...BOOK REPORT TITLE OF THE STORY: 13 REASONS WHY AUTHOR: Jay Asher PUBLISHED: Thirteen Reasons Why (stylized as TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY) is a 2007 New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel written by Jay Asher. The book was published by RazorBill, a young adult imprint of Penguin Books. The paperback edition hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in July 2011. In May 2011, a website called 13RWProject.com launched where fans of the book can record their reviews and experiences as text, photo or video. Jay Asher's book has been published in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, and Italy. CHARACTERS: Clay Jensen, Hannah Baker, Justin Foley, Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Tyler Down, Courtney Crimson, Marcus Cooley, Zach Dempsey, Ryan, Shaver, Jenny Kurtz, Bryce Walker, Mr. Porter, Tony SETTING: Rosie's diner, High school, Gas station, Eisenhower Park, Blue Spot Liquor, Monet's Cafe Pretty much everywhere that she tells clay to go on the tapes. The places are all on the map found on the inside cover of the book. PLOT/ BRIEF SUMMARY: Bullying by students and the stigma of suicide are themes in the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. New to town, Hannah Baker hopes to have a new life. Unfortunately, rumors, betrayal, and revenge by her peers affect Hannah's life more than anyone knows. Though Hannah tries to reveal her pain to others, neither the school guidance counselor...
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...Thirteen Reasons Why is a series about a high school girl, named Hannah Baker, who committed suicide and left thirteen tapes for thirteen people that caused her to commit suicide. We learn about what is on the tapes through Clay Jensen, a shy, sweet classmate of Hannah’s, who is forced to listen to the tapes. The executive producers, and the actors and actresses have been working hard to produce a television show that sparks conversation regarding suicide and portray that suicide is never an option. This drama series, debuted on Netflix's, was a very ineffective approach because it glorified suicide and possibly encouraged others to commit suicide. Dr.Schwartz, the medical director of the JED Foundation, commented that Thirteen Reasons Why is “an extended revenge fantasy,” and that it is very selfish of Hannah Baker to leave thirteens tapes and force the thirteen people to live with the guilt and burden. Other mental health professionals have said that this series is too romanticized and can make teenagers think that suicide is an easy way out. Even though others beg to differ and feel they have benefited from this series, the loaded imagery and how the guidance counselor...
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...Everything you do is a choice and every choice has a consequence. The consequence might not affect you directly but your choice will always have an impact on someone's life. Thirteen Reasons Why is a book based on tapes a high schooler, Hannah, taped on the 13 reasons why she killed herself. There are many choices these people could have made in the book that might have had a different outcome for Hannah. It goes from just taking the most simple things away as a nice note someone left you or taking pictures through their bedroom window. Some people believe the only way to get out of a certain situation is to kill themselves. Hannah had many choices in her short life that could have saved many lives. She was in a situation where her actions...
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...during this time was our chapters and discussions about conformity. Conformity is when a person relents their own beliefs or actions to satisfy those surrounding them. In society, human beings feel forced to change their opinions and judgements in order to fit in and not be an outsider. This type of behavior can be seen in numerous environments from one’s own house hold to their everyday social life with friends. I recently started a show called Thirteen Reasons Why, which shows how conformity can end up ending a person’s life. Thirteen Reasons Why was the most captivating, brutally authentic show I have seen in a while. Within the shows context there was no alleviating, it was straightforward, unaltered and honest. It showed how student, especially high school students, societies struggle with their experiences during their time in and out of school. This show is surrounded by two High School students, Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker who inevitably committed suicide. However, before she died she recorded 13 tapes, connecting her death to thirteen different students that attend the same school. Hannah is certain to make sure that the thirteenth people know that she left behind an ally who plans to release the tapes if they do not follow as...
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...Books across the country are being labeled as “banned books” because it makes people uncomfortable or doesn’t have the happily ever after. But why should they be banned because people don’t like the story told? A couple of weeks ago, I read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. I chose this book because it was recommended to me by a friend. Meaning that someone my age has already read, and very much enjoyed that book. So why does it make it so terrible for kids to read? I feel that just because a book might have something in it that is not innocent or acceptable in society, (sexual harassment, rape, etc.) doesn’t mean that students and children shouldn’t be able to read that book. Instead, have a certain age that children should be allowed to read that book....
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...Novels such as Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why encourage readers to think critically about the world and its complexities. Both of these novels are on National Public Radio's list of top 100 best-ever teen novels; they have both held spots on the New York Times Bestseller list; both have been put on required reading lists for secondary classrooms; and, because both novels deal with social problems relevant to young readers, they may be an effective way to teach social justice. While these two novels are neither magical nor fantastical as advocated by the opponents of social realism, they do highlight realistic and gritty portrayals of life and its complexities. Speak shows a young survivor making choices...
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...finished this novel in 4 days, meaning that it was almost impossible to set it down, alongside all of the things I have. The setting, plot, and characters were phenomenal. Although this book was breathtaking, I was disappointed to see that Hannah Bakers parents were not involved. I was left questioned at whether her parents were able to bear the grief and sadness. The marvelous novel of Thirteen Reasons Why is written by Jay Asher. They say dead girls don’t talk, but that’s where they’re wrong. They talk, but most people are too scared to listen. Hannah’s dead. Two weeks after Hannah Baker’s death, Clay Jensen hears her voice one last time-on a “Baker’s dozen” of cassette tapes she made. Seven double side tapes with thirteen stories of thirteen people-thirteen people who killed her. Clay was mailed Hannah’s obscure suicide note because he's one of the reasons that she died. That she killed herself, one of the reasons she gave up. On the tapes she explained that her death started with a rumor and the reputation the rumor gave her, highlighting the connections between each of her thirteen listeners had with each other. Hannah explains how they slowly crushed her hope, and with it her will to live. The tapes hold some of their darkest secrets, and they must pass them on for fear that Hannah will be good on her threat-that the second copy of the tapes will be publicly released. Clay is shown her pain, following the map he was mysteriously given-the map...
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...Australia even though they were both colonised by the same imperial empire, the British. When the United States were colonised, it was known as the Thirteen Colonies and they were mostly dominated by the Spanish and Portuguese whereas Australia was nearly colonised by the French which encouraged the British to colonise the country. They are more different because the two countries were colonised at different times and so the uses would have been different. Nonetheless, the two countries were both improved one way or the either. When the British were in charge of the land, they did use it for their own good but still they helped improve it. They taught the people in the colonised country skills which might have helped the country gained its wealth. For the thirteen colonies, the British helped established the tobacco business which has helped USA gain wealth whereas for Australia, they brought in science and technology. However, there are still other effects from being colonised....
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...“The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the Federal Government, he expects them to review their policy with that in mind”. Said White House spokesman Nick Shapiro (Barrett, D. 2009). So far thirteen states have laws permitting the use of medical marijuana: California for instance, is unique for the presence of dispensaries, and businesses that sell marijuana. Even though; dispensaries are illegal under federal law. It may be the law, “ but contradicts the medical marijuana position of the new president”. (Barrett, D. 2009). Over time the Obama Administration will eventually instruct the Department of Agriculture to emphatically fall back on raids on dispensaries, and to conduct raids only on businesses abusing the dispensary system. Who is it to say the government can play the role of God and decide if a person is in pain or not? As West Virginia is not one of the thirteen states that medical marijuana is legal, it should be...
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...remarkably negligible actions of ours have abundance, momentous consequences, however, sometimes we only comprehend after the catastrophe has occurred; after someone has taken their life. To commence "Thirteen Reasons Why", written by Jay Asher, initially published in 2007, is a young adult book, consisting of teen drama, mystery and suspense throughout the novel. This novel revolves around the unexpected suicide of Hannah Baker, a teenage high school student who was driven into despair due to the numerous actions of bullying and betrayal by her peers. Subsequently, Clay Jenson, Hannah's former friend, comes home to find a peculiar package consisting of cassette tapes which Hannah made prior to her suicide, enlisting the thirteen...
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...remarkably negligible actions of ours have abundance, momentous consequences, however, sometimes we only comprehend after the catastrophe has occurred; after someone has taken their life. To commence "Thirteen Reasons Why", written by Jay Asher, initially published in 2007, is an adolescent, young adult book, consisting of teen drama, mystery and suspense throughout the novel. This novel revolves around the unexpected suicide of Hannah Baker, a teenage high school student who was driven into despair because of the numerous actions of bullying and betrayal by her peers. Subsequently, Clay Jenson, Hannah's former friend, comes home to find a peculiar package consisting of cassette tapes which Hannah made prior to her suicide, enlisting...
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...Broken by Betrayal Teenagers today face intense social issues that can have serious effects on a person’s mental and emotional health. Jay Asher in his novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, uses a unique narrative to confront the consequences of these issues, specifically the effects of betrayal. The betrayal of trusted friends and confidants, can dramatically effect an individual’s life. To begin, the continual betrayal Hannah Baker receives from those around her cripples her ability to trust new people and even to trust herself. Hannah reflects on her relationship with Courtney, “I wanted to be wrong about you, Courtney. I did. I wanted you to see it as me picking you up so we could go to a party together. And that is very different from me giving you a lift” (Asher, 101). Courtney betrays Hannah by using her for a ride to a party to maintain her image as the ‘nice, popular’ girl. Another incident of betrayal comes when Zach steals Hannah’s personal messages in Peer Communications class. Hannah says, “It might not seem like a big deal to you, Zach. But now, I hope you understand. My world was collapsing. I needed those notes. I needed any hope those notes might have offered” (Asher, 165). This quote emphasizes Hannah’s suffering at the loss of personal messages that could have provided much needed encouragement and hope. The accumulation of the betrayals that Hannah suffers means that Hannah cannot trust anyone and create meaningful relationships; as a result Hannah committed...
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...responsibility of keeping it properly folded and safe is a huge honor and should not be taken lightly. The folds in the flag each have a special meaning and are not to be rushed through as to forget what each of the meanings stand for. The United States Flag has been a part of history since January 1, 1776. American history has set fourth a legend that Betsy Ross was the seamstress who sewed the first American flag. Betsy Ross knew George Washington and had done some repair seamstress work for him. Betsy Ross ran an upholstery shop that she took over when her husband had passed away. She often mended some of Washington’s clothing which how they became friends. Many people have different stories and legends of how the flag came about and why and if Ross was in fact the first person to sew the flag. There has never been any documentation that proved that Ross did create the flag however legend says that one day George Washington and two of his key figures sketched out the United States flag and asked Betsy Ross to sew it together and she did. No one knows for sure whether Betsy Ross designed the flag or if she did in fact change the original six stars to five. Many historians say that a man named Francis Hopkinson who was a lawyer was the real designer of the first flag. Hopkinson wrote a letter in 1780 to the board of admiralty which stated that he in fact did design the first flag and most say that he did; however there has never been any real proof so the story of Betsy Ross...
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...start off with the definition of a gang. According to the freedictionary.com the definition of what a gang is “a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body for criminal or illegal purposes.” According to a 2005 report there are approxiametely, there are at least 21,500 gangs and more than 731,000 active gang members in the United States(Grabianowski, 2011). Every violent crime that happens in America most of the time comes from a gang. There are no more of the traditional gangs now. The Crips and the Bloods are no more. You now have smaller factions who the younger kids as young as thirteen have gangs such as crews or cliques. There are many reason why a person would even join a gang lets discuss it. Now there are many reason why a person would even think about joining a gang lets discuss a few of them or even all of them. The first reason why a person would thing about joining a gang would first be there are very bored. When you have no ambition about yourself you tend to turn to things that you should not turn to such as robbing, stealing and also killing. These are some of the main things that gangs do. Also a lot of kids turn to gang because they are impoverished. When you don’t have the things that you see other children have it really does bring your spirits down a lot to where you are not able to hold your...
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...Taylor Tai Sociology 101 Tabetha Mowrey 22/Feb/2012 Film analyses: “Genie: The secret of the Wild Children” Genie is a wild child who found in LA on 1970, she is a very extreme case of neglected the caretaking from adult. Her father believed she is retarder She spent her first thirteen years on tiding at the potty chair and still wearing diaper, she had never see, listen, being taught of anything in her life. For the past many years she had been isolation and lack of adult care make her the way she is right now. According to the George Hebert Mead’s integrationist theory; Mead (1934, 1964a). During the preparation stage, child had no self-present, however, they imitates the action of others, for example; when adults cry the child cry. During the play stage, child is developing the sense of self-present. They start to rakes the role of a single other, as if he or she were the other. The game stage is the last stage under Mead’s model, the child will no longer be playing role taking but starts to develop the relationship between the other and recognize the responsibilities as well as the social positions. It is very important for an infant to be around adult human. An infant imitate people around them, they can’t be disconnected from the socialization. Otherwise, they will be lost of human interaction and the important process of learning attitudes, behavior appropriate and the culture. In the case of Genie, I see very strong statement on hoe important for...
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