It's Kind Of A Funny Story Analysis

The author also effectively supports his thesis through pathos. To evoke strong emotion in his readers, Jones appeals to the audience’s feeling of vulnerability in their youth. Recognizing that during adolescence most people feel powerless, he tells engaging stories of his own and his son’s rise to power through comic books to give the audience something to connect to. As these stories are told, readers reminisce about those days, and feel joy in knowing that there was a happy ending. The feelings created make the audience look positively at the essay and relate to it.

In George Saunders essay “thank you, Esther Forbes”, he describes how an author who he read during his youthful age helped him to understand why and how sentences can be important. The essay is written on a more personal note about a nun named Sister Lynette who helped Saunders to develop his perception of sentences. In third grade at St. Darmian School, Saunders was given the novel “Johnny Tremain” by Esther Forbes and that was a turning point for him. This was because the book provided him with a different understanding of the joys of reading as well as writing. On the other, “escape from spider head” helps in providing an analysis of the strengths of a man being put to test. The limits presented in the story are classified as physical, emotional as well as moral. The theme of the story is searching for humanity which makes the readers ask themselves, what makes us human? According to “escape from spider head” humans are considered to be innately empathetic in nature and they are considered to be people who are against the infliction of pain as well as discomfort which is caused on another innocent human being. The aim of the essay is to elaborate more on the connection existing between “Thank you, Esther Forbes” and “Escape from Spiderhead” in terms of the details presented in the two stories.

As I continued reading, the story peaked my interest with Aron being trapped with little food and water. The book became hard to put down, but gruesome at the same time, because of Aron’s descriptive writing about him cutting off his own arm with a pocket knife; which made me curl up and wince the whole time. Even though I wasn’t excited about reading a nonfiction book, I began to enjoy reading the book. When finished with the publication, the main message I got from Aron’s book is to follow what means most to an individual. The book improved my mindset of making the best of any circumstance, and to enjoy life to the

“Somewhere, a Long, Happy Life Probably Awaits You” (Jill Sexsmith) and “Batman and Robin Have an Altercation” (Stephen King) both share a common trait between each of the two stories that revolve around a mentally ill family member. The two stories each follow in accordance with Tzvetan Todorov’s Theory of Narrative. They each begin with an equilibrium and after a disruption, they fall into an offset of the balance of the story. The characters then recognize the problem and take action to restore the initial balance that had previously existed. In “Somewhere,”, theory of narrative is portrayed through a man and his mentally ill wife. The author uses two stories, one about the man’s wife and another about the tree on their front lawn that coincide to develop a path that follows the Todorov’s theory. Batman follows the story of a man and his father who has Alzheimer’s disease. This short story follows a day with the man’s father to convey Todorov’s theory.

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are,” (Cooley). Throughout our lives, reading has impacted us in many ways. Often times books give people different perspectives on their lives. People with high stress levels often find comfort in reading books to take their mind off of their concerns. Sometimes, people just need to take a step back from their lives and relax for a while; therefore, reading is a great tool. In fact, all kinds of books have also helped me become a better writer. There are many different books that have impacted me over the years.

The world is a massive place full of endless literature, beginning from ancient scrolls to daily news articles, filled with many secrets, perspectives and surroundings that help connect literature to an individual’s daily life. Some writers use the skills of literary elements to express and discuss an event that has happened to them or what has happened to others. This helps others to comprehend the perspectives of the author’s understanding toward an incident that one might experience. For instance in Flannery O’Connor’s short story, she uses many literary elements to express her views over most of her stories. O’Connor expresses her views in her short story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by using the literary elements of point of view, irony, and setting.

In “Townie: A Memoir” by Andre Dubus III, the unfortunate trials and tribulations of a violent and poverty-stricken childhood is described. With the strain of divorced parents and frequent moves, Dubus vividly describes his experiences of exposure to various environments of drugs, bullies, and sex. Like his father, Dubus embraces a passion for creative writing as a form of therapy. The gravity of Dubus’s childhood was vital to his growth because of its often fight-afflicted and fatherless times.

To have hope is to be able to see the light amid the darkness. This is a notion shown in Ned Vizzini’s “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”. The protagonist is a teenage boy named Craig, who struggles with depression. One night, Craig checks himself into a hospital because of his suicidal thoughts. He then gets placed in the adult psychiatric ward called Six North. The novel “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” demonstrates that it is crucial to remain positive during hard times as there will be better days, with the usage of conflicts and characters. This is important because everyone undergoes hardships at some point in their life and must be able to prevail.

Over 350 million people suffer from depression worldwide. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, written by Ned Vizzini, is a realistic fiction novel about a high schooler named Craig Gilner who struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts. This story was a great read and for multiple reasons. Vizzini does a great job of making Craig, the protagonist, a very interesting character, and the novel itself is very relatable to anyone who is/was a student. Craig has many intriguing qualities that are hard to ignore.

Life is a roller-coaster. It has its up and its downs, its twists and its turns, and can go from exciting to overwhelming very quickly. Though this metaphor is cliché, it truly encapsulates the many different periods that individuals go through during the course of their life. For many, life has a lot of “ups”, periods of happiness and success that ultimately satiate the human desire for fulfilment. However, there are plenty of “downs” too, such as struggling to find a job, losing a loved one, or even battling with depression. These events are often repressed and obscured from the view, because many would rather struggle with their problems on their own than inconvenience others or show weakness. But even some of the happiest, successful people struggle with their own demons. The contrast of expression versus feeling is explored in Aaron Posner’s Stupid F—king Bird. Director Maureen Ryan masterfully captured this essence in her own production of the show, which I saw on March 5, 2016 at the Drake Performance Center. The story centers upon a young playwright, Con, and his hodgepodge of friends and family that each struggle with their own personal

In the book It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Craig Gilner is in the process of “re-building his fallen Lego tower (☺).” While trying to overcome insecurities and worries about school and his friends/classmates/teachers, Craig is feeling the necessity to just focus on making progress in the hospital at the moment, and to worry about the “tentacles” later once he is out. He finds a ray of hope and positivity in his adroit map-making skills again. He draws them without second-guessing anything, free and graceful, with an open heart and clear mind. This book has the ability to capture the reader’s attention through unique dialogue, plot line, and allows the reader to also make connections through components such as identity, love and truth.

The topic of discussion for this essay is a story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman called "The Yellow wallpaper. Firstly, several pieces of evidence within the text prove that the genre of the story is irony, in accordance with Frye 's "theory of myths". This essay shows exactly how those instances exemplify the genre of irony. Additionally, from a deconstructive point of view, there is a central binary of constraint and freedom. The examples from the text show both evidence of constraints within the story as well as freedom. Thus, proving this to be the central binary of this piece of literature. Finally, these two aspects can be used to show the similarities between this text and the short story "How to Become a Writer" by Lorie Moore.

Over time humans have developed different methods for coping with hardships. Humor was developed as a way to cope with stressful situations or sadness. Art provided a way for people to escape the harsh reality they lived in to one of their own creation. The Escapism Movement in America following the Great Depression shows how people will take to various forms of art to distract themselves from the harsh reality of their situation. In Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, the characters find outlets from their war-torn country through the use of comedy and several artistic mediums. From Deshi and Maali’s use of humor to cope with the duress of the hospital to Khassan’s lifelong work on his novel, the character’s in this novel

In 2009, America was pulling out of the second “Great” depression. The market crashed and the money burned. In the midst of all the havoc, the world found peace in creativity and music, and the arts flourished. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of best selling book Eat, Pray, Love gave her speech, “Your Elusive Creative Genius”, at the annual 2009 TED conference in Long Beach, California, to encourage reflection upon the times. Gilbert is known for her humor in her written memoirs, novels, and speeches. In Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2009 TED speech, “Your Elusive Creative Genius”, she uses rhetorical devices including: tone, metaphors, and allusion to take a humorous approach to bring light to the darkness of writing and encourage writers to never give up on their own writing.

Short stories can share themes, motifs, symbols, consequences, and plot lines, even if there is never any intention to share a common element between the stories. The stories can be written close together or in different decades and still be linked to the one another. They can also be worlds apart with different meanings in the end, but that does not stop them from having similar ideas expressed within them. The following three stories, “Lagoon” by Joseph Conrad, “The Rocking Horse Winner” by DH Lawrence, and “The Lady in the Looking Glass” by Virginia Woolf, are three totally different stories that share common threads that make them the stories that they are.