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13 Reasons Why
Hannah Baker made 13 tapes before she killed herself. The tapes explained why she killed herself and all the people that were involved to make her kill herself. The main character is listening to the tapes and trying to find out what he has to do with them. -
Clay
Our main character, Clay, gets Hannahs's tapes. He goes to Tony's house to borrow his tape player so he can listen to the tapes privately. As he is listening to the tapes he is thinking about what did he have to do with Hannah Baker killing herself. He has no idea why he is involved. -
Alex's "Joke"
Clay starts the cassette and Hannah starts talking about Alex Standall. Alex voted Hannah as “Best Butt in the Freshman Class.” She saw a list called “FRESHMAN CLASS- WHO’S HOT/WHO’S NOT,” on a student’s desk. Jessica Davis was very mad because Hannah was on the “WHO’S HOT” side and she was on the “WHO’S NOT” side -
First Red Star
Along with the tapes Hannah had given a map with red stars on it that correspond to places that Hannah talks about. Clay had reached the first red star, Hannah’s house. He had been there before after a party. Everyone knew Alex’s list was a joke but it leads to Hannah getting her butt grabbed at a local store, Blue Spot Liquor. -
The Three New Friends
Alex Standall and Jessica Davis were also new students. Although they never became close friends, they did rely on each other the first few weeks of school. The guidance counselor told Hannah and Jessica that she thought they would make really good friends. They both knew that they didn’t have anything in common and would never become friends. But Jessica and Hannah did end up hanging out after the meeting. Their conversation took them to a place called Monet’s Garden Café and Coffeehouse. -
Clay Goes to the Cafe
Clay Gets on the bus to go to the Cafe. He listens to the tape talking about how Hannah and Jessica are at Monet’s. They notice Alex Standall checking them out. Alex said he was new too. One day Jessica told Hannah that they needed to talk so they met at Monet’s and Jessica showed her the “WHO’S HOT/WHO’S NOT” list. Jessica said that Alex picked Hannah over her. Hannah told Jessica she knew about her and Alex’s relationship and it made her jealous. Jessica swung at Hannah and scratched her -
The "Peeping Tom"
The next person on the tapes is Tyler Down. He was a “peeping Tom.” He would take pictures of Hannah while she was in her room changing clothes. While she’s recording this tape she sits outside Tyler’s window. She tells how she and a girl that sits in from of her in a class decided to try and catch Tyler. -
Courtney Crimsen
Courtney Crimsen is the next person on the tapes. She is the one that helped Hannah catch Tyler. Hannah explains that Courtney is one of those girls who put on a show and tries to be all sweet and friendly. Clay leaves Monet’s and goes to Tyler’s house, the next red star on the map -
On The Way To Tyler's House
Clay listens to Hannah talk about how one day Courtney walks up to Hannah and asked her if she wanted to go to a party. When they get to the party they go their separate ways. A guy walked up to Hannah and says that Courtney sent him over there, but she really didn’t. She finds Tyler and walks up to Courtney and asked her to take a picture but she doesn’t want to. Then she does and it’s the picture Clay. -
Oh My Valentines
Hannah explains that every year the cheerleaders do a thing called “Oh My Valentines” on Valentine’s Day to raise money for cheer camp. She went to the office to pick up her list and while she was standing there she got a call, it was Marcus Cooley. She had made his list and he wanted to take her on a date. So she said she’d meet him at a place called Rosie’s. He was very late. They went to a table and sat down, he put his hand on her knee but she didn’t like it. -
Clay Goes to Rosie's
Clay goes to Rosie's. He has run listened to all the tapes he brought with him. So he calls his Mom and asked her to bring the remainder of the tapes to the cafe. She arrives and gives him $10 to get food and asks when he'll be home. Clay lies that he is working on a project and might not be home tonight. -
Cassette 4: Side A
Clay starts the tapes and Hannah is talking about Peer Communications. She tells how her teacher, Mrs. Bradley, said that if you “snickered” behind someone’s back that you had to bring a snickers bar to her class the next day. Mrs. Bradley had the students put secret notes in bags to students so they’d know what they thought about them. After Hannah cut her hair she noticed she had stopped getting notes and she know Zach was doing it and one day she caught him. -
The Stolen Poem
Hannah said that she hated poetry until someone showed her how to appreciate it. She started writing poetry. Looking back, she had stopped writing in her notebook when she stopped wanting to know herself. She had started going to a poetry class called “Poetry: To Love Life.” Ryan Shaver read it and liked it, so he stole it and published it in his magazine that he puts all around the school. Hannah was upset because he stole it from her and then published it without her permission. -
The Reason Why Clay is On the Tapes
As Clay listens to it he finds out that the reason he is on the tape is because of him and Hannah kissing at the party. She said the reason he is actually on the tape is to say she’s sorry. They had started talking at a party then ended up kissing. She had got upset because it brought back the memory of her first kiss with Justin and she asked him to stop and to leave the room. Clay finally leaves and after he does she slides to the floor and cries. -
Hannah's Gulit
After Clay left the room Jessica and Justin walk into the room but they don’t know Hannah was in there. Jessica needed to sleep so Justin left Hannah gets up and goes to the closet but as she’s walking in she hears the door open, Bryce Walker, just wants a few minutes with Jessica. Justin tried to stop him but Bryce got in anyway. Bryce had raped Jessica that night and Hannah could’ve stopped him but she didn’t. Hannah blamed herself and Justin for Jessica getting raped. -
The Missing Sign
Someone had touched Hannah on the shoulder, it was a cheerleader named Jenny Kurtz. She asked if she wanted a ride home and Hannah agreed. On their way home Jenny runs off the side of the road and knocks over a stop sign. And because that stop sign was gone, someone else had a wreck that night and was killed. Hannah went to the nearest store to call the cops. They had already been called but not by Jenny. Hannah didn’t want to go home so she walked the streets for hours. -
The Worst Decision
Hannah starts off talking about how she is going to kill herself. She talks about using a gun but no one in her house owns one. Then about hanging herself or driving her car off the road and then she decided on overdosing on some pills. She said tomorrow she will get up, get dressed, and go to the post office, then on to school for her last day. -
"I'm Sorry"
Hannah's last words