Hello everybody!
Today I'm going to publish my very last blog entry. It's about the whole blog "13 Reasons Why", Hannah's decision to kill herself and who is to blame most for it. I'm going to tell you what I think now and I hope that even if you're not of the same opinion as me, you will at least understand me.
Okay, so let's start with my opinion about the book. I think it was a good story. Not hard to understand but also not boring. I could easily identify with the persons (not all) in the story. What's important is that though we knew how the novel would end, that Hannah would commit suicide and that no one would changed that, while reading there was still hope inside us/me. So it was well written and though there was the ending we kind of expected, there was also something good and giving hope about it. The decision to run after Skye gives "13 Reasons Why" an open ending which leaves the reader(s) hopeful.
I like the book and I may have read it if we wouldn't have in school.
So now let's think about Hannah's decision. She commited suicide. That's cruel. But was it the only way out? And the final question: Who is to blame most for it?!
I don't think Hannah had no other chance. There were so many of them which Hannah didn't take. She could have talked. Talked to anyone. But she didn't. In the last chapter, cassette 7A she said she would give Mr Porter the chance of saving her life. But did she? No, I think she just wanted an excuse. She didn't really try to be helped. There were so many people who could have done this but Hannah's mind was set much earlier than she said it was. And yes, what people did to her was't good. But it was only so bad because it all happened to her. If only one of those things would have been done to her, it would only be marked as "a stupid joke" or a "mistake". And most of them are. Some actions are worse than others. But it's very hard to justify. Isn't what Bryce did worst? He raped a girl! So, you coud say he is the one you shoul avoid most, who would be going to jail if anyone told. But no, for Hannah's story, he was just one of many stupid persons. It's hard to say who is to blame most. Very hard. But for Hannah's story, for the "snowball effect", it has to be the beginning. The very first who started everything and so made everything for Hannah end. The one who let the snowball begin to role. Justin Foley.
But is that fair? He's a teenage boy. On every school there are rumors and Justin didn't know this would cost Hannah's life. Otherwise, he definetly wouldn't have told any lie about Hannah.
She herself could have changed it. Life. Everything. Everybody is responsible for themselves. So do we have to ask ourselves if Hannah is to blame most?
Thanks for reading my very last post, Bye!
Amelie.
