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Nov 16, 2015 07:57AM
The dialogue in this book influences what you think of other characters.
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I agree because the tone of the dialogue in this book plays a big role in reasons why she wants to kill herself
Also, dialogue relates to tone and this can help us understand more about why she killed herself. For example, if she is trying to be sarcastic and you read it like she is serious, you might not understand the book or the reasons why she killed herself which can confuse the reader. And if the reader is confused about one reason or reasons that she killed herself, then it can make the whole book seem "off".
I agree again. In one of the later tapes she mentions how the way Courtney talks to Hannah. Courtney's tone was one of the reasons why Hannah killed herself.
Another example is when the list came out Hannah friend was unhappy because Hannah was on the positive side and she was on the negative side. I remember the tone of her friend was very misleading
Yes, her friend was very upset that she was put on the uglier side of the list and that Hannah was on the prettier side. But also Hannah was offended because she thought she was on the list because she was voted best butt in the grade.
and not because of her looks
I agree again Hannah's tone influences the book and the other characters. Hannah has a very strong personality which also is very big for setting the tone.
In addition, when Hannah was in Blue Spot, her favorite store, and someone came in and grabbed her butt and said, ¨Best * * * in the Freshman class¨ This makes Hannah feel like she was only know for her parts and not for her looks which makes her very upset.
That made her feel very uncomfortable which makes you have no sense of security. I don't want to spoil but other things happen in the book to make her unconformable.
Also when Hannah witnessed a rape, she felt very uncomfortable and she didn't know what to do. Later, she regretted not saying anything and felt guilty.
Another thing that happened was that rumors where getting passed around about what Clay and Hannah did in the room. They only kissed but everyone thought it was more. The tone of everyone when they spread the rumors was bad and disbelief. Hannah started to cry and that was one of the last things to set her off (kill herself)
Hannah has that happen to her twice, it happened with Justin at the park and Clay in the room. This effects her because it makes people look at her differently and it makes her feel awful.
Yes I remember that happened in the book to her twice. What do you think the tone of the book is now that we have discussed it?
I think the tone of the book is mysterious since the reader doesn't how why is involved in Hannah’s suicide. The tone of the novel is also eerie because of the impact of listening to Hannah, who killed herself just days earlier. She is telling the people who are listening why they caused her to commit suicide, which will drastically affect these people for a long time.
I REALLY agree with that. Also as the reader we have to sit through all of these stories, knowing that every single one played part in why this young girl committed suicide. It's almost impossible to enjoy the stories. That makes the story more mysterious.
Hannah fights with herself inside (Internal conflict), and makes herself think she shouldn't do stuff with friends or hang out with people, but does them anyway, hoping for the best and improbable outcome of events and friendships. Most of the time in the novel, she feels depressed but then does things that will make her more depressed and tries to see how far she can go before killing herself.
That is a great internal conflict also an external conflict is between tony and clay. Hannah wanted to make the tapes using Tony's cassette maker. Not asking what Hannah was doing he let her. When Tony tells Clay that he gets very mad at Tony.
the tone in this conflict was very big
The mood and tone throughout the whole book is dark and depressing. Hannah describes to each person that contributed to her death what they did and tries to make them feel guilty for it.
I never noticed that Sydney. The is depressing and it is sort of like she wants the other people to kill themselves. Also many of the characters did not realize what they did was wrong or hurtful. We will never know what Hannah was aiming for when she sent out the tapes but we can infer that she wanted them to feel guilty. Hannah mentions in the beginning of the book if the tapes don´t get passed around the whole world will see why she killed herself. How do you think she would do that?
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