In Thirteen Reasons Why, I think that this book is written for modern day teenagers to read this. I can not really see an older person reading this book and liking it. I also can not see this book being read back in 1900’s either. I think it was written for today’s society. There are so many suicides that occur with people not even knowing about them. Suicide ranges from celebrities to maybe a best friend or even a family member. I know there are signs for suicide, but people do not really think about the signs until it is too late. Like they said in the book, changing you appearance is one of the first signs for suicide, well, I know a lot of people who have gotten there hair chopped off. I do not think about the suicide side of them doing that because I have known several people who have chopped there hair off. I think suicide is something you do not really think about because you notice a lot of changes in people, so you do not think of it as something bad. When I was a sophomore in High School, I chopped my hair of to where it was spiky in the back and longer in the front, I did not do that because I was having suicide thoughts, I just did if for something different. People could have an appearance change because of the time of the year (summer, winter).
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I know what you mean, now everytime someone gets a haircut Im going to ask them if theyre alright. I agree that this book is mainly for poeple in out generation, older people just wouldnt understand or think it was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with your thoughts. But for some people chopping their hair off is a huge change. Maybe to their friends it is not a big deal, but what about their family? To them it may seem as if something deeper is happening. Unless you spend a lot of time with a person, you really don't know how much of a change that is for a person. There are many other changes other than appearance. If some is anger all the time and then all of a sudden becomes nice, then that is a warning sign. there are more warning sings that what meets the eye.
ReplyDeleteExcellent post, Jennifer. I love your analysis of audience.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the comments your colleagues posted were thoughtful.