One of the problems of life today is dealing with other peoples problems when you still have your own problems to worry about. In the book, Teen angst? Naaah... By Ned Vizzini. The main character of the book, Ned, is a high school boy with normal teenager problems. And as a result most of these he handle on his own double up on working with other peoples problems.
Ned deals with a lot of problems. And even gets in trouble for them sometimes. Lets jump to his highschool years. Ned has many friends in highschool and most of hem are sort of the, "party-ish" tpe of people. He is too just not as much as his friends. One problem he had dealt with was coming home drunk to only have his father find out. He wasn't mad but he wasn't happy either. All of this happened from pier pressure. One of his friends convinced him to buy some beer with his student i.d. Turns out they got away with it and got drunk and stayed long after dark. Ned came home and his dad noticed something was fishy. He didn't get in sp much trouble but his dad noticed. On page 115, Neds dad walks in on and says, "Ned, Ned, Ned. Look at you. Do you want the spanish inquisition in here? You better start acting a little sobriety or your mother will put two and two together."
But it is not all bad. he and his friends do work together sometimes, but put most of the heat on him. Ned and his friends want to go on the senior trip together so they could all go on it together and pay for it too. But of course, Neds mom will not allow it. So ned lies and say that he is going to is friends country house for a week. And his moms believes in him. But ned then remembers he has to be jesus in a church play. So he has to go to that too. So he calls his friends to see when cancun is. Unfortunatly for him cancun is on the first day. "Dude, I don't know how, but you need to get out of that. If you don't make it on this trip, we are all screwed. Me josh and alex will all have to pay more money and will personally kill you." Neds mom still said no and he never went.
And as for his own problems, it's problems are mostly about life. Like highschool and middle school. And getting into college. On page 21 he got into the high school he wanted which was stuy. But more problems then accur in college. He did his SAT's and got an interview for harvard. He went but he was really late, "there must have been a moment where i kissed the big schools good bye."
This text connects to the world because most of these prolems are due to pier pressure. and pier pressure is a big conflict in society today. And it makes me wonder if it is all really worth it. Worth the conflict just so you could be like the others.
But it is not all bad. he and his friends do work together sometimes, but put most of the heat on him. Ned and his friends want to go on the senior trip together so they could all go on it together and pay for it too. But of course, Neds mom will not allow it. So ned lies and say that he is going to is friends country house for a week. And his moms believes in him. But ned then remembers he has to be jesus in a church play. So he has to go to that too. So he calls his friends to see when cancun is. Unfortunatly for him cancun is on the first day. "Dude, I don't know how, but you need to get out of that. If you don't make it on this trip, we are all screwed. Me josh and alex will all have to pay more money and will personally kill you." Neds mom still said no and he never went.
And as for his own problems, it's problems are mostly about life. Like highschool and middle school. And getting into college. On page 21 he got into the high school he wanted which was stuy. But more problems then accur in college. He did his SAT's and got an interview for harvard. He went but he was really late, "there must have been a moment where i kissed the big schools good bye."
This text connects to the world because most of these prolems are due to pier pressure. and pier pressure is a big conflict in society today. And it makes me wonder if it is all really worth it. Worth the conflict just so you could be like the others.
