I just recently finished reading It's Kinda Of A Funny Story by, Ned Vizzini. When I finished the book I was thinking about how Craig healed. It took friends, art, and love.
Craig got depressed in the first place because he was so stressed about getting in to "Executive Pre-Professional High School". He wouldn't want to hangout with Aaron(his best friend), Nia(the girl he like also Aaron's Girlfriend). He studied and work his a** off so much but then Aaron also gets in the high school without studying like Craig. He also doesn't like how Aaron got Nia he couldn't. I would be very mad and upset too! What?! How does this boy get the girl and he gets in to the high school, HES BETTER THAN ME! that's what I would think. I would feel stupid and worthless.I was so proud of Craig when he was out, I might be overreacting but I actually felt... I don't know, free? relived? I felt like Craig would feel like a whole new person. On the bottom of page 443 and top of 444 he was saying things he should do but the readers too. I thought it was funny.
Anyway, haven't you ever felt like someone was better than you or better at something. Better test grades, better hair, better shoes. Better everything? Craig saw at Six North that none of those things mattered. He met so many people at 6N that they became his FRIENDS.
Craig and I feltlike we knew them Craig saw all these other sick people that he stoped feeling so bad about himself. He had the LOVE of his family and the other mostly didn't even have a family. He thought he was in love with Nia, but I think he was jealous of Aaron in general. BUT in 6N he met Noelle, now he's in LOVE for real. They're even going to hangout when she gets out of 6N.
ART:Craig also had his awesome map/people drawing skills. I wish I could see his maps for real. I think his maps helped him because Iremebr reading way back in the begging that when Craig was younger he used to get all upset because he couldn't draw the maps so well. And then in 6N when Noelle told him to draw something that made him happy in his childhood he drew maps and everyone complimented him on them. he felt accomplished.
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