To commence with, I will deal with how the characters feelings changed. At the beginning of the book, Clay is just the young man Hannah discerns in school. Clay has always been madly in love with Hannah. He later starts to work with her at The Crestmont. Subsequently, she starts to develop feelings of fondness towards him. As an illustration, on Clay's tape, she starts with this quote from Shakespeare “Romeo, oh Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo.” In other words, it shows Hannah’s trepidation that their deep affection for would another would not last because Clay is this person who seems to be faultless and she is just this young woman who is …show more content…
Already stated, it has an effect on the whole novel because as their relationship changes we find out more secrets about the two. In a like manner, it helps further the storyline to Clay’s breaking point. Let alone, it assists us in understanding why certain things happened to Hannah. Above all, it shows what could have saved Hannah and that could have changed the novel altogether. To put it another way, without the relationship changing the way it did the novel could have been written completely