Ryan Shaver is the eighth name on Hannah’s list. He edits the Lost-N-Found Gazette at high school, a publication that distributes notes he finds around school. In it, he prints a poem he stole from Hannah after earning her trust, effectively allowing people all over the school—even teachers—to analyze Hannah’s words without giving her credit. In doing so, Ryan becomes one of the many people who rob Hannah of her agency and self-expression, making her feel as though she can’t even own her own thoughts.
Ryan Shaver Quotes in Thirteen Reasons Why
The Thirteen Reasons Why quotes below are all either spoken by Ryan Shaver or refer to Ryan Shaver. 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 5: Side A
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How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?
Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful. Much, much more painful than the others.
Related Characters:
Hannah Baker (speaker), Clay Jensen, Marcus Cooley, Ryan Shaver, Justin Foley
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Ryan Shaver Character Timeline in Thirteen Reasons Why
The timeline below shows where the character Ryan Shaver appears in Thirteen Reasons Why. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Cassette 4: Side B
...about death and destruction. She only goes to three meetings, but through them, she meets Ryan Shaver. Ryan edits the Lost-N-Found Gazette at school, a publication that reprints odd notes, photographs,...
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As soon as Hannah mentions Ryan on the tape, Clay works out that the poem everyone read in the Gazette and...
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On the tape, Hannah asks Ryan if he really did just “find” everything he reprinted—or if he stole some of it....
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Hannah resumes her story. After a poetry meeting, she and Ryan read their poems to each other—only happy poems—and explain them to each other. The week...
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Hannah’s story continues. On another level, Ryan thinks Hannah’s poem is really a letter to herself about how she is the one...
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On the tape, Hannah’s story continues. After Ryan publishes Hannah’s poem, some people ask Hannah whether she wrote the poem, but she refuses...
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Cassette 5: Side A
...asks Clay which tape he was listening to in Rosie’s; Clay tells him it was Ryan’s part of the story. Clay asks Tony why Hannah gave him the second set of...
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