Craig• For Craig I choose a brain map. In the map you can see a bridge, a bicycle, and an A+. The bridge is what connects Craig to the girl, presumably Noelle, the bicycle is what Craig loves, to just ride around on his bicycle all day, the A+ symbolizes how Craig always tries his hardest to succeed. When Craig gets to the mental hospital he has a lot of time to think and get better, he does this by drawing "brain maps." Craig becomes consummate at making brain maps.
Noelle• Noelle is very pretty, and people liked her mostly for how she looked. She didn't like that so she cut three scars in her face, so people wouldn't only like her for her beauty. Noelle wanted people to like her for what was on the inside not the outside. "I cut my face because too many-too many people wanted something from me." (Vizzini 364) Noelle is a very good person, and had great fortitude. Unfortunately not everyone could see that, many people only liked her for her beauty.
Nia• Craig always had a crush on Nia, even though she was dating his best friend. When Craig found out that they both had depression he realized they had even more in common than he had previously thought. But then after Nia and Aaron break up Nia comes to the mental hospital and she makes out with Craig. Craig thinks she's super cute, and awesome. But then Craig realizes that although Nia is cute she's not a very good person. Like an apple with a worm in it, she seems really cool on the outside but she's really not on the inside.
Aaron• Both of Aaron's parents take pills for depression, and throughout the book he finds out that so does his girlfriend and best friend. "Every form of medication in the book. Mom, too. And then me, with the pot. . . when you come right down to it, there isn't anyone in the household who isn't seriously drugged except the fish." (Vizzini 396). Aaron got freaked out when he found out about Nia and Craig being on depression pills because he doesn't want his whole life to be "controlled" by drugs. Aaron felt like medication and him were inextricable, that they would always be together which frightened him.
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