Reading
Response
Question- is the main character
life fair? Why or why not?
In
the book I’m reading “Teen Angst nahhhh” by Ned Vizzini there aren’t too many
social issues, more like social confrontations.
We follow Ned, the main character while he explains chapters in his adolescence
and social encounters he finds himself running into.
I
do think Ned’s life is fair though. He has a middle class family that lives in
park slope and attends a very good public school (Stuyvesant) in the city and
has good grades. The one awkward and potentially very bad thing about him is
that he is very socially awkward and can’t handle talking to potentially any
girl or boy. He devotes most of his time thinking about well, himself. He also
is very studious and described the training regiment he did everyday to prepare
for the shsat to get into Stuyvesant.
In
conclusion I do believe Ned’s life is very fair but somewhat bland. He takes
pride in his smarts but he doesn’t have a social life. All he does that
involves other human beings is playing this card game called “Magic: The
Gathering” which doesn’t require to do much talking. I think Ned’s Narcissism also
butts into his social life. Over all Ned's life is very easy compared to other books, this book doesn't deal with that many social issues, its more about how to deal with social confrontation if you are shy or bad with talking.
