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).

Reaction:
     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. :)