On the side B of the second cassette Hannah talks about the fourth reason why she commits suicide.
Hannahis being stalked by Tyler Down who goes to the same school as Hannah. He photographes her while she gets undressed, while her parents are not at home. Hannah wants the help of a school mate, but she just gets exited by the thought that someone takes photos of her secretly. The two girls meet at the house of Hannah, because they want to catch the Peeping Tom. They act in a lesbian way to attract him, which also works. But Hannah is not able to see his face and because of that she searches for him. And she finds him. After that Tyler never comes back at her house.
What would I like to say to Tyler Down?
At first I have to say that this is horrible. I do not want to imagine how Hannah felt when she found out that a Peeping Tom stared into her window. It makes you feel insecure even at your own home. And the girl that wanted to help Hannah was also not a real help, because she just was fascinated by this Peeping Tom and thought it was just a little game.
But now back to Tyler. It is disgusting what he has done. Taking photos of someone without his permission and knowing is bad, but if this person gets undressed it is just perverse. I would get really mad and would do everything that the Peeping Tom would be punished for what he did. Or I would confront him directly.
While reading on I am more and more able to understand the suicide of Hannah. New town, new school, new friends, false friends, rumors and then also this Peeping Tom... I can imagine that this really stresses somebody and does not let see him another way out.
I hope you enjoyed reading my third blogpost.
Greetings,
Ela
Montag, 23. November 2015
Mittwoch, 18. November 2015
"Olly-olly-oxen-free"
On the side A of the second cassette Hannah talks about the third reason why she commits suicide.
Hannah is not the only new pupil at her school. Two other students, Jessica Davis and Alex Standall, are also new. The guidance counselor of Jessica and Hannah decides that the two girls should meet to become friends. At first both of them are not very happy about that, but in spite of their first distrust they get along well with each other. After the meeting at school they go to a café which is called Monet´s Garden Café & Coffeehouse. There they talk to each other, but after a while they notice a boy staring at them. They are not sure who of them attracts the attention, so Jessica asks him. The boy is embarrassed and tells that he was also new at school. The girls give him the permission to take part in the conversation. They talk for hours and are thankful for not being completely alone at their first day of school.
The next weeks they meet regulary at the café and invent special rituals for their meetings. They listen to the problems and helped each other through their first weeks of school.
Then Alex does not go to the café anymore. And afterwards also Jessica stops going to their meetingpoint. They are still nice to each other, but they never really talk to each other anymore.
One day Jessic wants to talk with Hannah. She has seen the WHO´S HOT/ WHO´S NOT list of Alex and thinks, like many other students, that Hannah has an affair with him. The rumors make Jessica very angry because she has been in a relationship with Alex. Hannah tries to explain that she does not see Alex out of school and that Alex just put her name by reason of revenge on the list , but Jessica does not believe her. She hurts Hannah and it left a tiny scar over her eyebrow.
While Clay listens to the cassette he still sits in front of the Blue Spot Liquor. He thinks about his teacher Mr.Porter and whether he is also one of the thirteen reasons why. And because he follows the map, that Hannah gave him, he decides to take the city bus to the Monet´s Garden Café & Coffeehouse. And during Hannah talks about the rumors about Alex and her, Clay also remembers the rumors.
My opinion:
If I went to a new school I would be thankful for every person that helps me to get through the first weeks of school. Luckily Hannah had these persons. I understand that they never meant to be friends because at first it was just important not being alone. I think it is very important to have the option to talk about your problems with people that are in a similar age because you are not able to talk about everything with your parents or your teacher.
And in my opinion it is not that bad that Jessica and Alex stopped going to the café, because everybody made friends there and like Hannah said: they were not friends.
But I think it is not okay that Jessica hurts Hannah. Of course a break up is never easy and those rumors did not make it any better, but even if you respect these circumstances Jessica was still not allowed to do this. Because at one hand the rumors were not true and on the other hand Jessica should be mad at Alex, because he wrote the list.
I hope you enjoyed reading my second blogpost.
Greetings,
Ela
Hannah is not the only new pupil at her school. Two other students, Jessica Davis and Alex Standall, are also new. The guidance counselor of Jessica and Hannah decides that the two girls should meet to become friends. At first both of them are not very happy about that, but in spite of their first distrust they get along well with each other. After the meeting at school they go to a café which is called Monet´s Garden Café & Coffeehouse. There they talk to each other, but after a while they notice a boy staring at them. They are not sure who of them attracts the attention, so Jessica asks him. The boy is embarrassed and tells that he was also new at school. The girls give him the permission to take part in the conversation. They talk for hours and are thankful for not being completely alone at their first day of school.
The next weeks they meet regulary at the café and invent special rituals for their meetings. They listen to the problems and helped each other through their first weeks of school.
Then Alex does not go to the café anymore. And afterwards also Jessica stops going to their meetingpoint. They are still nice to each other, but they never really talk to each other anymore.
One day Jessic wants to talk with Hannah. She has seen the WHO´S HOT/ WHO´S NOT list of Alex and thinks, like many other students, that Hannah has an affair with him. The rumors make Jessica very angry because she has been in a relationship with Alex. Hannah tries to explain that she does not see Alex out of school and that Alex just put her name by reason of revenge on the list , but Jessica does not believe her. She hurts Hannah and it left a tiny scar over her eyebrow.
While Clay listens to the cassette he still sits in front of the Blue Spot Liquor. He thinks about his teacher Mr.Porter and whether he is also one of the thirteen reasons why. And because he follows the map, that Hannah gave him, he decides to take the city bus to the Monet´s Garden Café & Coffeehouse. And during Hannah talks about the rumors about Alex and her, Clay also remembers the rumors.
My opinion:
If I went to a new school I would be thankful for every person that helps me to get through the first weeks of school. Luckily Hannah had these persons. I understand that they never meant to be friends because at first it was just important not being alone. I think it is very important to have the option to talk about your problems with people that are in a similar age because you are not able to talk about everything with your parents or your teacher.
And in my opinion it is not that bad that Jessica and Alex stopped going to the café, because everybody made friends there and like Hannah said: they were not friends.
But I think it is not okay that Jessica hurts Hannah. Of course a break up is never easy and those rumors did not make it any better, but even if you respect these circumstances Jessica was still not allowed to do this. Because at one hand the rumors were not true and on the other hand Jessica should be mad at Alex, because he wrote the list.
I hope you enjoyed reading my second blogpost.
Greetings,
Ela
Donnerstag, 12. November 2015
"Best Ass in the Freshman Class"
On the side B of the first cassette Hannah named the second reason why she killed herself. It is Alex Standall, a boy who goes to the same school as Hannah and is in the similar age as she is. He decides that Hannah has the "Best Ass in the Freshman Class". At first Hannah understands it as a joke, but she doesn´t like that everybody reduces her on her bottom. The maximum of her ager happend at the Blue Spot Liquor. There a guy, that also read the list, discommodes her.
Am I able to understand her Anger?
Yes I am able to understand her anger. Who´s hot/ who´s not lists are in general very stupid. Espeacially because Hannah knows that Alex just put her by reason of revenge on the list. It´s bad egough that everybody reduced her on her bottom, but that certain people meant that the list gave them the permission to treat Hannah in a inappropiate way is horrible. Just the thaught that something like this would happen to me let me shiver. But at least it wouldn´t be a reason to kill myself like Hannah did but she had to deal with a combination of bad circumstances that didn´t let her see another way out.
But should the side B of the first cassette really be attended to Alex Standall?
In my opinion it´s not the fault of Alex that the guy treated Hannah in a inappropiate way. Of course the situation might not have happened if the list had not been written, but everybody has to know for himself, wether he or she wants to believe in that piece of paper. Like Hannah said on the tape: it was a revenge. But a revenge for what? I think Hannah should have attended the story to the Boy in the Liquor store.
I hope you enjoyed reading my very first post on my blog.
Greetings,
Ela
Am I able to understand her Anger?
Yes I am able to understand her anger. Who´s hot/ who´s not lists are in general very stupid. Espeacially because Hannah knows that Alex just put her by reason of revenge on the list. It´s bad egough that everybody reduced her on her bottom, but that certain people meant that the list gave them the permission to treat Hannah in a inappropiate way is horrible. Just the thaught that something like this would happen to me let me shiver. But at least it wouldn´t be a reason to kill myself like Hannah did but she had to deal with a combination of bad circumstances that didn´t let her see another way out.
But should the side B of the first cassette really be attended to Alex Standall?
In my opinion it´s not the fault of Alex that the guy treated Hannah in a inappropiate way. Of course the situation might not have happened if the list had not been written, but everybody has to know for himself, wether he or she wants to believe in that piece of paper. Like Hannah said on the tape: it was a revenge. But a revenge for what? I think Hannah should have attended the story to the Boy in the Liquor store.
I hope you enjoyed reading my very first post on my blog.
Greetings,
Ela
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