Tuesday, February 23, 2010

main charactor praise or criticism

Hannah Baker being the main charactor of Thirteen Reasons Why deserves criticism. I feel that way because she brought alot of things upon herself. She could have talked to some of the people she is blaming for her suicide and told them their faults. Or even spoke with a school or professional counsler. There were other options than suicide. School kids bullying you really is not a reason to kill yourself. I can see maybe moving or changeing schools but even then you are running from your problems. I think Hannah's problem was allowing them to spread rumors about her and treating her the way they did. She never stood up for herself or said they were lies. She allowed them to continue on into more bigger issues. I understand moving to a new city or school is not easy but it is really what you make of it. Hannah was acting like nothing was wrong and never spoke out caused alot of her problems. All of the rumors,guilt,and blame could have been prevented if Hannah would of handled things differently. Moving to a new school may have caused a major change which could have contributed to a new reputation and caused rumors. I dont agree with alot of the different things that happen to her, I just dont feel suicide was a very thought through decision. For instance the peeping tom,or Courtney pretending to be friends, or grabbing her butt those were not appropriate but could of been dealt with differently. I just dont feel she should put the blame on so many other people, when alot was her own fault. So I dont feel she should be praised at all, criticism is needed.

2 comments:

  1. The rumors being said around school isnt something that you can just stop. When people hear something its hard for them to understand anything else, thats why they spread it around. Even if Hannah told everyone the rumors were false, shes new and no one would believe her, I probably wouldnt of, as mean as that sounds. You just get so used to everyone around you that when new people come you dont know if you want to let them in or not.

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  2. Angie, I agree that when we look at the 13 Reasons we might not be convinced that they are serious enough to merit suicide. This makes me think that perhaps something else was going on with Hannah...something inside.

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