In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why, Clay Jensen is secretive, scared, and caring. First, Clay is secretive. When Clay receives the tapes about Hannah's suicide, his mom walks in on him and asks what he is listening to. He lies and says that he is just listening to the tapes for a school project. Second, Clay is scared. Clay felt sick to his stomach while listening to the tapes finding out that Hannah had sent them to him. Clay becomes worried about what he did to make Hannah want to send the tapes to him. Finally, Clay is caring. In certain parts of the chapter, Clay mentioned that he wanted to get to know Hannah more before she died. During the one of the tapes when Clay's name was mentioned, Hannah went into detail about how she wanted to
