What Does Hannah Mean In Thirteen Reasons Why

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By:Romina Manochahri In Thirteen Reasons Why,Jay Asher expresses his concerns about how people's words can affect other people actions. The book shows how people words affected a girl life (Hannah) into committing suicide.In one scene Hannah starts talking about the words a boy,Justin said to the kids at school which created an bad image of Hannah. She states “ And since everyone at school already had a perverted image of me after Justin’s little number, I was the perfect choice, wasn't I” (62). Hannah has always been popular and nice; however after when Justin spread rumors around school

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