Thirteen Reasons Why #2 - Jay Asher

From what I read after my first blog I have noticed that Hannah says the same thing over and over again and I think there is a reason for it too. In the book it states "some people may say she was over dramatic over the whole thing. It shouldn't be a reason to kill yourself." She explained it herself that she feels thats what people might think when they hear the reason why she did what she did. In almost every tape she explains that it wasn't just a small thing that got her all wound up and made her kill herself. She tires to explain that those events that happened all have a reason for why she did it. Hannah keeps saying that just because it may have seemed so small like a rumor about a kiss turning into something more was just a rumor. But like she said it wasn't. When the rumors kept going around people kept putting labels on Hannah. Thats what ruined her, she didn't want to be the "talk" of the school. She didn't want people to look at her like she was something else and that she did something stupid. Hannah knew what happened but everyone else believed something else. Thats why in her tapes she says don't think it was just a little thing that made her lose it, because it was something much bigger than what everyone thought. Since I kept reading her words over and over I do get the sense and feeling of why she did have a reasonable reason to do what she decided to do.

Later on in the book I infer that the word is probably going to get out. Theres just something about the different people that have received the tapes that makes it seem like one of them in the future that gets the tapes is not going to listen to them fully and is not going to pass the tapes along to the next person. In the book Thirteen Reasons Why it states "If you don't pass the tapes along be ready to receive payback because there were copies made." Hannah said that there was someone watching each and everyone of the people that have received the tapes and if they fail to send the tapes to the next person then the tapes were going to be put out to public for everyone to hear. I feel like the next person that is supposed to get the tapes will not pass the tapes along because they might just think its a joke. I feel like the tapes are going to be public sooner or later. I will finish the book to find out if the tapes end up getting out.

Thirteen Reasons Why by : Jay Asher

The book thirteen reasons Why is about a girl named Hannah Baker who committed suicide. The purpose of this book is to know why Hannah did what she did. Before she committed suicide she left behind 7 tapes and on both sides there were reasons why she did what she did. After she finished recording the tapes she sent it to the first person mentioned on them. The secret about the tapes is that on each set there is a person mentioned and Hannah tells her story about how that person effected her life and made her do what she did. In the beginning of the book it first starts off with a girl but it doesn't exactly explain who it is, the thing is she just starts off saying she's going to school, walks into her class and sees an empty desk. That empty desk used to be Hannah's and after that it goes into the person that got the tapes - Clay Jensen. The funny thing about him getting the tapes in the beginning of the story was that his name wasn't the first name on the first tape, or even the second. I find out it interesting how his name isn't in the first two tapes but he was like the first one to receive the tapes from the start of the story. In the book Thirteen Reasons Why it states "I shouldn't even be on this list, I didn't even do anything," that statement was said by Clay. When he first read the tapes he didn't understand why he even got them in the first place because he feels like he never really talked to Hannah the last time he remembers actually seeing and talking to her was a couple months ago at a party when they made out. I'm going to keep reading to find out exactly why Clay is really on those tapes.

From what I read so far I think that before Hannah left she did have many problems going on. However, I still don't understand how it got so bad that she had to kill herself. I read that this guy named Justin who was Hannah's first crush made up many lies about her. She was just the new girl in town so it was easy for people to make up lies about her and it let people believe them too. Justin was Hannah's first real kiss that happened in the park while they were alone. He was a sophomore and she was a freshmen so it was easier for him to lie about what happened that day. They went out for a month or so and the rummers were going around without Hannah knowing about it until the end. Justin ended up saying that more then a kiss happened that night and thats when things began to get ugly. At first only a few people knew about it but then those people told more people and it kept expanding until Hannah found it but it was too late to put an end to it. Then thats when people started talking more and more about her and I can understand why that would be one reason to committed suicide I guess you could say. But I really want to know the other reasons why she did it and thats why Im going to keep reading until I find out the truth.

Positive : Jay Asher - Final

Since I have finished the book it has taught me many different lessons and explained many different sides of people. I learned that all it takes is one person to make a big difference for someone. In the book the main character Paige has HIV because she received it by the breast milk from her mother. In the beginning of the story it explained that Paige had a best friend named Yasmine since elementary school but things take a little bit of a twist once they get to 7th grade. Yasmine was complaining about a friend having a problem and then Paige brought up how everyone has some sort of "problem" with them. In the text it said "Everybody's got something," I told her. And then I told her that I had something too. I told her I had HIV." After that secret Paige told her "best friend" it changed everything about her 6th & 7th grade year. Yasmine ended up telling people about Paige's disease and then those people told other people which then everyone started saying that she had AIDS. After that the entire school found out about her having AIDS and no one wanted to talk to her so she basically spent the rest of the year alone with no one really to talk to but Amber a girl older than her. But, when 7th grade finally began there was a new student named Mariah. She was the only girl in school that actually new about Paige's disease but still didn't care because she saw Paige as a very nice girl and good friend. Mariah new about her HIV but she didn't mind because what mattered to her was the friendship and that meant everything to Paige. All it takes is one good person to make a big difference because after Mariah started talking to Paige and not caring what anyone else thought people started realizing they made a mistake about judging Paige.


Throughout the book I witness many different sides of Paige. I could tell she was kind, honest, friendly, warmhearted, smart and brave. But if I was given the chance to describe Paige's life in one word it would be strong. Throughout everything she went through with loosing her father and best friend she was still able to be cheerful on the cheerleading team. In the book it states "It is probably not every kid who can say this but I can ; there was at least one day at the start of seventh grade when I sat in algebra class, and was 100 percent fully and completely happy." When I read this I thought after everything she's been through in the summer and at the end of 6th grade she was still able to say that she was happy because of something. I found this to be very strong of her because even through everything she was strong enough to keep fighting through it. In my opinion I find Paige to be one of the strongest girls I've read about because in her life she has been through things that most people may not understand. I feel like if another person went through her same situation they might not have been as strong as Paige was. You should read "Positive by Jay Asher" to see how strong and brave Paige really was.

Positive By Jay Asher #2

Since the last time I wrote about the book Positive many new events happened with Paige and her life. In the book Positive it explained that when Paige was little about 6 years old she found a magazine that said there was a little girl pageant coming up. When Paige saw that she was so excited because she wanted to be the one to win in that pageant and she knew when she asked her mother to join that she would say yes. Paige is an only child so her mother is used to saying yes to pretty much anything Paige asked for. At first when she asked her mother to join the pageant but her mother wasn't too sure about it. She felt that the judges wouldn't want a little girl with HIV to participate in the pageant. Paige didn't know about her HIV quite yet because she was still too young to understand. But, she kept begging her mom to let her join and she promised her she would be the best to win. In the text it said that Paige meant many people while being the pageant, and she didn't let anyone or anything bring her down. This girl that was much older than Paige named Heather told her to always be herself. So she took her advice and gave it her best to win and she never let anything make her think she wasn't good enough. Paige ended up winning second place in the pageant along with another friend she made named Annie Edge. In the book it said that after Paige won second place she went back the next year and won in first place. It stated that after she won she said "But in those early pageant days, when the world seemed to be opening up all around me, all I understood was that confidence was everything. And I had that in spades. I could make anything happen. Anything at all." After that Paige kept going on with winning pageants but she as she grew up her way of seeing things changed. You have to read the book Positive to find out why she thoughts changed.


When I first read what Paige said in the story "But in those early pageant days, when the world seemed to be opening up all around me, all I understood was that confidence was everything. And I had that in spades. I could make anything happen. Anything at all." This made me think about everything that I went through when I was her age. Transferring schools, moving towns, losing touch with friends and all those type of things it made me think. My cousin that is a couple years older than me always told me to be myself no matter what and she would always tell me and still does, to always have confidence when doing anything. When I read that part in the story it made me think about how I was a little bit like Paige. She never let anything bring her down and she was always a happy child while being in the pageant. As a child myself I would always try to have a smile on my face even when I was a little upset about something. I always have tried to keep going even when some things get tough. As I am reading the book I keep feeling like I could relate to Paige in many ways. As the story goes a long I will keep reading to see if I have any other connections to her and her life.

Positive by Jay Asher

The new book I'm reading is called Positive and the main characters name is Page. The book is mostly about how Page grew up and got transferred with the disease of HIV. The way she ended up getting HIV is by drinking the breast milk from her mother when she was a baby. Page and her mother had no idea she had HIV until she was about to be 3 years old and before that she would get really sick. But the way they found out was that her mother had to take a blood sample because she was becoming sick. So when the doctors took the blood test they found out that Page's mother was HIV positive. They told her that Page - her daughter- also had the chance to be HIV positive. This scared her mother because the thought of her little having HIV at such a young age could be very dangerous. So then, what the doctors decided to do was get a blood test from Page. After the blood results came back they found out Page was also HIV positive and they told her mother that Page would have to take medication in order for the virus not to effect her as much. In the text it states that "had I been born just a few years earlier, I'd be dead by now." Paige wasn't exaggerating when she said this either because it was true the year her mother found out Paige had HIV the doctors invented a treatment for it. If this treatment was not available she could've died. This book is mostly about her telling the readers her experience with HIV. She explains to us how her friends react when they find out that she has HIV, they all react so differently to her disease. Some tell others and others are very shocked but you have to read to find out how telling people changes her life.


In the book Positive by Jay Asher I feel like not only I can relate to some of her problems but other people can too and of course maybe not with the biggest one with her having HIV but with the problems that she has with friends and family. In the book it talked about how her mother and father had a bad ending and how her father is no longer part of her life. I feel like this can maybe relate to some children out there. There are many occasions where a child doesn't have both their parents. Either their not together, they passed away, or they just left them. Paige talks about it in the beginning of the story of how it made her feel so I think that by what she said some people are able to connect to it. The places where I can relate to is where she talks about telling her friends about her HIV and they kind of turned their backs on her. Im pretty sure everyone can relate to time where their "friends" or someone turned their back on them and said something personal about them to other people. Read positive to find out what else happens to Paige throughout her life.

The Experiences of Native Americans

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The way that American Indians were marginalized was by being forced to leave their families in order to become like "white people." In the text it states "it was not Pratt's plan to simply educate these children and teach them English. He also planned to "civilize" them-to strop them of their traditions and ways of life. This showed me that they were made as if they didn't exist because people were trying to get them to forget where they came from and they were making them forget who they were. The soldiers were making them someone else. The American Indians were pushed aside in society because it was as if they traditions and their way of life was just erased and taken from them. Then made them learn new traditions and a new way of living life.

The difference between Luther Standing Bear's and Shanice Britton's experiences in their time period is that Luther was forced to learn how to become a "white men" and he was actually forced to forget all his traditions and his old way of life. In the text it said "Kill the Indian, save the man" as if saying get ride of the Indian side of them and just leave the man in them. However, for Shanice, she was actually able to share her traditions with people and tell them about what she did as a kid and how Native Americans really are. In the text it said " I explain that each tribe has its own traditions." She got to explain to people the actual life of a Native American and answered questions that they had to her classmates that she told. The similarities between them is that both of them did get to live as a Native American through their life.

Eggs Jerry Spinelli final

Since the last time I talked about Primrose and David's friendship many events happened. They got into conflicts and went on new adventures. It was around the middle of the book when a new character came along and his name was Josh, he's also kind of important in the story because David and Primrose would go to his house when they would leave David's house at night. They didn't really do much there but eat food and watch some TV. But then one day they all went to Primrose's house and David and her got into an argument. At first when Josh would see them argue a lot he didn't really seem to give much thought to it because they always fought and got into little fights over everything but they always hung around each other either way. David would tell Primrose himself "I don't like you." "Dito" she would say which means "same." Thats what I really didn't understand neither did Josh but somehow they seemed to be best friends no matter what. Until that day at her house where the two ended up getting into an argument because of what show they wanted to watch, except they difference in this fight was it was way more intense and way more hurtful things were said they day too. At first it started off with David wanting to watch something else and Primrose didn't want to watch anything so she turned off the TV and after that they start yelling at each other. In the book it said that Josh and David were talking bad about Primrose's father and since he's not really in the picture she got really upset. It states "The boy was crying. The girl was screaming. "My father is not a bum on the street! Don't ever mention my father again!" The boy screamed back, wet-faced and red: "I hate you and your stupid mother!" "At least my mother's alive!" This showed me that both of them said things that they obviously didn't mean but you could also tell from the tone the author put it in that everything that was said hurt on another. So in order to find out weather or not David and Primrose make up and finally end up admitting that they really are best friends then you have to read Eggs by Jerry Spinelli to find out!


The main conflict in this book is man vs. self because David is struggling since he just lost his mother a couple of years ago and he has to live with his grandmother that is "annoying" to him. Then another big problem he goes through is that his dad isn't really part of the picture because he travels a lot I guess you could say. But in the beginning of the book it says "I don't want to make friends." "Everyone needs friendships." "Not me." It kind of gave me the idea that David wants to be alone but then the more I read I understood that the reason David wants to be alone is because he's probably too scared to let anyone else in his life because he doesn't want to loose anymore people. i can understand how that feels. Sometimes its hard to let people in because the people that were in your life before, either left your life or disappointed you in some way. But the thing about David is that since he ends up meeting Primrose I think he is just going to end up having to except and let her into his life because she also kind of goes through the same problems he does. Primrose also doesn't have her dad in her life and her mother is a different story because she really doesn't pay attention to Primrose.