13 Reasons Why

5 ways in which Hannah was impulsive

In the book Thirteen Reasons Why a young girl named Hannah commits suicide because of how her “friends” treated her. Although her friends had no reason to treat Hannah like they did I do feel Hannah might have been impulsive at the moment and didn’t realize that there were other things she could of done to help the situation than to  have to end her life because of it.

1.        She got a bad reputation after her first kiss.

Justin Foley was Hannah’s first boyfriend, after they decide to meet in the park they share a kiss. Afterwards Justin went around telling his friends about it. This makes Hannah uncomfortable and feels she has a bad reputation. Yes Justin should have kept it to himself but he is a high school boy and of course he will tell his friends about his first kiss.

2.       Her friend is mad because she dated her old boyfriend.

When Hannah meets Jessica they quickly become friends. That was until they were at lunch when they meet Alex who was “checking them out.” He then tells them he is new here and they invite him over to sit with them and have nice time. Jessica later hears rumors about Hannah and Alex together and gets mad because she used to have a thing with Alex. She then makes a stupid decision and slapped Hannah. As rude as that was for Jessica to do I do not feel it is a good reason to end your life for it.

3.       Her friend didn’t stay with her at the party.

Hannah was asked to go to a party with her friend Courtney Crimsen, she thought she was invited because Courtney wanted to hang out with her but she later realizes that she didn’t want to, and that she just needed a ride. This makes Hannah upset and very angry with who she thought was her friend. One thing I feel Hannah needed to know would be that when it comes to high school of course you are going to have people in your life that are not there for the right reasons you just have to learn from them and move on as hard as it may be.

    4.       Her relationship doesn’t work out

When Hannah gets paired up with a boy from doing a valentines day survey, they go on a date only to find that he was 30 minutes late and in the end he called her a tease. By this point I do feel really sorry for what Hannah went through but what does she expect going out with a guy she met because of an online survey.

     5.  Her guidance counselor didn't help her
After a bunch of things in Hannah's life began to fall apart she turned to her guidance counselor to ask for help. The guidance counselor didn't take Hannah seriously and let her leave. This really made Hannah sad and feel like she had no one to talk to which in the end led to her committing suicide. I feel Hannah should have talk to her parents first because they would understand better than the guidance counselor who clearly didn't care. Maybe by doing that she could have found help and still be here.

Hannah defiantly had a rough time in high school and dealt with a lot more than most people her age but almost everything that happened to her unfortunately are all part of being a teenager and having to learn who to trust and who no to. That is why I feel Hannah might of been impulsive at the moment and let everything that happen get the best of her.