The inside of the book jacket for Thirteen Reasons Why pictures a replica of the map that Hannah leaves for each of the people named on her tapes. What does being able to visually trace Clay’s route through town add to your reading experience?
The map helps imagine Clay’s route by showing the way he explains his distances and showing on the map how far they are. When Clay says how far a place is from another place you can flip to the map and see how far it actually is. Also when Clay explains how far something is that is not on the map you can know how far or the distance it is from one place to another. The map shows the layout of the “Points of interest” and the map lets you see where they are and the route Clay takes to get to each red star. Adding a map also adds a realistic feature to the story. The map makes you think it is real because we have maps in real life and they have maps that look like the same on in the book. It makes you think that, the story takes place in a real place.
I agree, there is a very "realistic" application the map brings to the novel that makes readers feel like they, too, are one of the reasons why Hannah committed the atrocious act of suicide, and that we are also a real piece of the journey Clay is on. Is the map helping you "visualize" the route Clay is on? Keep up the good work, and I hope you find some ample "me-time" to read!
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