It's Kind of a Funny Story

I chose to read the book It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. I’m at the midpoint of the book and so far I have mixed feelings about the plot. I already have thought about the characters I like and dislike. My favorite character, hands down, is Craig because I can relate to his personality the most. If you know me, you know that I’m a very awkward person and can sometimes get very anxious and stressed about things that are not worth working myself up about. Although I relate to Craig very closely

battling with your own mind everyday. Girl, Interrupted and It’s Kind of a Funny Story are novels that discuss issues regarding mental illness. Susanna and Craig, the two main characters, admit themselves into hospitals due to their mental illnesses. Although Craig and Susanna are very similar, they have a variety of differences that are likely to change the reader’s point of view on the characters, book, and author. In It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Craig is a character that teens would be able to connect

It’s kind of a funny story is about Craig Gliner a very studious teenager is eager to have a good life, to do that he has the pressure of getting into the correct highschool that will put his best foot forward for the future on the way to finding the right High School he meets this boy named Aaron and nia, He ends up having a slight crush on nia, who is arons girlfriend, aron is his best friend .Craig regularly sees a psychiatrist and gets put on the medication zoloft an antidepressant and after

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

their own lives. It’s not peculiar that we see this in both troubled teen books. The first book, Forgive me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick is about a troubled boy named Leonard who suffers tragedy which causes him to become depressed and suicidal. The second troubled teen book is called It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini which is about a teen named Craig who admits himself into a mental health hospital for his anxiety and depression from being an overachiever. These two stories show that the

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” (Ned Vizzini, 2006).This quote is from the novel, It’s Kind of a funny story by Ned Vizzini. The novel is about a 15 year old teenager named Craig who admits himself into a psychiatric hospital due to his depression .The novel was inspired by the author Ned Vizzini, who went through hospitalization for depression

ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION IN IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY BY NED VIZZINI Almost everyone will experience sadness in their life. The death of a loved one, a lost friendship, or even a broken heart. Most people know that feeling of a heavy heart and mind. Now imagine feeling these sadness anchors drag you down every day. Adolescent depression is a serious mood disorder that can suck happiness out of a person’s life. It can be normal for a teen to experience unhappiness every once in a while, but depression

perseverance will prevail. This quote pertains to It’s kind of a funny story because the main character Craig has mental issues that he has to overcome. This book is one of many books that someone wanted to ban even though this book teaches students many valuable lessons that can be used in real life. For example, in It’s kind of a funny story, Craig realizes he’s going through problems and he realizes that he needs help, which students can see it’s okay to ask for help. Another lesson that can be

It’s Kind of a Funny Story was directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, portraying the main character, Craig Gilner, is Keir Gilchrist. The cast also includes well known names like Zack Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, and Viola Davis, the play Bobby, Noelle, and Dr. Minerva. This film takes place in the adult psychiatric floor of a hospital found in Brooklyn, a New York City borough. It’s Kind of a Funny Story is based of a novel of the same, of course the film is not identical to the novel. However, it

Valentine Akinkuade Psychology 101 Movie Analysis It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010) 1) This movie is mainly about a sixteen year old kid named Craig Gilner. Craig is a young kid who comes from a pretty normal family, has friends, goes to school and has somewhat a social life, but yet still suffers a psychological disorder known as depression. This disorder Craig is battling with makes him afraid he might commit suicide, so he seeks help by going to a psychiatric facility having the mindset that