Commentary On '13 Reasons Why' By Hannah Baker

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As I read 13 Reasons Why I think about how often suicide and bullying occurs in our time period. I wonder what the author's motive was while writing.I think that the message of 13 Reasons Why is to show how bullying can impact someone's life greatly and how it should be stopped. Reading 13 Reasons Why I wonder why Hannah did not talk to her parents about what she was going through. Also I wonder why Hannah did not tell Clay about what was going in her life if they really trusted each other. And I wonder why the adult that Hannah did go to could not help her.While reading this story I realized how often suicide occurs and it made me think about how we can stop it.Also while reading this story I realized how often suicide occurs and made me think about how …show more content…
Hannah Baker commits suicide because of bullying and her peers. Clay also attempts suicide over the tape that Hannah leaves him, but he doesn't succeed. Tony dies in a car crash. At the end Alex gets shot in the head and no one knows why. In the book quotes are said by the characters and they catch my eye. One is “ I left when I should’ve stayed.”A second one is “ But sometimes there's nothing left to do but move on.”The third one is “ In the end everything …show more content…
We need to stop what leads to suicide which is bullying, most of the time. What causes bullying is usually rumors that peers like to spread around. Then the bully decides to bully you weather it is true or not. Another cause of bullying is revealing. When things get revealed too soon or something gets revealed that's not supposed to, bullies decide to attack. To prevent all of this to which leads up to suicide everyone should keep to themselves.And if we can do this then the world will be a better

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