Thirteen Reasons Why
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The Next Day After Mailing the Tapes
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Theme 1: With every action comes a consequence
 
In the novel, many people make bad decisions or wrong actions that casue them to have a consequence. Although, at the time most of them do not realize that they will have a consequence for what they did wrong. In the end, their conqequence are the tapes, because everyone on the tapes will find out secrets and stories about other people that they thought would be hidden forever.

Theme 2: Be careful with what you do

In the novel, most of the characters do not think about their actions before they do them. They should have thought out many of the decision because it affects them in the long un, but instead they were not careful and it resulted in many problems.

Theme 3: An action may not effect you or someone else at the moment, but it will affect your life as a whole

In the novel, many decision are made that are harsh and not nice. People make these decisions not realizing that in the end it can effect someone life to such seriousness that they kill themselves. 

  

By: Hallie Berger, Adam Gorman, Becca Millman, Ari Terebelo