Kevin Breel's Life In Boy Meets Depression

Introduction Good or bad diversity is present all around us. Diversity can be a positive aspect to society because it can offer a variety of objects, ideas, and people into the world. People need to be accepting of diversity because it is has a variety of good functions to provide to a society. However, diversity can also cause issues because not everyone in the world is accepting of differences. This does not make diversity bad, but rather shows that people need to be willing to embrace differences. When society fails to accept diversity problems such as mental illness arise. This can be seen in the common read book because Kevin struggle to accept his own diversity and ends up struggling with depression. The purpose of this paper is to show how diversity has impacted …show more content…
Personal Reflection Diversity can have many different meanings for many different people. The official definition, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.” (“Diversity,” n.d.). This definition helped me understand how diversity related to this book. Before I came across this definition I believed that …show more content…
One place he faces diversity throughout the book is when he goes to the auditorium in school. In this part of the book Breel (2015) states, “Looking around, I saw that the less-than-half-full room was home to some unique characters, each kid looking like a bad stereotype” (p. 68). Here he realizes that he is with a diverse group of people ranging from gothic skateboarders to chain smoking gangsters. Kevin has some prejudices against these kids and feels he does not belong in the auditorium with them. This impacts Kevin’s life because he does not want to be associated with these people and avoids activities that could potentially have helped him