Sunday, August 19, 2012

Characters


The characters of the book Thirteen Reasons Why were well developed except for, in my opinion, Hannah Baker. I thought that the author put too much emphasis on the stereotypical teenage angst girl who thinks the whole world is out to get her and destroy her life. In addition to that, nearing the end of the book, she practically gives up with trying to live and make her life happy. Hannah purposely walks into situations which she knows will emotionally hurt her and push her into suicide even more. Another personality flaw in Hannah Baker was her excessive use of sarcasm in serious plot moments. For example, when Clay first tarted listening to the tapes, Hannah said "Now, why would a dead girl lie? Hey! That sounds like some kind of joke. Why would a dead girl lie? Answer: Because she can't stand up." Lines like that in the book, make Hannah Baker sound sick, twisted, and morbid. That may be the intent of the author, but during the book, I was supposed to feel pity for Hannah Baker, but when she says lines like that, it makes me want to detest her personality.
The other characters, like Clay Jensen, were more enjoyable than Hannah. Clay Jensen made you feel pity for him and understand his feelings during the whole story. He was more open and less dark minded than Hannah was, and could tell why Hannah was doing things to herself when she was talking on the tapes, opposed to the reasons she had stated herself. Like in the scene when she was going to a party which she knew there were people there that would harm her, she said on the tapes that the reason she was going was because she was forgiving and open minded. While listening to this, Clay said "You knew it was the worst choice possible. You knew that. That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you." Clay was very deep and understood other people's feelings. especially Hannah's feelings. That's why you had to like him as a main character

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