She has officially become her own worst enemy. Having sex with the worst person she knows just a week after she turns away the guy she really cares about is murder on Hannah's fragile self-esteem. Now imagine how this guilt is magnified when Hannah has sex with the rapist-consensual or not. Hannah's guilt over her failure to stop the alleged rape is, we think, a big factor in her ultimate decision to take her own life. Bryce, as Clay figures out, is the mystery man who Hannah claims raped the unconscious Jessica. This brings us to one of the most troubling issues in the novel. Bryce is at fault here, of course, but Hannah isn't stable enough to place that blame where it belongs. All we can say is that it sure is some self-destructive behavior. Hannah's motivations here are anything but clear, to her or to most readers. On the Path to Self-DestructionĪfter the hot-tub incident, she tells him, " I was just using you, so I could let go of me completely" (14.153). Even though she tells us point-blank that she didn't say no or physically try to stop him, she didn't say yes and that means she never gave her consent to Bryce. We should be clear here that while the way Hannah describes this situation is a little confusing, it most definitely qualifies as rape. (14.134) She tells him, " I was just using you, so I could let go of me completely" (14.153). All I did was turn my head, clench my teeth, and fight back tears. Bryce Walker (22) Middle Blocker - 2020-21, 2021-22 MIVA Academic All-Conference 2023 First Team All-MIVA 2022 Second Team All-MIVA College. She says, " For everyone listening, let me be clear. This is a really confusing part of the story. In the hot tub, Bryce has sex with Hannah without her consent. In Bryce's tape, Hannah describes how she joined him in Courtney Crimson's hot tub after a party that Hannah didn't even go to. He's the eleventh person on Hannah's list, but he shows up a lot throughout the tapes (almost always being a bully – or worse – toward girls). Jay Asher does a phenomenal job of making this dude seem like total pond scum. 1 Prentice is also known for his role as Cash Gallagher in the ABC sitcom Malibu Country. He is best known for playing Bryce Walker, the main antagonist in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Words can't even describe how awful, despicable, and lowly this guy is. Justin Wright Prentice (born March 25, 1994) is an American actor.
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