Hannah and the rumors

During Jessica’s tape, Hannah says, “. . . you would rather believe some made–up rumor than what you knew to be true . . . It was easier to accept. Easier to understand. For [you], the rumors needed to be true.” What does Hannah mean by this? How can the truth sometimes be more difficult to confront than a lie? Discuss the author’s use of the word “need” in the above quotation. How does this particular word choice impact the meaning of Hannah’s sentence? Rumors need to be true in order to spread it there has to be truth behind it. The truth is sometimes harder to confront then a lie because sometimes the truth is just too hard to tell you don’t want to hurt them because sometimes you can’t handle it. So you make up a lie so they aren’t getting hurt. When you lie its bad because now they believe in something different other than the truth. Hannah got hurt because rumors just can really hurt somebody especially if they get around it’s just hurting them more and more. and it just gets out of control where they can’t do anything. It impacts because the truth always is hard to accept but when you lie its easier because it is easier to accept because you know the truth.