13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

        13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher has many connections in it, whether it be to the real world or to characters. 13 Reasons Why is about a girl named Hannah Baker who commits suicide. She creates a series of tapes, each tape is about someone and why they “helped” Hannah decide to kill herself. The book is told by a teenager named Clay Jensen. 
The overall book definitely relates to the real world. The major relation being suicide. Another relation is rape. In the book a girl named Jessica Davis who gets raped at a party, obviously quite traumatizing. This plays a big factor in the book, even though from just reading the book it may not seem like it. If you spend a little more time thinking about Jessica’s rape you’ll see that Hannah didn’t do anything to get Jessica some help.   “I would have opened those doors ad stopped it. But I didn’t.” (page 227) Hannah didn’t tell anyone about Jessica’s rape, which plays a role in why Hannah committed suicide. 
Another relation to the real world is Hannah herself. Hannah like most teenage girls feel misplaced, misunderstood and like know one is listening to them. Hannah goes to the guidance counselor seeking help. But what did the counselor do after Hannah told him that she was “talking about... [her] life.” (page 279) and how she said she had to move on. Mr.Porter, the guidance counselor did nothing! He allowed her to leave and he didn’t go after her to get her help. 
Overall 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher has many real world connections. It explains how these issues can effect people.