don't read if you’re planning on reading or watching 13 Reasons
1. Tape 1, Side A
- Justin Foley, the guy she had a crush on, took a racy photo of Hannah which spread around the school and encourages a sexual rumour which turned out to be false. This caused a lot of hate and judgement for Hannah.
2. Tape 1, Side B
- Jessica Davis, Hannah's former best friend falsely accused Hannah of being the reason behind Alex breaking up with her. She slapped her and Hannah was devastated because she lost her two best friends.
3. Tape 2, Side A
- Alex Standall, another of Hannah's former friends, put Hannah and Jessica on a list whilst him and Jessica were dating. He listed Hannah's ass as the best in school and Jessica's as the worst to get back at Jessica not wanting to sleep with him and also to make her jealous. He also did it to become more popular with Justin, Bryce and their friends. This resulted in the fight between Jessica and Hannah.
4. Tape 2, Side B
- Tyler Down, the schools student photographer, stalks Hannah. When Hannah realises she has a stalker, she tells her friend Courtney (a closeted lesbian) who agrees to help her catch the stalker. At Hannah’s house, while waiting for the stalker they get drunk and play truth or dare which leads to them kissing, being photographed by Tyler and the picture being spread around the school.
5. Tape 3, Side A
- Courtney Crimson, the girl in the photograph with Hannah, tries to stop hanging around with Hannah to avoid suspicion, even though no one knows its them in the photo. Later, when confronted by Monty, Courtney says its Hannah and Laura (another lesbian girl) and also adds to the rumours about Hannah and Justin. Courtney throws Hannah under the bus to avoid being outed and leads to her poor reputation being worsened.
6. Tape 3, Side B
- Marcus Cole, one of Justin's friends, gets Hannah on his list of One Dollar Valentines. He asks her out on a date, shows up late with a group of friends and then publicly humiliates Hannah by inappropriately touching her until she shouts at him to stop. He then calls her easy and leaves her crying in the diner.
7. Tape 4, Side A
- Zach Dempsey, Justin and Marcus’ friend tries to comfort Hannah after she was humiliated by Marcus. After apologising for Marcus’ behaviour and being publicly rejected by Hannah, he resorts to stealing “positive notes” for Hannah out of a bag (part of a school project). When Hannah writes a note to him explaining her feelings, she thinks she sees him crumpling the note and throwing it on the floor. This damages Hannah emotionally. (In the present its revealed Zach actually kept the note and Hannah got it misjudged the situation)
8. Tape 4, Side B
- Ryan Shaver, editor of the schools magazine, steals and publishes one of Hannah's very intimate poems against her will. Although the poem was published anonymously, it included some of her personal problems which meant it wasn't hard for the students to figure out who it was, causing further humiliation and leading to more bullying.
9. Tape 5, Side A
- Justin Foley again. He began dating Jessica and at her party, where she was intoxicated to the point of unconsciousness, he did not stop Bryce from raping her. Hannah, who was in the room at the time witnessed it and felt unable to stop it. He also didn't tell Jessica what happened to her.
10. Tape 5, Side B
- Sheri Holland, a classmate of Hannah’s, offered to drive Hannah home after Jessica’s party. On the way she knocked over a stop sign and left Hannah stranded after refusing to call the cops. This led to an accident which took the life of one of Clay’s best friends, Jeff Atkins.
11. Tape 6, Side A
- Clay Jensen, one of Hannah’s best friends and the guy she had a crush on. They almost have sex on the night of Jessica's party but Hannah asks him to leave just before anything happens. She is upset he didn't stay for her however in the tapes she reveals he didn't deserve to be on there, but was because he needed to hear her story.
12. Tape 6, Side B
- Bryce Walker, a friend of Justin's and Jessica’s rapist, also rapes Hannah. Hannah was at a party at Bryce's house and ends up being left alone in a hot tub with him. He then rapes her.
13. Tape 7, Side A
- Mr Porter, the schools guidance counsellor, admits he cant do anything about the rape. Hannah goes to him, tell him about her being raped and hinting her suicidal thoughts. Mr Porter says there is nothing he could do to help her, due to the fact she has no concrete evidence and it is just her word against his, and she doesn't receive the proper help she needs.
After recording her conversation with Mr Porter, Hannah goes home and commits suicide by lying in a bathtub filled with water and slashing her wrists lengthways. She ends up bleeding to death and being found by her parents.
Her suicide was not caused by one specific reason, it was more a culmination of these 13 reasons (and possibly some bad judgement on her part), some more harmful than others, and some which I don't believe should've been on there (Clay and Zach)
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