Blog # 5

Craig has chanced a lot in the last few chapters I’ve read. Craig seems so normal compared to everyone else in the hospital. There’s even a guy who is afraid of gravity. Such a wide variety of cases where I feel that he shouldn’t be categorized in. Craig met a girl, Noelle and told the doctor he thinks he’s going to be involved with her in the near future. Doctor Minerva told him he shouldn’t have any one person as an Anchor, (things that are consistent) in his life. Especially because Noelle is a girl and is going through problems too. Craigh thought he could handle it. Maybe that’s where he goes wrong, thinking he can handle something and overworks it until he needs a break. By then he can’t function anymore and ends up in a hospital. One quote I thought was important to the chapters I’ve been reading is when one of the nurses says this, “Yes. Now, you might not want to become so friendly with your fellow patients on the floor.” “Why not?” “That can distract people from the healing process. This is a hospital. It’s not a place to have friends. Friends are wonderful, but this place is about you and making you feel better” (272, Vizzini). I feel that this is an important quote because Craig really isn’t focusing on himself and getting better. He’s so interested in all these people that he forgot why he’s there. Everyone in the hospital sort of relies on him to keep their lives in check. Another weird thing I thought was how Noelle and Craig got along so well. They both seem so normal I don’t understand why they are there. I’m still questioning if Craig really does have a chemical imbalance, or is just confused with himself and his life. My prediction for the next part of the book is that he realizes where it all went wrong and where all this depression stemmed from. Also that he learns to balance and manage his life better.