How Does Hannah Baker Commit Suicide In Thirteen Reasons Why

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In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher the main character Hannah Baker commits suicide. The majority of human beings on this earth that commit suicide are between the ages of 10-24. They must have had a tremendous reason to kill themselfs, Hannah Baker had 13. Hannah was the most affected by these top three people or as stated in the book “ reasons,” Marcus Cooley, Zach Dempsey, and Bryce Walker.
Marcus Cooley reason number six on hannah's suicide tapes is a twisted, sick, and in denial human being. Marcus, from hearing all the rumors, thinks he could just use Hannah as an object. Basically forcing Hannah to let him touch her inappropriately after blockading her in a booth, as some twisted Valentine's day perversion. This absolutely affects Hannah physiologically. Marcus’ actions make Hannah identify that her pure instincts from the heart are wrong, since she choose to have a date with him. This causes Hannah to lose faith in herself and others, to top that off she now can't make good decisions for herself. After this terrorizing experience Hannah really starts
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Zack only began showing sympathy in the beginning after the Marcus incident. He only got Hannah’s trust to use her. It all started as a joke, Zach's friends doubting he would get a date with Hannah. But in his mind he thought that would be an easy catch since she is such a “whore.” Hannah ends up ditching the date, since Marcus ruined dates for her. This leads to Zach stealing the last ounce of encouragement she had, her Peer Communications Class notes. Hannah is very suicidal so when she believed that no one was sending her compliments about her new haircut she felt bad. She ends up catching Zach in the act of stealing her notes, which makes her break down. Even though her communication abilities are low at this point, she could have told the Peer Communications teacher in private. Hannah could have even prevented the suicidal thought by having a chat for once and

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