Questioning And Critical Thinking

13 Reasons Why ; Questioning and Critical Thinking

Questioning and Critical Thinking- Post a list of discussion questions to generate discussion about your assigned section. Questions must allow for in-depth discussion about the novel. Strong questions will focus on aspects such as : author's motives' opinions about characters, conflicts and plot; analysis of a particular event or quotation; hypothesizing; about character motivation, etc.
Discussion Questions based on Novel: 
1. Was there any significance to choosing thirteen reasons, other than it being an unlucky number?
2. How did you go about writing two simulataneous narratives?
3. When you started Hannah's story, did you know who the main character was going to be?
4. How did you decide on Hannah's thirteen reasons?
5. Are there any scenes in the book that do resemble real experiences?
6. Other than her decision to commit suicide, what did you learn about Hannah?
7. If she was someone you knew in real life, would you think she had it in her to take her own life?
8. What do you think the author hoped to accomplish by Hannah creating the tapes?
9. What about the setting? Was anything inspired by actual places around your town?
10. Do you feel you were trying to put across a certain message with this book?
11. Why do you think author, Jay Asher, wrote the novel in the perspectives of two co-narrators; Hannah and Clay?
12. What should someone do if they're worried that a friend might be suicidal?
13. What should someone do it they see themselves in the character of Hannah? 
14. In your opinion, what did the tape recordings Hannah created represent/portray?
15. Why cassette tapes? 
                               By: Nillani Nithi 09E