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herself and send the tapes to them. This novel revolves
around conflicts between those people and Hannah.
Rising Action:
Clay Jensen receives a shoebox in front of his door and finds
seven cassette tapes recorded by Hannah, who has recently
committed suicide. As Clay listens to Hannah narrating
about her pain and sadness, the conflicts start to arise.
Climax:
Hannah and Clay get a chance to talk to each other at the
party. They kiss each other, but Hannah thinks about her
past memories with boys and pushes Clay away. Clay regrets
about that night because he had a chance to be a person who
Hannah can rely on and Hannah becomes devastated.
Eventually, this leads her to her suicide.
Falling Action:
Hannah gives herself one last chance and talks to Mr. Porter
about committing a suicide. She wants to hear a solution in
her life, but Mr. Porter tells her to move on. Hannah finds
this pointless and decides to commit suicide by taking pills.
Foreshadowing:
At the end of the novel, Clay calls Skye’s name because
she reminds him of Hannah. Last time he was with Hannah,
he lost his chance with Hannah and let her commit suicide.
This makes the readers to foreshadow future relationship
with Clay and Skye. Clay is likely to make up to Skye the
things he has not been able to do to Hannah.