Text Review: 13 Reasons Why(Season 3)

*Content warning* suicide and death

The show 13 Reasons Why is about a girl named Hannah Baker who had committed suicide and her reasoning behind it. The show moves through every detail that she had given in the tapes she left behind. In season three there is a new character introduced who is throw into the middle of what is happening at Liberty High School. Ani, the new character, brings a new identity into the mix since she is from Britain and a transfer student. She is accepted at Liberty High School yet is judged with who she hangs out with. This is because the school has been divided every since Hannah Baker’s death and the truth that came from her tapes. There are many different characters within the show, many of them believing to hold power over others. Throughout the whole show many of the characters struggle at finding who they truly are. This idea can allow may of the viewers to sympathize with the characters since the general audience of 13 Reasons Why is teenagers. Another idea that is depicted in the show is power. The high school was shown to be run by the jocks who also had power against Hannah. The jocks held many secrets against the whole school, including the administration, which gave them power. This power was used in the wrong ways against many of the students including Hannah Baker. The power that was held against Hannah Baker continued on even after court trials in season 2 since the person did not get the right punishment. Power is depicted in 13 Reasons Why by the secrets held by the students. The secrets they all hold carry power to ruin each others futures. The main reason why so many characters have these secrets is because there mostly likely is a secret about them that could ruin their future. So, for their own good and own future, they hold other peoples secrets and expects others to keep theirs. I believe that the creators of 13 Reasons Why wants viewers to understand that rumors and secrets can hurt others more than someone may think. The creators also wanted to start a conversation about how having power can ruin your future if you use it against other people. I think the 3rd season of 13 Reasons Why inspires a conversation around identity, power, and injustice because these ideas are shown many times throughout the show. Each episode has many points that contribute to all of these ideas that can spark a conversation. Overall I think there are many different parts of the show that can inspire a conversation about identity, power, or injustice to occur.

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