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Chapter 5
In Cassette 5, Clay is the main character. Hannah becomes interested in Clay because of
his positive reputation and kind personality. However, at this point, she is unable to
trust anyone. They meet at Courtney Crimsen’s party and start to have conversation. She
finally finds out someone who she can rely on and kisses him. Before they moved on to
next step, Hannah thinks about Justin and how her first kiss was a disaster. She stops
and tells Clay to get out of the room. Clay is in the tape because Hannah regrets the fact
that she has been unable to know Clay better as she wanted to. Clay also feels regret
because he could have been the one to save Hannah from the rumors and really get to
understand her. In the next part, Justin Foley and Jessica Davis come into the room
where Hannah is in. Hannah hides in the closet and Bryce Davis comes into the room as
well. Justin lets Bryce to rape Jessica and leaves the room. Hannah feels terribly guilty
because she has not been able to help Jessica.
Cassette 6
Hannah continues the story about that night by mentioning Jenny Kurtz’s name. She is
the one who put Marcus and Hannah together for Valentine’s Day. Jenny offers Hannah
a ride home and on the way, Jenny hits a stop sign. Even though Hannah tells Jenny to
report to the police, Jenny refuses to do so. Hannah continues asking Jenny to partk the
car, then Jenny kicks her out of the car. Without the stop sign, a senior citizen is run
over and a senior student in Hannah’s school dies. His death makes Hannah to think
about her own death more and more. She wonders who would come to the funeral and