Authors purpose; suicide.

In December 2001, Barry Parr was working as a window cleaner in a tiny UK village. One afternoon, just as he was finishing a job, he heard a yell and looked up to see a 14-year-old girl preparing to hang herself from a nearby tree. Already showing signs of his incipient heroism, Parr grabbed his ladder and raced across the road to try and talk her down. And that’s when things got real.

The moment Parr started to climb his ladder, the girl jumped. Luckily, Parr managed to catch her in his arms, holding her far enough off the ground tosave her life. Less luckily, he found himself now stuck up a ladder, holding a violent teenage girl desperate to squirm out of his grasp and finish the job. Bear in mind this was the middle of a very cold winter, and the two were all alone in the village. How long do you think Parr managed to hold her up for? Ten minutes? Twenty?

It was a whole hour. For an entire hour, Parr balanced on his ladder, holding a hysterical, suicidal girl aloft in the searing cold. Eventually someone realized this wasn’t performance art and called the cops—but not before Parr had proven how far the world was ready to go to keep this one lonely girl alive.

this is a story I just read. its crazy how a single person can help someone. I believe the authors purpose was to let us know that someone can help with a single action and save someones life. The author is probably telling us this to let us know there are people who care, little does everyone know. Not everyone is cruel.  

Quotes; Make connections

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.” 

is my favorite quote from William W. Purkey . It makes me think of myself, because even through all the stuff i go through I fight it and stay strong..
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Favorite Quotes; Love Quotes

My favorite quote about love is

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” 

 By Marilyn Monroe. I really liked this quote because it shows how she only needed herself and she had self confidence. That she didn't need nobody to tell her shes perfect. 
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Love Stories; Favorite Qoute;

A man bought 12 flowers. 11 real and 1 fake. He said, "I will love you until the last flower dies." (http://www.romanticlovemessages.com/cat/stories1.htm) This is my favorite qoute because the true meaning of this is that he will love this girl forever. This shows he cares and he'll always love her through EVERYTHING.

Abuse; Story One; Story Disscussion

“Tracking me down when I was at work; telling me I was a bad wife and mother for having a career; following me to the supermarket or doctor’s office,” she explained.What started as a barrage of insults soon intensified into pressure to quit her job and move away from her family.Finally, one day Kathleen’s husband attacked her brutally, leaving her with a severe concussion. “The next thing I knew, I woke up at the hospital, actually asking for my husband because I did not remember a thing,” she said. ( http://www.womenagainstabuse.org/index.php/hear-our-stories/survivor-stories/kathleens-story ) In this story, I have not much to say. Kahtleen seems to be a strong young lady. She had a career and everything to keep her family happy and her horrible husband THE FATHER OF HER KIDS is beating her telling her shes a bad mother? for supporting her family. Its bad when you put her in the hospital. The pain and suffering she went through and she got up stronger than before. Today, Kathleen looks back, recognizing the tremendous strides she has made as a survivor of domestic violence. Despite the pain she still suffers from her physical injuries and the ongoing struggle to feel safe after intimate partner abuse, Kathleen has become a passionate advocate in the movement to end domestic violence. I got MAD RESPECT for her.

Abortion; Story 1; Discuss Qoute

“I had an abortion two years ago which would make me 20 years old. i had an extremely violent boyfriend who wouldnt let me leave the house well after a certain amount of time. i started getting really sick throwing up all the time couldnt eat but i still had what i thought was a period so i didnt look into it until my friend suggested i take a test and sure enough i was pregnant and i knew right away what i wanted to do. i could never of had that baby. i hated him so much so i had the abortion at 10 weeks 4 days pregnant. i believe i did the right thing but i hid it from everyone. no one knows but that one friend my mom would hate me shes against abortion but it feels good to get it all out.” (http://myabortionmylife.org/pages/sharing-our-stories.php#Iwas16)This story made me think. This girl is worried about her mom hating her but yet fails to think that MAYBE JUST MAYBE if she would have kept that baby her life would have changeed completly, her abusive boyfriend? She could have took the baby and left, because at the end of the day your baby should be ahead of anyone and everyone.

Thirteen reasons why; Authors purpose

i believe the authors purose of clay talking to him his mom is to show that he is nervous that he dont want nobody to know or that he dont want his mom to freak out.