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Thesis For Thirteen Reasons Why

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Critical Study on Thirteen Reasons Why
About The Author
Jay Asher is an American writer of contemporary novels for teenagers. He has one major publication in the genre of young adult literature.
Jay Asher was born in Arcadia, California on September 30, 1975. His family was very supportive and always encouraged him to follow his dreams and interests. He attended Cuesta
Community College right after graduating from San Luis Obispo High School. He started writing books in high school itself. The first two books centered children and were called Children’s
Literature Appreciation. He decided to become elementary school teacher after high school. After it, he transferred to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and further …show more content…

Throughout his life, he worked and established himself in many different ways and this thing had an great impact on some aspects of his writing.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reason Why, a 2007 New York is the story Times best selling young adult friction novel. This is the story of Hannah Baker, a girl who committed suicide. This book is published by RazorBill, a young adult imprint of Penguin Books.
Plot
As the name suggests, this novels is all about 13 reasons, why a teenage girl committed suicide. This novel centers Clay Jensen, a shy school student. One day she returns home from school to …show more content…

That package contained seven cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a classmate who recently committed suicide, before her death.
In all those cassette, Hannah explain how 13 people including Clay, are to blame for her depression. Those tapes explained how those persons affected Hannah and drove her closer to suicide. Hannah wanted those tapes to be passed to thirteen people. And if not, she claims that an unnamed classmate will leak those tapes in whole

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