Blog Review

http://extremelyslappy.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-do-characters-interact-with-those.html

I read Jessica's response to 13 Reasons Why, and I chose to read this specific one because I had read the book, and wanted to see another person's view on it. As I read Jessica's response, I kept in mind that she was responding to a question; How do characters interact with those in higher power? The examples she used definitely benefited her ideas. They were carefully picked out because in this book, there are many examples to discredit the characters, but Jessica chose what fit the question and did it justice.

As stated before, I did read the book. I never thought about about how characters would interact with people in higher power. I agreed with all of Jessica's points because they were accurate. She mentions how in-denial Clay (a main character) is about the truth and how that makes him a clear character that deals with someone being in higher power than him. "Some people who typically deny or try to be oblivious that there is someone higher than them." This statement made me rethink what happened in the book, because it applies to Clay perfectly. Throughout the whole book, he was clearly in-denial and was unaware of why Hannah had included him in the tapes. Jessica also mentions how Courtney's (another character) actions make her the person who is faced with higher power. "Ignoring and even becoming nervous to the truth is a normal reaction to have when faced with this higher power." The paragraph on written about Hannah was definitely my favorite because it was so accurate. Jessica mentions how Hannah is determined on to overthrow and overrun those that are in higher power than her. The rumors she dealt with, which led to her suicide, where made by people who had more power than her. Overall, the descriptions, examples, and Jessica's own interpretation were really strong and all went together. I think that's why this post stood out to me.

This post made me think about how the question being asked and answered applies to many other things. In the real world, there will always be someone who is considered higher or more powerful than you - And that affects you or it doesn't. In books, the main character is dealing with a problem that is troubling them because they feel they can't do anything because the problem is bigger than them; hence higher in power. As well as movies; in movies there will be a big dramatic problem that's eating the character(s) away, until it is solved (for awhile) and then it can come back and start bothering them again.