It's Kind of a Funny Story

may think it is an option. This paper will explore how the media portrays youth suicide in various means including television, music, and books. A recent Netflix series caught the attention of millions of people. Thirteen Reasons Why is a fictional story of a young woman who chose to end her life. Before ending her life, she made a tape for every “reason”. Every reason is

Tales” and through this piece of work he did entertains us. We consider this as a masterpiece that provides the best contemporary. He wrote a collection of stories to make a political point. He died before he was done righting all of his poems and short stories. Also Chaucer is known as the father of the English language not because he made it up it’s because he was the first person to spell it. It was the language of the lower class people who talked this language. In one of the poems he wrote called

with comparing the films. I have some of the criteria to compare the films, which is story essential, dialogue, photography, acting, music, originality. I want to choose which one is better or perhaps which one is more successful. The films that I want to describe are “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”. This genre film is basically same each other, which makes the difference is story film. The films have an awesome action scene. The films were astonishing to watch

Kahu Ha’o heard beautiful music and malie coming down from Heaven. It was a beautiful blessing. Beautiful adorning flower a blessing from Heaven, Kawehiokapuananimaikalani. My Hawaiian name was given in a dream. November 15, 2002 I was born. My grandmothers called a Kahu Ha’o and ask if she could name me. She said, “ok”, she prayed to God and had a wonderful dream. In her dream she heard beautiful music and malie coming down from Heaven. She said it was just so beautiful. My mom really really liked

As Brian and John B. Mclemore walk through the maze John had built himself, John exclaims “It’s kind of funny being lost in something you designed yourself.” This ironic statement perfectly describes the life of John in this piece of southern gothic literature. The story of John’s eccentric life is told spectacularly told by Brian Reed in Stown. Stown’s southern setting and values makes it a piece of southern gothic literature, but Stown goes further and relates to today making it more contemporary

It’s funny how you can see how people really act when people in the town get into situations. This story begins in mid 1950’s. The genre this novel is social drama mostly. Scout narrates the story in her POV. Atticus is a successful lawyer, he has 2 kids. One of the kids is a boy who’s name is Jem and is 12 years old. The girl's name is Scout and she is 9 years old. They live in a small town called Maycomb. The town is so small that everybody knows everybody. Jem goes to school and eventually scout

The movie Smoke Signal is a story that portrays what a Native American really means. It is a movie based on story written by Sherman Alexie. Thomas is the narrator of the story. It’s just not a simple movie but it has meaning to it, which is the best thing about the movie. It shows the life of Indians and how their life was and what they had to deal with. The movie has two main characters name Victor and Thomas. The movie starts with a house that goes on fire and the man (Arnold Joseph) Victor’s

by R J, Palacio tells the story of a ten-year old boy, August. August Pullman is a young boy with extreme facial abnormalities. August says, “Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.” In that quote, August is referring to his face; all his life he has recivred stares and horrified looks. Due to his 27 surgeries, he has been homeschooled. It is now time for him to start the fifth grade, but on top of that, he is also about to start attending a public school. The story is told from multiple point

I have watched all of THE PAWNSHOP, THE KID, and COPS. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton have done hundreds of silent films, each specializing in their own kind of comedy. Both actors were profound comedians, Chaplin, sophisticated and dignified, and Keaton, sturdy and compact. They each had an appealing style of film and comedy, but I don’t have a preference between Keaton and Chaplin as both a filmmakers and comedians. People found Chaplin to be an amazing performer, while most of his characters

well, being one of the main causes of death in the world. The Canadian Mental Health Association states that every 40 seconds, someone around the world is committing suicide. In Michael Thomas Ford’s novel, Suicide Notes, and Ned Vizzini’s, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, mental health is one of the major themes of the novels and they both showcase the negatives of suicide and how one can cope with their depression. Both