The idea of sanity, insanity, and madness have different meanings to different people. Many will argue what creates madness, how one can break free from madness, or if it is even possible. Nikos Kazantzakis once said “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.” Kazantzakis is metaphorically stating that a person needs a little insanity in order to free themselves. This displays a relevance towards the novel Ordinary People, written by Judith Guest, the film, It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, and the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Although they are confined by their madness, throughout their journey they encounter the road of recovery,
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Everyone is limited by their restriction. In the novel, Ordinary People, is a story told about how the main character, Conrad, had attempted suicide. In the beginning, Conrad finds it very difficult to do everyday tasks, such as getting out of bed in the morning (Guest 2). He self blames himself for things that are out of his control, mainly the death of his brother, Buck, who drowned in a lake (Guest 203). Conrad revealed his attempt towards suicide to his psychiatrist, Dr. Berger, was by cutting his wrists with a “Platinum-Plus” (Guest 41). He believes that his mother, Beth, does not truly love him, because she is not worried about the fact he attempted suicide (Guest 42). He believes that the death of his brother, Buck, is his own fault (Guest 218). Like Conrad, Craig is suicidal. Craig, the main character in It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, remembers feeling as if he were a failure at the age of five, when he was unable to free handedly trace the city of Manhattan. He has a dream that he was about to commit suicide by jumping off of a bridge, but his family, including his mother, father, and younger sister Alissa, see him and do not care that he is about to jump to his death; however, they care about his bike being left behind (Boden, Fleck). However; suicide is not the only way
Everyone is limited by their restriction. In the novel, Ordinary People, is a story told about how the main character, Conrad, had attempted suicide. In the beginning, Conrad finds it very difficult to do everyday tasks, such as getting out of bed in the morning (Guest 2). He self blames himself for things that are out of his control, mainly the death of his brother, Buck, who drowned in a lake (Guest 203). Conrad revealed his attempt towards suicide to his psychiatrist, Dr. Berger, was by cutting his wrists with a “Platinum-Plus” (Guest 41). He believes that his mother, Beth, does not truly love him, because she is not worried about the fact he attempted suicide (Guest 42). He believes that the death of his brother, Buck, is his own fault (Guest 218). Like Conrad, Craig is suicidal. Craig, the main character in It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, remembers feeling as if he were a failure at the age of five, when he was unable to free handedly trace the city of Manhattan. He has a dream that he was about to commit suicide by jumping off of a bridge, but his family, including his mother, father, and younger sister Alissa, see him and do not care that he is about to jump to his death; however, they care about his bike being left behind (Boden, Fleck). However; suicide is not the only way