to her when she told them she was going to kill herself they just let it happen and if they did try and help her Hannahs suicide could have been prevented.

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    3. I agree with you Emma this book is all about how much one person can affect someone’s life in so many different ways by the slightest thing you can do. I wish that clay would have had a good reason why he was on the tapes other just her apologizing but over I thought the book was great.

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  53. Juliet B.
    Scheller 2
    A think a possible theme for this would be "Doing nothing can be just as bad as doing something." Some people on Hannah's tapes were on there because they simply did nothing! When she was in need of a friend or she needed someone to see that something wasn't right, no one was there. I believe that is the biggest factor in Hannah's suicide. If someone would have just stepped up and asked her if she was okay, it might have saved her. I think this book was to inform the readers of the risks of what you say to people. Whatever negative comment you say to them could be the comment that ends it all, and if you notice someone who doesn't seem like themselves to reach out, ask them if they are okay.

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    1. hannah s.
      i agree with you on the no one being there for her is a main reason. but i also think it wasnt just that one person hurt her. i think it was everything added up into the short period of time that set her off to one extreme to the other.

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    2. Nathan D.
      Mrs. Scheller 2nd

      i agree with your theme because like Hannah said the signs were there but no one acted on them or did something to try and stop her from killing herself. Just like she pointed out she could have done something to stop Jessica from getting raped but she didnt and it was her fault she apologized for it but she couldnt go back and change it like no one could change what they did to her

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  54. hannah s.
    scheller 2
    the theme of this book could be that dont listen to anything anyone says. and ignore all of their actions. i dont think any of those people who were hurting her meant to. but if you have a lot of people doing things they can add up to what puts someone over the top. i think she should have talked to them before she did anything to extreme.

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  55. Juliet B.
    Scheller 2
    I totally agree. Most people didn't even realize what they did to Hannah and how it affected her. I think everyone should watch what they say because you never know what she/he is going through. If one person might have told Hannah she looked pretty or that she was a nice girl, this might have been prevented. I believe everyone could be a little more kind with the words they use daily.

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  56. Carlos E
    Mrs. Scheller
    The theme of 13 reason why hurting people are and how it affects you and that person. Multiple times throughout the book it look likes she blames people but really it is her fought for letting this stuff happen but she still wants to blame people. Like when she makes the tapes she puts their names in it just to guilt trip them and say there fought for her death when it is really hers for letting the people do the stuff to her like making her seem like a slut and stuff like that which put her down in the dumps.

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  57. Juliet B.
    Scheller 2
    I agree. Everyone that played a role in Hannah's suicide all knew what they had done. I like that she made the tapes because without them, those people would still have kept their secret. No matter how hard you try if you bully/abuse someone, the truth will always come out and they deserve it.

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    1. Chris S.
      Scheller 7th hour

      While yes they all played a part in them killing themselves some of them had no clue of the big effect they had on her life, or the role that they played in her death .I mean Clay was only on the tapes because they were both too shy to really say their feelings for each other at the right time, or before it was too late at least.

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  58. Nathan D.
    Mrs. Scheller 2nd

    I think that Hannah’s Bakers quote “everything affects everything” best explains the theme of Thirteen Reasons Why because the whole reason Hannah Baker killed herself is the “snowball effect” she always talked about. Justin Foley started the “snowball effect” by starting the rumor that Hannah Baker took her shirt off at the park which made people think that Hannah Baker was a ‘slut’ and gave students permission to treat her like one. Then Alex Standall who hot and who’s not list made the students think it was ok to harass her and the students kept the snowball going and making her feel worse about herself eventual killing herself.

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    1. Nathan I totally agree the everything affects everything couldn’t sum this book up better if I was Hannah I dint think I would jump to the conclusion of killing myself but rather getting right with people at school and get to understand why and try to fix it .

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    2. Chris S.
      Scheller 7th hour

      I completely agree with not killing yourself but she couldn’t solve her problems by staying at that school. She could deny those rumors, but would anyone believe her? Sure some would but others wouldn’t, they might say that she was trying to cover her tracks or some other ridiculous thing like that. Overall changing schools would have worked better.

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  59. Morgan b.
    Mrs.scheller 7th

    Hannah bakers quote, “everything affects everything.” couldn’t sum the theme of the book Thirteen reasons why up better because the whole reason Hannah baker killed herself is the so called “snowball effect” that she mentions multiple time in this book that everyone kept adding on too and just kept getting bigger and bigger making her not want to be a part of the world anymore. Students at school would harass her and call her a slut and she just let it happen until one day she couldn’t take it anymore making her leave the physical world.

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    1. Riley k.
      Scheller 7th
      I agree, if it was some boy that broke her heart then hannah probably would not have done what she did, but since she was immensely bullied by multiple people for months she just could not take it anymore

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  60. Riley K.
    Scheller 7th
    I believe the theme of 13 reasons why is that you must think before you do something. Throughout the book, horrible things are being said from Hannah about her past, listing off the reasons why she killed herself in the first place. Each of those people on the tapes actually did do something to hurt Hannah emotionally traumatizing her mental state. While the lies and rumors spread Hannah tried to avoid them but anyone she would open up to would just suddenly turn their back and bash on her. Also with all the people that noticed signs in her behavioral state, they didn’t do anything to help. Everyone knew Hannah as the girl who drastically changed in the last few months and the girl who is just a toy to play with, and that’s just disappointing. All of those people who saw signs or did something to Hannah didn’t even think about what they were doing. If apologies came in place then maybe she would still be alive. People need to understand that their actions affect people more than they think they do.

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  61. Chris S.
    Scheller 7th hour

    I think that the book “13 Reasons Why” is important because it shows how one little thing causes another slightly bigger thing to happen causing an even bigger thing to happen, and this process can repeat itself over and over until it spirals beyond anyone’s control. Hannah Bakers’ quote “Everything affects everything” defines it pretty well. It shows how quickly her life went downhill after one lie began to spread about her. It’s also important as it shows that people who were once happy with their life can soon change their views on the town they live in based on new information. Such as Clay’s quote “ I’m starting to get sick of this town too”.

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  62. Stephanie Y.
    Mrs. Scheller 7th
    The theme of the book “Thirteen Reasons Why” is that hurting people will always come back around and hurt you back. There was a list of people who played a role in Hannah’s suicide and they knew it was because of them. People misjudged her and treated her like a “slut”. Ever since Justin Foley spread rumors he made her life miserable. They treated her terribly. They constantly wanted to take her home and sleep with her even though that’s not who she was. People took advantage of her for no reason and treated her unfairly so it came and bit them in the butts.

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    1. Riley k.
      Scheller 7th
      Totally agree, karma always comes back around to people. You can not do something without facing and accepting the consequences of your actions. You cant expect to do so,every thing totally wrong and immoral and then sit and think you are a saint...it never works like that.

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