Suicide In All The Bright Places By Jennifer Niven

The concepts of love and suicide functions as the central themes in Niven All the bright places. All The Bright Places is a book about love, family problems and suicide written by Jennifer Niven. Theodore Finch one of the main characters is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. Finch is trying to cope with mental illness, an estranged and abusive father, and a mother who most of the time ignores him. It all causes him to feel unwanted and unsure of his own

Shayla Smith Professor Jegede ENC1101 Freshman English I February 5, 2017 All the Bright Places What if you woke up every day with the same question in mind? “Is today a good day to die?” (Niven 3). In Jennifer Niven’s riveting novel, All the Bright Places, she tells the story of two suicidal teenagers from opposite social circles. Theodore Finch is an awkward boy that has never fit in and Niven slowly makes readers understand his internal battles more as his character develops. Violet Markey coming

are very common in nowadays teen fiction. With all this once hushed topic now in the open it is very interesting to see how authors interpret mental illnesses and how they would portray their characters. This is my main reason for choosing this topic to explore. I chose texts that displayed different mental illnesses in teenagers and how each individual gets better. I chose All The Bright Places and Holding Up The Universe written by Jennifer Niven, Perks Of Being a Wallflower written and directed

“All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven is a book that covers a lot of ground. By creating a realistic, relatable situation, the author intends to increase knowledge, understanding, and end the stigma of mental illnesses. The main message, being mental illness, is ultimately hopeful. Yet as you find throughout the book, the path to finding hope is actually quite heartbreaking. This book correlates a lot with how I personally view the world. The main topic, mental illnesses among teenagers, is a

With the alarming peak of suicides among teenagers, would a novel about romanticizing suicide be the right choice to send young adults the right message? Jennifer Niven in All the Bright places, introduces to her audience a story about a girl who learns to live, from a boy who wants to die. Niven shows us with the characters, violet and Finch, how a mental health issue does not wear a visual mask. Her text alerts families of young adults about the signs of depression and other mental health issues

If the term bright had a color, it would be yellow: uplifting, peaceful, and associated with happiness. The term does not have a negative connotation, so why did Jennifer Niven title her book All The Bright Places when there is no sense of brightness throughout the novel? The novel is a tragic love story that only ends in grief and a heartbroken girl loathing her once loved boyfriend. In fact, the story is the complete opposite of the word bright; it is saddening and heart wrenching when the main

Life Changing Literature The novel All the Bright Places, written by Jennifer Niven, positively impacted my life. I read the book the summer before my junior year and it taught me to not wish away my time at home. I related to the book in many ways and it was like the author was writing specifically for me. The novel is set in small town Indiana and the main characters hate their lives. This novel changed my outlook on the small Indiana town that I live in. In the novel, the main character wishes

Theodore Finch - Theodore Finch is a high schooler who was known as an outcast, rebel, and a freak. Deep down, he is scared about life and only wants to die, he suffers from a mental illness called BiPolar Syndrome, which gives him time of living life to the fullest, and wanting to only end life. His parents don’t care, with his mom being blind to everything and his dad being abusive, he has a tough life at home and at school. Luckily, one day he decided to finally end it, where he meets Violet Markey

All the Bright Places, author Jennifer Niven's first venture into young adult literature, follows Theodore Finch, a teenage outcast who battles an undiagnosed bipolar disorder, and Violet Markey, a young girl who has begun questioning her place in the world after the death of her older sister. Finch and Violet meet atop a tower on their high school's campus early in the novel as they contemplate killing themselves; Finch, who finds himself on the brink of suicide with some frequency, recognizes Violet's

‘All The Bright Places’ by Jennifer Niven 1. Making Personal Connections. ‘All The Bright Places’ is a story about love and depression, where a boy, Finch, helps Violet find the will to live, while he has trouble keeping his head above water. My family has gone through the stress, anger and sadness of depression, too: my cousin, Mitch, committed suicide by hanging himself. Although it has been two years, the pain has still not completely gone away. Violet Markey has lost her older sister (and