Ned Vizzini "Teen Angst? Nah!" final response

I have just finished an autobiography on Ned Vizzini called "Teen Angst? Nah!" The book is about Ned's experiences from 2^nd grade to high school. This book is a extremely original book in that no other book explains high school in such a easily relatable way. Other books, songs and movies promote you to dream about parties “true love” and high school “Angst”. This book takes all of those things and throws them down the drain. Ned talks about high school, girls and drugs that everyone can relate too but no other author can right like him. In the book there is only one theme that is easily compared to other books and movies: discovering yourself.

        

There are only two reasons why you go to school to educate and to get a job which both help you discover your self. Other things might be added to that as time goes on like your social life but mainly the only reason you go to school is to discover yourself. In “Teen Angst” Ned has many problems with this. In one part of the book Ned decides to smoke with a friend he believed if he felt it he would never need or want it again and he was right. He described it as simply a disgusting taste and he never smoked again.  Ned tries new things, gets jobs internships and goes through school all to discover himself.

Towards the end of the book Ned goes out with a girl the girl pushes him around yells at him and puts him down. At first he feels horrible he thinks about breaking up with her and then he finally does. But soon after it is made up and he realizes he truly did like her. It never explains what happens to them in the end of the book but well they lasted Ned evolved as a person and began to discover himself. By the end of the book Ned had no doubt created himself a paved future. He had a girlfriend was heading off to collage, Published a book and got a job working as a book reviewer in the New York times