Mental Illness Craig Gilner, From Ned Vizzini s Novel,...

A teenager struggling with depression, Craig Gilner, from Ned Vizzini’s novel, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, is admitted to the psychiatric hospital after having thoughts of suicide. Craig is a victim of depression, and finds himself struggling with everyday tasks, any normal teenage boy could do. Throughout the novel, the protagonist, Craig demonstrates that living with depression is difficult due to the ongoing unpredictability of the disease, the relentless obsessive thoughts that go along with it and the inability to trust others when it comes to dealing with his mental illness. Craig justifies that depression is difficult due to the ongoing unpredictability of the disease. Even if he tries to control the side effects that come with his mental illness, they are too unpredictable to be controlled. Firstly, Craig has migraines frequently, despite taking medicines to try and stop them. When Craig’s mother asks how he has been sleeping, Craig responds, â€Å"‘I’ll crash. I’m starting to get a headache’† (227). Craig has headaches very often, as a side effect of depression. Furthermore, Craig’s headaches come without a warning, causing him excruciating pain very often. His headaches are only a recent side effect from his depression. Secondly, Craig can never sleep a complete night and is always suffering from a lack of sleep. Craig says, Kiers 2 â€Å"‘I’m not going to be able to sleep’† (260). Another time, when asked how he slept by a patient at the hospital, Armelio, CraigShow MoreRelatedLiterary Criticism : The Free Encyclopedia 7351 Words   |  30 Pages Bildungsroman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbÉ ªldÊŠÅ‹s.Ê oËÅ'maË n]; German: novel of formation, education, culture),[a] novel of formation, novel of education,[2] or coming-of-age story (though it may also be known as a subset of the coming-of-age story) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),[3]