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Outside Reading Blog #1

It's Kind of a Funny Story

By: Ned Vizzini

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In the book It's Kind of a Funny Story, Craig is first introduced as the main character. At first he is spending all him time preparing to get into the perfect school (Executive Pre Professional in Manhattan) to go to the perfect school to have the perfect job and a perfect life. Craig finally makes it in and thinks that now that he finally go in, there will be no more stress. But he is wrong, very wrong. With all the pressure that Craig has staying caught up in school, he becomes depressed. Instead of doing all the work he is suppose to be doing to he goes to his friend Aaron's house to "chill" with him and Nia, Aarons girlfriend who Craig secretly has a crush on. He can't eat without throwing up, he can't sleep, he can't focus. The thing's he goes through he calls the "Cycling". The pressure to have a perfect life and be perfect in school is really relatable to as a teenager. Craig faces the challenges that many teens face this generation and deals with in in a way that some teens do too. So far this book is really a real life book and I am looking forward to seeing where Craig goes with all this chaos.