How Did Hannah Quit Mr Potter

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The word quitting is significant to the novel because Hannah was quitting her life after every time someone mistreated her and in the end, she gave up and quit. Hanna officially gave up when she went to Mr.Potter, that guidance counsellor to talked about it. Mr.Potter gave up on Hannah and it pushed and reinforced Hannah to give up too. “Because I need to get on with things, Mr. Potter. If nothing’s going to change, the I’d better get on with it, right? - Hanah, what are you talking about? I’m talking about my life, Mr.Potter.” (pg. 279) Hannah quit on life after Justin Foley, Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Tyler Dow, Marcus Cooley, Zach Dempsey, Ryan Shaver, Justin Roley, Clay Jensen, Jenny Kurtz, Bryce Walker, and Mr.Potter treated her wrong

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