"The cure is to forget."

My self-reminder for the past 5 years. It works somehow, but I guess I'm just really good with memories.

Final Paper: Bullying in Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

            Thirteen Reasons Why is a novel about a girl named Hannah Baker who ended her own life after being bullied by her friends at school. She left 7 tape recordings with 13 different stories of why she killed herself. The side A of the first tape was for Justin Folley who apparently made up some nasty stories about their first kiss at the park. The second one was for Alex Standall who caused the snowball effect in this story. Had he not chosen her as the one who got ‘The Best Ass’ at school, the following occurences might have been prevented from happening. The next one was addressed to Jessica Davis who physically harmed her after she was placed in the “who’s not hot” column opposite to Hannah. The fourth one was for Tyler Down who violated Hannah’s personal space by stalking her at her own room at night to take candid pictures of her body. The next tape consists of 2 stories about Courtney Crimsen and Marcus Cooley. Courtney was being kind to her just to get people’s symphaty, whereas Hannah thought they were really friends, but it turned out Courtney was just using her. Meanwhile, Marcus was a douche who gives her hope by asking her number just to let her down. Not to mention that he sexually harrassed Hannah in public place. The next story was about Zach Dempsey who stole her paperbag of encouragement because he thought she didn’t deserve any praises. The opposite side of the tape was addressed to Ryan Shaver who shamelessly claimed Hannah’s poem as his and caused her to lose her interest in writing, whereas that was the only medium for her to express her feelings. The ninth story was about Clay Jensen, the narrator of the story. He was the only one whose story was told but didn’t belong to the “Reasons Why Hannah Killed Herself” category. Clay and Hannah developed some special feelings towards each other but they didn’t have a chance to confess their feelings so Hannah made a recording so Clay would understand her reasons. The last 4 stories were about Justin Folley, who witnessed a girl being raped by Bryce but didn’t do anything about it; Jenny Kurtz, who made her feel guilty after witnessing a car accident before her eyes because Jenny was too stubborn to listen to her; Bryce Walker, who raped her in a bathtub; and Mr. Porter, her counseling teacher, who could actually save her but chose to ignore her.