In Thirteen Reasons Why, I can kind of relate to Hannah Baker because she had to change schools. I have moved a total of ten times so far. I have been to four different schools. I went to Pre-School in Mt. Morris, IL. I went from kindergarten to fourth grade in Polo, IL. I went from fifth grade to freshman in Monmouth, IL. Finally, I went from sophomore till I graduated in Granville, IL and McNabb, IL. When really don’t remember much about when I moved after preschool, but when I found out that we were moving from Polo, I all kinds of emotions going through me. I was angry because I did not want to leave my friends because we grew up together. When we moved, it was hard for me to make new friends because I could not find anybody that was like my friends from my other school. Also, I did not want to make friends because I did not want to get close to any body incase we moved again. It was hard going into a new school because every body has there ‘clicks’ already because most people in a school have been together since first grade. When we moved the last time, I told my mom that I did not want to move any more because I wanted to keep my friends. We ended up moving again, but it was in the same school district. Nothing happened to me like it did Hannah with that note. Nobody wrote a note about me, but people did talk about me. I could just sense it. Also, I had people coming up to me about what they heard. So I can kind of relate to Hannah. I haven’t finished the book yet, but so far, I don’t think that I would ever go to the extreme of killing myself over it though.
Wow, Jennifer, that's tough. I definitely think the insecurity of moving to a new place took its toll on Hannah. I don't, however, think it was the reason for the suicide. I think that came from within.
ReplyDeleteGood work with personal connections.