The Importance Of Thirteen Choices In Thirteen Reasons Why

The one question everyone asks without exception, that they ache to have answered more than any other, is simply; why? Why did their friend, child, parent, or sibling take their own life? There can be several reasons. People do not know what happens behind closed doors. Their perception of another person’s life is only superficial. The way in which a person makes decisions can be among the main factors that determine whether that person is protected from or vulnerable to suicide. The novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is about reasons that led to Hannah Baker’s death and reveals that several small choices can affect a major decision.
For instance, Hannah creates thirteen cassette tapes explaining why she is making the decision to take her life. Thirteen different ways people are hurting her. Each reason affects her differently, but all thirteen reasons affect her emotionally,
The tapes in Thirteen Reasons Why are a huge guilt trip, and she admits this freely. She wants her listeners to feel bad about the way they treated her and to treat people better in the future. As much as she makes other people feel guilty, she also feels plenty of it herself. She does not trust herself to do the right thing any more than she trusts the people on the tapes. Her guilt over her role in these crimes seems to drive Hannah over the edge. These tapes are definitely a plan made in desperation and it can be heard both through the anger and the confusion in Hannah's words.
In conclusion, the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is about the reasons that led Hannah to her suicide and reveals that several small choices can influence a major life decision. All of Hannah’s choices are significant in the book, even the small ones. It is unfortunate that the choices of other people affect one person tremendously; to the point of Hannah taking her