![]() By the end of the novel, Craig learns to deal with the pressure, while it may still be causing considerable problems for Craig's fellow students, including his friends Aaron and Nia. His sources of pressure are both academic (since he feels that he is falling behind in the curriculum) and social (since he feels awkward and insecure with girls). PressureĪs a student at Executive Pre-Professional High School, Craig is part of a lifestyle premised on constant pressure. ![]() Once he leaves, he is better able to re-join and maybe even enhance his family and friend communities. Only in Six North, perhaps the strangest community in the entire novel, does Craig begin to develop a mature perspective on his problems. Early on, Craig is a part of a strained family community, and of a circle of friends who hang out together in part for the sake of amusement, in part to mask or dodge their deeper problems. CommunityĪ few different communities arise within the novel. Self-expression through art and conversation, as well as bonds with family and friends, offer Craig a vision of happiness that his emphasis on conventional markers of success never truly provided. ![]() ![]() Yet as he immerses himself in Six North, he realizes that happiness can come from forces that can seem simpler, but are in fact more fulfilling and meaningful. The markers of happiness, for him, are high-level academic success and a high-paying job. ![]() For much of It's Sort of a Funny Story, Craig adheres to a somewhat conventional view of happiness. ![]()
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