Funny Story Theme

The theme of It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is life is filled with problems, but you need to work through them, and learn about yourself. An example of this being the theme is while Craig is in the hospital he discovers his love for art after realizing how much he enjoys art Craig decides to go to art school instead of his original high school. By adding this the author wanted the reader to recognize Craig making concrete plans for his future. This showed that Craig learned about himself and what he enjoys doing giving him a reason to live. This reminds me of when I was younger and played club soccer. Another example of this being the theme is the end of the book when Craig continuously tells himself to live. This is significant
But by the end of the book Craig had a new girlfriend and you could eat and sleep easily. This proves that even though at the beginning of the book Craig had lots of problems he was able to work through them during his week at the hospital. The author wanted the reader to acknowledge the tremendous progress Craig had made in such a short amount of time. This is important because it shows that all of Craigs problems that seemed unchangeable were. Also within only a week Craig was able to identify the root cause of his depression (the stress from school) and get rid of it. He got rid of it by deciding to go to art school.Lastly Craig made a lot of progress while in the hospital. I first text said things like "I can't eat I can't sleep. I’m not doing well in terms of being a functional human you know?” And “I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of living.” Both of these quotes are proof of Craigs severe depression. But by the end of the book Craig was telling himself things like, “So now live for real Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.” This shows character development in Craig. Even though he had a lot of problems in his life he was able to work through them. The author wanted readers to take away that there is never no