It’s Kind Of A Funny Story “It’s Kind Of A Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini, is a story about this boy named Craig and he has a best friend Aaron, who goes out with his dream girl Nia. They all got into the same special high school where overachieving students attend because they are very intelligent. Instead of Craig enjoying his acceptance into the new high school he just gets more depressed because he wants to be better than the average student but can not seem to get himself to do the work he is assigned anymore. He ends up getting fed up with not feeling alive and he plans to kill himself but does not necessarily go through with it. He checks himself into Aregon Hospital one night when it got really bad, he ended up going to a mental institute and meeting friends that eventually show him his problems are not that bad. Noel was a girl he met there and he fell in love with her. Craig got out of the hospital and lived a happy life with friends, family and Noel. Craig is a depressed teenager who takes medication to help him get better and it does end up working very well. It is hard for him to keep food down when he does have an appetite and his family is very supporting of him. Aaron is a bad influence on Craig because when he met him he started doing drugs and drinking at Aaron’s house parties. Craig gets very jealous of Aaron because he is so …show more content…
For example, depression stopped him from being able to eat, talk to people normally and do his homework. It made me realize that just because someone seems fine does not mean they are and you should always be nice to people no matter what. This is important because you just never know what other people have going on in their life. It definitely made me look at things differently now and is probably one of the better books that describes teenager
After reading this book I think the difference it makes in life is too continuing go for greatness. No matter how bad it may seem right now in life Wes Moore proved that you can still become something great in life. A quote I took from this book was “Failing doesn't make us a failure. But not trying to do better, to be better, does make us fools.” (Moore) I know people who have given up on a lot of things in life because of bumps in the road. I would say this book changes how I look at the lives of others, but in two different ways. One way would be that be can change their life arounds even if they grew up that way. The second would be that sometimes you need to break off from people that might not help you grow in
...ions that I thought I would do if I were put in his position. I could not relate relate to everything like his mother leaving, drug problems, pregnant girlfriends, and living in some much poverty. Despite all that I feel like I understood why he did the things he did and the choices he made. It was a great way to learn of how someone else grew up and struggled through life to accomplish something most people take for granted everyday.
On one instance they met a farmer and his wife, and while the wife invited them to dinner, the husband was reluctant at first do to money being tight because there were no jobs. Josh then says, “Maybe we shouldn’t, Joey and I don’t want to take food you need.” The farmer immediately replies no and invites them to his house for dinner. Josh and Joey almost starved on many occasions and sometimes the only way to stay alive was to eat food out of the garbage cans. Josh never told Joey this is where some of the food came from because it pained him to think about it, and Josh always made Joey stay behind on these occasions, so he would not see him picking garbage cans in desperation. Sadly, what was humiliating was having to go door to door and have people watch as one begs for food in order to stay alive another day. Josh noticed that after only a few weeks how all he thought about was food, and this is another similarity between Josh and his father. All Josh’s father thought about was putting food on the table, and Josh never realized how it could consume one till he had to experience it himself. To wrap up, one can see how begging for food is demeaning and how it can leave one with emotional scars, but it also makes one thankful for the simple necessities in
...inning to show more interest in music and dating. They also began to start deviating from what parents wanted and rebelling against them. The changes in school also left adolescents wondering what had happened to the easy schooling they had had. The end result was a new time and a new kind of people. The teenager was a new beginning.
His grades are increasing because of the extra credit work. Tyler is happy that his grades are increasing. Tyler can join the Beta club and the National Honor Society club. Tyler has always wanted to be a part of something at school. Tyler is grateful for his teachers and friends. Tyler starts on his first project for the National Honor Society club. Tyler’s friends are also in the National Honor Society club. They love the club. It has been very beneficial to their studies and social life at school. Tyler and his friends work on their projects together. After the group finishes their projects, they decide to go to the movies to celebrate. They see the new Harry Potter movie. Tyler is thrilled to celebrate with his friends at the movies. While they are at the movies, Tyler’s parents barge into the theater and join them. Tyler and his friends enjoyed the movie and the snacks. Tyler’s parents did not enjoy watching the new Harry Potter movie, but they are happy that Tyler and his friends enjoyed the movie. Tyler’s friends and family drive home. While Tyler’s parents are driving home, they get into a car wreck. They are killed instantly. Tyler is devastated to hear such news from the police. Tyler goes to the scene of the accident and he sees his parents are dead. Tyler is scared and doesn’t know what is going to happen next. The police check the scene. The police tell Tyler that he will have to go into Foster Care. Tyler is scared to go into Foster Care, but he knows that it is what’s best for him. Tyler rides in the back of the police car to a new foster home. When Tyler gets to the home. The parents introduce themselves and they talk about the accident. Tyler is worried about his school and his friends. The police tell Tyler that he will have to switch schools and make new friends. Tyler hates this idea of changing schools and making new
He was able to see his race in a whole new way. Though he did not want to learn anything about his background he was convinced to go to the orphanage where it all began. The Nun who picked him up from the stoop the day his mother left him was still there. She said she remembered him even though he was skeptical about it he took in the information. Although he did complain the whole time and act spoiled he was happy at the end of the trip that he took that journey.
Feeling responsible for situations out of my control was difficult. My grades were awful, it was impossible to focus on anything. I could hardly sleep at night with the amounts of stress I was under. Knowing that my father was an alcoholic with bi-polar disorder opened me up to a new world. I was exposed to so much more than the average kid, especially when he would bring me to the Alcoholic Anonyms meetings. I met so many interesting people threw my father. My entire view of the world and its inhabitants has been altered. Growing up was very difficult but the experiences that I had has shaped the person I am today.
At an early age, Cholly learns that his life would be extremely difficult. When he was four years old his parents abandoned him. The two people that were supposed to love him unconditionally and teach him life lessons had turned their back on him and created emotional damage. This marks the beginning of Cholly’s problematic life. Aunt Jimmy created a glimmer of hope for the future when she took on the role of his guardian. Unfortunately for Cholly, she passed away before he even hit his teenage years. Losing one parent could damage someone enough, but he lost three people that were intended to care for him. The feeling of neglect and loneliness has become all too familiar. The emotional affects are shaping Cholly into an introverted person with many internal conflicts. The...
In the short video, “The Story of Stuff”, the narrator, Annie Leonard, explains the story of material “stuff.” Annie examines how materials are produced and consumed by people, and how this process degrades the natural world and also can have health effects on humans. She first explains how natural resources are exploited by corporations. She also spends a minuets explaining how the government has lost power to huge corporations. Additionally, she notes how one-third of the earths resources have been consumed in the last three decades. She explains how degrading these resources is polluting the air, water, and hurting biodiversity. The next part of the linear system she describes is production of materials— factories. She argues that we are
“I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you’re so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare” (Vizzini 11). We all have our own day to day problems that bring on a whirlwind of stress. It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini illustrates various ways people deal with their problems. Craig draws brain maps, Noelle cuts herself, and Humble allows his health to deteriorate. Similarly, Craig allowed his mental health to deteriorate. The character I relate to the most would be Craig Gilner because, we both have depression, have only a few friends, and are hard on ourselves.
Teenagers often feel depressed and sad because they do not have friends or they can not fit in so they start to establish new personality and a new looks so they can fit in. In Flower for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1959) a 32 year old retarded man named Charlie Gordon undergoes a surgery to get smarter so that he can fit in his community and have a lot of friends. Unfortunately, the operation has side effects because nothing good lasts forever and a new Charlie gets reborn with a new personality. By looking at Charlie's personality as he gets smarter, he becomes more arrogant, selfish and he starts losing his friends.
Kate Chopin's story, "The Story of an Hour", focuses on an 1890's young woman, Louise Mallard. She experienced a profound emotional change after she hears her husband's "death" and her life ends with her tragic discovery that he is actually alive. In this story, the author uses various techniques-settings, symbolism and irony- to demonstrate and develop the theme: Freedom is more important than love.
Realizing that the chances of him getting a job had been extinguished, Josh fell into a spiral of regret, anguish, and lament, for he did not know what to do. Consequently, Josh and Joey resort to begging, for it was the only way to survive. Although Josh feels guilty for letting his little brother do all the work, he is grateful for the things that people give had compassion on them. Moreover, Josh knows that Joey could always do a better job of being desirous than he could. Ashamed, he asked a little girl for food, and she gave him food without hesitation, for she hated to see citizens suffer while she ate every night
Because of the parties he attends with his new friends he has tried using some drugs. These new friends help Charlie see things with a positive perspective, and to be confident in himself. When his friends move away, Charlie experience isolation and has a mental crisis that leads him to be internalized in a clinic.
He started to write about his life when he had a lot of problems that he couldn’t fix. One of them was that his mother doesn’t trust him anymore, since his friend thought him how to lie. The first time he lied to his mother, his mother knew Mathew was lying to her. After a month later his mom found out that Mathew wasn’t going to school, she found out he was hanging out with his friends instead of going to school. His mother also found out that his grades in school is low and that his been absent a lot of times. Mathew’s mom was trying to talk to him but at that time he didn’t listen to her, he was just ignoring her, he was being disrespectful to her. One day Mathew decided to leave the house and stayed at his friend’s house. He didn’t tell anyone where he was going. His mom thought he was just going to leave one day since they both had a fight. But one day became one month, his mother was worried about him, she didn’t know what to do, she decides to go get him at his friend’s house. His mom found out that he was drinking and