In “Thirteen Reasons Why,” written by Jay Asher, a girl who is actually not alive, communicates through tapes. Asher uses internal thoughts from the main character, figurative language and repetition in the story to show how various actions impacted people differently. He uses Clay’s thoughts to show how different events affected Hannah. He uses figurative language to express how Hannah is feeling, and how people physically influenced her life. Repetition is used throughout the story to show how people's actions could have saved Hannah’s life.
One way Asher uses inner thinking is within the main characters, to show the way various actions affect different people. Clay thinks the way he spoke and the things he did, did not affect Hannah. Hannah took his actions in a completely different way, and if Clay would have thought about what he had said to Hannah, then maybe Hannah would not have committed suicide. One example from the text, found on page 207 states, “Because what if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? What if you weren’t the person I hoped you were? ” This quote represents what Clay was thinking. This affected Hannah because she interpreted people talking to her as she was not wanted, but Clay just did it because he was afraid that all the …show more content…
This comes up many times in the text, but one of the most influential parts is when Zack is taking away complems from Hannah. She said she needed those little encouragements and maybe she would still be alive. “When I cut my hair, my family didn’t even notice and as far as I knew...Thank you Zack, no one at school noticed either.” This example clearly show how Hannah needed those notes to help her through the rough times, but Zack thinks it is some joke to get back at Hannah. Repetition like in the example happens multiple times throughout the
One way Asher uses inner thinking is within the main characters, to show the way various actions affect different people. Clay thinks the way he spoke and the things he did, did not affect Hannah. Hannah took his actions in a completely different way, and if Clay would have thought about what he had said to Hannah, then maybe Hannah would not have committed suicide. One example from the text, found on page 207 states, “Because what if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? What if you weren’t the person I hoped you were? ” This quote represents what Clay was thinking. This affected Hannah because she interpreted people talking to her as she was not wanted, but Clay just did it because he was afraid that all the …show more content…
This comes up many times in the text, but one of the most influential parts is when Zack is taking away complems from Hannah. She said she needed those little encouragements and maybe she would still be alive. “When I cut my hair, my family didn’t even notice and as far as I knew...Thank you Zack, no one at school noticed either.” This example clearly show how Hannah needed those notes to help her through the rough times, but Zack thinks it is some joke to get back at Hannah. Repetition like in the example happens multiple times throughout the