More recordings: (7) When Hannah ignored Zach Dempsey's attempts to comfort her after the incidentwith Marcus, Zach stole the notes of encouragement left for Hannah by classmates in her Peer Communications class. He got the job to be close to her, but he always let the rumors about her stand in the way of telling her how he felt. Still listening, Clay heads toward Rosie's (next stop on the map) on his way he sees the Crestmont Theater, where he and Hannah worked the previous summer. She had to push him out of the booth and onto the floorto get him to stop. He learns that Marcus is also on the tapes, so he must be guilty of something, too.īack to the tapes: (6) After getting matched up with Hannah through a Valentine's Day survey, Marcus tried to make a move on her in a booth at Rosie's Diner. There, heruns into Marcus Cooley, who invites Clay to throw a rock at Tyler's window (which is already broken). They exchange a few words and then Clay gets off the bus, outside of Tyler Down's house. He starts to wonder why Skye always isolates herself from everybody. (5) Courtney Crimson, a super fake girl at school, started rumors that Hannah had sex toys in her bedroom.Īs he's listening to Courtney's tape, Clay gets on the city bus and runs into his middle school crush, Skye Miller. (4) Tyler Down allegedly took pictures of Hannah through her window (she calls him a PeepingTom). (2) Alex Standall pitted Hannah and Jessica Davis against each other by voting Hannah "Best Ass of the Freshman Class." (3) Jessica Davis was upset by this and ended up hitting Hannah, leaving a scar on her forehead. The thirteen stories (i.e., the "reasons why") are asfollows: (1) Justin Foley, Hannah's first kiss, started rumors that they did more than just kiss. (Basically, go read it: it's a really interesting, challenging, and pretty brilliant structure.) This is hard to portray in a short summary, so remember that Clay's thoughts are always mixed in with Hannah's stories. The narrative moves back and forth between Hannah's and Clay's thoughts and actions. The tapes also come with a map that listeners are meant to physicallyfollow as they listen to her story. She says that if anybody fails to pass them along, a copy of the recordings will be made public. After listening, each person must give the tapes to the next person on the list. In the package, there are a total of seven cassette tapes and thirteen stories.On the first tape, Hannah tells her listeners that she holds each of them responsible in some way for her death, and that the tapes will explain why. We soon learn that the package contains the audiotaped suicide note of Hannah Baker, a girl Clay had a crush on before she killed herself about two weeks ago. The novel begins as our narrator, Clay Jensen, mails a mysterious package to someone named Jenny.
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