So far in reading the book called “Thirteen reasons why”, in my opinion, I do not see what went so wrong in Hannah Bakers life that caused her to commit suicide. For the reasons that she listed on her cassette tapes, it seems like normal teenage problems that any teenager would go through. There are much worse things in life that people go through. Maybe I will understand more the farther that I get through the book.
I am glad that I chose this book. It is so good that I don’t want to put it down. It is the type of book that makes you want to keep reading on until you finish the entire book. I don’t relate to this book in any way because I have never thought about committing suicide. It makes me feel sorry for Hannah but then it also makes me question what really went on, which I hope to find out in the rest of the book.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Week 9- Thirteen Reasons Why.
I chose to read, Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher. Even though I haven’t read as much as I would of liked to by now, I am glad that I chose this book. It has been very interesting from the start. So far what I have read makes me want to keep reading the entire book until I finish it.
When Clay Jensen finds a package on his front porch addressed to him he was very excited, that was, until he learned what was inside of it. It was a set of 13 cassette tapes. He went out to his garage where his dad kept an old stereo that played cassettes. He saw that the tapes were numbered so he put in the first tape to play. He was very shocked to hear that it was the voice of Hannah Baker, who is now dead. She committed suicide and is now going to tell the story of her life and why it ended. She says that if they are listening to the tape that means that they had something to do with her death and that their name will be mentioned on the tape. There are 13 tapes and 13 reasons (people) to why she is dead. She tells lucky number 13 that they can take the tapes to hell. She has two rules for them to follow. One: for them to listen. Two: For them to pass it on to the next person on the list. She tells them that hopefully neither rule will be easy for them.
I can’t wait to continue on in this book, when she talks on the tapes it makes me want to know more and what that person has to do with her death. She was very clever in setting this up the way that she did. It took a lot of time and dedication.
When Clay Jensen finds a package on his front porch addressed to him he was very excited, that was, until he learned what was inside of it. It was a set of 13 cassette tapes. He went out to his garage where his dad kept an old stereo that played cassettes. He saw that the tapes were numbered so he put in the first tape to play. He was very shocked to hear that it was the voice of Hannah Baker, who is now dead. She committed suicide and is now going to tell the story of her life and why it ended. She says that if they are listening to the tape that means that they had something to do with her death and that their name will be mentioned on the tape. There are 13 tapes and 13 reasons (people) to why she is dead. She tells lucky number 13 that they can take the tapes to hell. She has two rules for them to follow. One: for them to listen. Two: For them to pass it on to the next person on the list. She tells them that hopefully neither rule will be easy for them.
I can’t wait to continue on in this book, when she talks on the tapes it makes me want to know more and what that person has to do with her death. She was very clever in setting this up the way that she did. It took a lot of time and dedication.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Week-7 Liar
When Micah’s parents didn’t believe that she didn’t kill Zach it kind of shocked me. Micah knew the white boy was the one who did it yet she had to prove to them that it wasn’t her. When she did prove it to them by bringing the white boy home to her parents and with him admitting it, her parents didn’t even apologize to her for blaming her for something she didn’t do. When her parents had taken her and the white boy up to the farm to see the greats I had no idea that they would leave her there and not even think twice about it. I can relate with Micah and how she felt after she found out that they left her there never to return for her. If she felt any way that I did, when I was 16 and my mom dropped me off of my dad’s door step and then left me, then she felt disowned, abandoned, broken hearted, betrayed, and so many more feelings that run through your body. I felt for her when I read that part because it brought up so many memories for me that was deep down.
I am glad that she ended up feeling sorry for the white boy and wanted him to live. Even though I would be so angry with him that he had killed Zach it wasn’t necessarily his fault because he had no idea what he was or what had happened to him. If he would have had all of that information then yes he would be to blame. When I read the part where the greats wanted to cherish him and use him to mate I was excited for him. He will end up having a great life living there with the greats.
I am glad that she ended up feeling sorry for the white boy and wanted him to live. Even though I would be so angry with him that he had killed Zach it wasn’t necessarily his fault because he had no idea what he was or what had happened to him. If he would have had all of that information then yes he would be to blame. When I read the part where the greats wanted to cherish him and use him to mate I was excited for him. He will end up having a great life living there with the greats.
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