It's Kind of a Funny Story P. 125-294

Summary: 

Part 3: Badoom
     After the cycle returned, Craig decided that he wanted to kill him. He wanted to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. But he stopped himself and called a Suicide Hotline to help him. A lady named Maritisa convinced him to go to the nearest hospital to check it for some help. Craig followed her advice.

Part 4: Hospital

When he got to the hospital, he filled out a few forms and told the nurse that the 1-800-SUICIDE actually requested that he should go to the hospital. Craig then called his mom and told her what happened and where he was. When she got to the hospital, Craig decided that he would like to be admitted even if he had to be admitted along adults. Everyone agreed that he has made the right decision.

Part 5: Six North, Saturday

Being admitted meant that Craig was going to stay in a short-term facility for adult psychiatric since there's some renovations that's going on in the hospital. Craig felt really weird there and he wanted to go back home but he couldn't. Minimum is five days there. Anywho, that was where he met Bobby, who gave him a tour around the place. During his tour, he spotted a teenaged girl named Noelle, met his roommate named Muqtada and the "President" Armelio. It was like a crazy place for Craig to be in but with the help and support of his family, he's slowly getting used to the environment.

Part 6: Six North, Sunday

Nurse Monica did a little check-up on Craig to see how he's adjusting to everything. After his talk with Nurse Monica, Craig sat down with Noelle and played a questioning game. He seems to really enjoy her company and talking with her because they have a lot of things in common. They also had Arts & Crafts class together. Craig was offered pencils, pens, markers, crayons, and paints to draw anything but he refused, saying that he couldn't draw. Noelle then gave him an idea: to draw something from his childhood. Before anyone could say anything, Craig was already working on his drawing. He drew a map/brain. He has always loved maps whether it was studying it, drawing it, or simply looking at it.

Quote: 

"I want my heart but my brain is acting up. I want to live but I want to die." (Vizzini 140).

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This quote makes me feel more assured that Craig would be alright. His heart is telling him to live but his brain is wanting him to die due to all the stress. Craig almost committed suicide but he didn't and I feel like that's a sign. He's beginning to listen more of his heart instead of his brain. Dying is something Craig always mention and wants to do but deep down, he can't. Under all of the stress and depression, I think that Craig is a strong adolescent that'll follow his heart. I also really like this quote because it's so relatable. I'm sure a lot of people have had this moment where you want to live but then again, you don't. Maybe some might not be as dramatic as Craig's but it's still similar.

It's Kind of a Funny Story P. 3-122

Summary: 

Part 1: Where I'm at
     It all started when the main character, Craig Gilner told us how hard it is to talk when you want to kill yourself. He was currently over Aaron's (Craig's best friend) house. It was a normal day over at Aaron's house. Someone's playing video games, Aaron and his girlfriend is doing their business, and Craig is in the bathroom, peeing. Now, Craig has a serious depression condition and he has to see his shrinks every now and then.

Part 2: How I got there
     Craig has always had this specific plan. He has to attend a good high school, which will lead to a good college, which will lead to a good job, which will lead him to a happy life. Beginning in only seventh grade, Craig studied day and night for the exam to attend the Executive Pre-Professional High School (One of the best high schools in Manhattan.) After many pre-exams and studying, he made it in the school! He was extremely excited and then he called Aaron. When Craig called Aaron to deliver the good news, he found out that Aaron, too had gotten in the school, and that he's throwing a party to celebrate. The party was an eye opener for Craig. That night was when he smoked pot, drank alcohol, almost made out with some girl, and almost killed himself when he was standing on the Brooklyn Bridge.  But oh, that's not the last of it. Ever since that night, Craig's personality changed. He was always studying and doing extremely well in school. On the first day of school, he received a seventy on his test because he choose not to read the required books. The Executive Pre-Professional High School was becoming so difficult to manage that only after three months he's been there, he had stress vomiting. That was when he told his parents that he was depressed. His family is very loving and supportive. When he first told them that he's depressed, they immediately send him to a psychopharmacologist and a shrink. Even his fourth grade little sister is trying to make him feel better. That's some family love right there. Craig had to take Zoloft to help his condition and it did. It helped to him to eat and feel better about himself. After he finished his bottle of Zoloft, he stopped taking any Zoloft. Two months later, the cycle came back.

Quote:
     "You can come out of Executive Pre-Professional High School and go right to Wall Street, although that's not what you should do; what you should do is come out and go to Harvard and then law school.That's how you end up being, like, President." (Vizzini 49-50).

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     Craig's plan to do well in high school, college and succeed in life is a very good plan but he is pushing himself way too far to achieve his plan. He wants to perfect everything so he can have a perfect life when he's older. But nothing and no one is ever perfect so that's when Craig started to become depressed. I'm not trying to say that having high hopes is a bad thing but sometimes having too much of high hopes isn't so good. In my case, it usually leads to disappointment and that isn't fun to experience. Yes, Craig has a depression condition right now but he still always has his mind set to achieve his plan for the future. So, because of that, I'm hoping that Craig would do whatever he can to overcome his depression and strive for the best. :)