Thirteen Reasons Why Post #2

3. When are you surprised or confused? What does not fit? If something or someone does not make sense, write about it.

• · I am surprised when Hannah tells the reader the way she went about creating the tapes. It is a very abnormal way that is unheard of. For example, at one point in the story, she tells of a boy who was a "peeping tom." His name is Tyler Down. When Hannah created this tape, she was actually outside of his own window, peeping in at him, without Tyler having any clue in the world. When Tyler was outside her window, Hannah had thought she heard the click of a camera. She was scared, but did not know what else to do so she got changed underneath of her covers. She found comfort in an acquaintance when the other girl said she would help Hannah catch the creep. When the girl came over to Hannah's, she only heightened the problem and made Hannah's life even worse. While Hannah was making the tape for Tyler, she spoke loudly, almost trying to make him hear her words. He did not. When he received the tapes, he was completely freaked out, regretting everything he had done. It almost does not fit that Hannah could hear the faint sound of the camera clicking, but Tyler could not hear Hannah speaking loudly right outside of his bedroom window while she was watching him. This peculiarity repeats throughout the book.  I believe that Jay Asher, the author, purposely puts these oddities in to keep the readers attention. His technique works wonderfully. The reader cannot wait to get to the next tape because of his technique. In almost every single tape, she is somewhere close to where the “incidents” happened. She seems to mock the people responsible for her suicide. It seems that Hannah sets out to make the recipients of her tapes feel as uncomfortable as she did. She wants those who contributed to her death to feel as invaded and hurt as she felt. I do not understand why Hannah would do this. Why would you want someone else to feel the same pain you did? Was she trying to have the same affect on them? I ask myself these questions time and time again because it is such a prominent part of the story. I think Hannah just wanted a little revenge. I think she just wanted them to suffer a little bit. Not only by the way she made the tapes, but by the content within the tapes.