Jay, Asher's Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why left me in awe. It is absolutely horrendous to hear how cruel some people can be. Truly, that is how people are now, which leaves me in fear. The author of this novel, Jay, Asher, really compiled all of his own thoughts to fit the stories’ narrator, Clay Jenson. The author goes back and forth between Clay’s thoughts and actions combined with Hannah’s voice in the audiotapes, as she is telling the stories. Hannah’s stories, cause Clay to be in mixed thoughts and feelings. The author’s structure to the novel is something I’ve never encountered before; such a brave choice. He combined two character’s point of views. One character was actually guiding us through the stories with introducing his feelings, while the other character …show more content…
Everyone who received the tapes, was in shock that they had so much to do with her death. The tapes were a suicide note. Clay is the most in shock because he doesn’t understand as to why he is on these tapes. He never did anything bad to Hannah. He believes he doesn’t deserve it, the humiliation of being on the tapes. When Clay hears his story, Hannah says that he was the only person who was genuine and nice to her. However, he establishes a conflict within himself, as to why he allowed rumors to stand in his way of confessing his feelings to Hannah. Clay was very much affected by Hannah’s tapes, so was I.
The novel didn’t have a specific name to its setting. However, it was all about setting. The author does have a great emphasis on setting. The character, Hannah, has a map that guides her listeners through the town to each place where every story occurred. Her tapes included a map with special markings throughout the town. I think she wanted her listeners to walk in her shoes as well as listen to her stories. The way the author introduces these places, I believe that these places may exist, particularly everywhere! The map guides her listeners through diners, ice cream shops, houses, parties, and movie