THIRTEEN REASONS Why: SoapstoneFor Thirteen Reasons Why, I will explain the literary terms. Thirteen Reason is about a girl named Hannah Baker who killed herself. Before killing herself, Hannah made 13 videos about why this person made her make that decision. Characters: In "Thirteen Reasons Why", there are two main characters, Clay and Hannah. Clay is developed as a normal student in high school and watch these videos about Hannah Baker. Hannah Baker is the girl who killed herself and explains all her feelings towards others and tells what she feels from others. They both interact, Hannah gives her perspective on the other person, and Clay listens to everything they say, and thinks about others. In this quote he explains how they interact with each other: “You pushed him away and stood up. Then he stood up and you looked at each other; I'm not sure what to do. And your decision? You ran down the street while Kat and I laughed out the window. Clay: “I remember that. Kat thought it was so funny. He told me about it at his farewell party this summer. In each video she explains what each person did to make her make this decision. Some of the characters he talked about were: Justin, Courtney, Jessica, Tyler and many more. Ideas: The main idea in this is definitely that you could hurt someone, without even knowing it. This is the theme because the people who made Hannah commit suicide, didn't even think it was affecting her! Like in this quote: “Then Courtney said we should split up. And do you want to know my first thought when you said that, Courtney? Man, it sure didn't take long." page: 103. Courtney sure didn't know how Hannah felt after that. Hannah felt... halfway down the paper... before going to the fifth video. Proof: in “Thirteen Reasons Why,” there is evidence for every video. Find out all these answers about people and what they did. “Justin, baby, you were my first real kiss. My first hand to hold you were nothing but an average guy Clay: Justin Foley?” Hannah's first kiss? page: 12. In that quote it meant that Hannah was saying that Justin was her first real kiss, and that provided evidence for Clay to use. There were also some pictures in the video box. Why did the author write this?: Well, I think the author wrote this because it was giving a lesson about bullying and how much anger you can get out of it. He wanted to teach a lesson about how bullying can lead people to commit suicide so easily. He even taught me a lesson. I never knew how strong people felt and had the courage to risk their lives!