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Tyler is the fourth name on Hannah’s list. With Courtney’s help, Hannah catches Tyler taking photos of her through the cracks in her bedroom blinds. His invasion of Hannah’s privacy means she starts to keep her blinds completely closed, where before she left them slightly open so she could fall asleep looking at the stars. Tyler therefore prompts Hannah’s loss of hope and freedom. Many others on Hannah’s list single Tyler out and throw rocks at his window, judging his creepiness to be worse than their more casual misogyny and neglect, and putting the blame on him for Hannah’s death rather than seriously considering what she tried to tell them. In this way, Tyler’s character reinforces the idea that some acts of sexism and bullying are easier to excuse because they seem like a normal part of life, even though they might be just as harmful as Tyler’s “Peeping Tom” behavior.
Tyler Down Quotes in Thirteen Reasons Why
The Thirteen Reasons Why quotes below are all either spoken by Tyler Down or refer to Tyler Down. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Cassette 2: Side B
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After your visits, I twisted my blinds shut every night. I locked out the stars and I never saw lightning again. Each night, I simply turned out the lights and went to bed.
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Cassette 3: Side A
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“And you?” I ask. “What did you do?”
For a moment, his eyes stare through me. Then he blinks.
“Nothing. It’s ridiculous,” he says. “I don’t belong on those tapes. Hannah just wanted an excuse to kill herself.”
I let the rock drop onto the sidewalk. It was either that or smash it in his face right there.
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Tyler Down Quotes in Thirteen Reasons Why
The Thirteen Reasons Why quotes below are all either spoken by Tyler Down or refer to Tyler Down. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Cassette 2: Side B
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After your visits, I twisted my blinds shut every night. I locked out the stars and I never saw lightning again. Each night, I simply turned out the lights and went to bed.
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Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Cassette 3: Side A
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“And you?” I ask. “What did you do?”
For a moment, his eyes stare through me. Then he blinks.
“Nothing. It’s ridiculous,” he says. “I don’t belong on those tapes. Hannah just wanted an excuse to kill herself.”
I let the rock drop onto the sidewalk. It was either that or smash it in his face right there.
