Comparison Of Kurt And Courtney's Private Life

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The most interesting part of the would be when the author talks about Nirvana. “It took two weeks for Nevermind to register in the Billboard Top 200…”(204). Things like the bands successfulness are found to be interesting. His private life is also intriguing when Kurt and Courtney had a child named Francis also Kurt’s struggles and how he overcame them. He had music and art to distract him from all that. According to the book, Kurt only went to school because his Art class was 5th period. He had guitar lessons after school or he would make his own music. His traits make him how he once was a successful artist.

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