Thursday, October 31, 2013
Encouragement
In Thirteen Reasons Why, Asher includes a lot of little secret encouragements so here is a little encouragement!
Analysis
In Thirteen Reasons Why, the majority of the book is very straight forward. Asher does force you into inferring. How does he do this? Simple! He knows we are curious and puts off the plot! It's so simple yet so engaging. (Clay in normal, Hannah in italics) "You'll do that, right? All of you? You'll fill in the gaps? Because every story I'm telling leaves so many unanswered questions. Unanswered? I would have answered any question, Hannah but you never asked," (Asher 78). You can see how Asher uses Hannah's voice right here to do so. She wants you to guess and put your imagination to fill the holes, yet that's what drives her to her death.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Theme & Summary
*****SPOILER ALERT*****
Theme: It is better to cherish what you have while you have it, or you might lose it
You do not quite see this in the beginning because you think that Clay is guilty, but then when his tape comes up and the first thing Hannah points out is that he shouldn't quite be on the list, you see that Clay should have realized that Hannah was within his reach.
In this chapter, Clay pops the tape in. It's his tape. Hannah starts off by telling him explicitly that he should not be on this list for the same reasons as the others. Then Hannah tells why he is on there. Clay and Hannah went to a party and ended up getting in some sort of relationship, but it's different for both of them. They just hide away and kiss. Hannah describes it as, "different than any other experience," she's had. Clay feels just about the same. Hannah suddenly gets flashbacks of her past relationships and forces Clay up and out. Clay is deeply confused, did he do something? He doesn't have a clue. but Hannah puts him on the list for the better. She says that he needed to be on it, and that she is sorry.
Theme: It is better to cherish what you have while you have it, or you might lose it
You do not quite see this in the beginning because you think that Clay is guilty, but then when his tape comes up and the first thing Hannah points out is that he shouldn't quite be on the list, you see that Clay should have realized that Hannah was within his reach.
In this chapter, Clay pops the tape in. It's his tape. Hannah starts off by telling him explicitly that he should not be on this list for the same reasons as the others. Then Hannah tells why he is on there. Clay and Hannah went to a party and ended up getting in some sort of relationship, but it's different for both of them. They just hide away and kiss. Hannah describes it as, "different than any other experience," she's had. Clay feels just about the same. Hannah suddenly gets flashbacks of her past relationships and forces Clay up and out. Clay is deeply confused, did he do something? He doesn't have a clue. but Hannah puts him on the list for the better. She says that he needed to be on it, and that she is sorry.
Tone and Mood
The tone of 13 Reasons Why is usually sarcastic (when Hannah is speaking) and confused (when Clay or the speaker is speaking). Here is a passage which very clearly shows this. Hannah's words are in italics.
"Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo.
I don't believe it.
No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests.
No, I cant believe it. Hannah Baker killed herself." (Asher 7)
Hannah sways Clay's beliefs with the tapes from Clay believing he was innocent and had nothing to do with it, and makes him think otherwise. Hannah is very harshly sarcastic and it makes him realize exactly what happened.
"Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo.
I don't believe it.
No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests.
No, I cant believe it. Hannah Baker killed herself." (Asher 7)
Hannah sways Clay's beliefs with the tapes from Clay believing he was innocent and had nothing to do with it, and makes him think otherwise. Hannah is very harshly sarcastic and it makes him realize exactly what happened.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
13 Reasons Why Trailer
13 Things about 13 Reasons Why
I'm literally just going to write down 13 things that come to mind about this book. If this list of random things interest you, go out and grab this book!
1.) Reality of a teenage world
2.) Realistic emotional thoughts
3.) The feeling as if you are emotionally into the book
4.) Engagement in a story
5.) Knowing the latest gossip
6.) Compassion
7.) Characters that feel real to you
8.) The need to keep reading because you're so engaged
9.) Thinking, "Wow, this could really happen to a lot of people I know?"
10.) Big concepts of emotions
11.) Learning from a book and actually taking away with it
12.) Sadness that there's no more to the story
13.) A BOOK THAT SPEAKS TO YOU
These are all qualities that 13 Reasons has and I highly recommend it to teens.
1.) Reality of a teenage world
2.) Realistic emotional thoughts
3.) The feeling as if you are emotionally into the book
4.) Engagement in a story
5.) Knowing the latest gossip
6.) Compassion
7.) Characters that feel real to you
8.) The need to keep reading because you're so engaged
9.) Thinking, "Wow, this could really happen to a lot of people I know?"
10.) Big concepts of emotions
11.) Learning from a book and actually taking away with it
12.) Sadness that there's no more to the story
13.) A BOOK THAT SPEAKS TO YOU
These are all qualities that 13 Reasons has and I highly recommend it to teens.
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