It’s Kind of a Funny Story

by

Ned Vizzini

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Aaron Character Analysis

Aaron is Craig’s friend and Nia’s girlfriend. Craig and Aaron bond over watching movies together, and Aaron teaches Craig how to smoke pot. Craig is jealous of how effortlessly Aaron seems to succeed in school, barely studying and still finding time for a relationship with Nia. When Craig is in the hospital, Aaron angers Craig by being insensitive and telling everyone about Craig’s hospitalization. Ultimately, Aaron tries to apologize, bringing Craig a record of Egyptian music that he asked for to play for his roommate Muqtada. Aaron represents the complicated role that peers can play in mental health, sometimes offering support and other times applying unwanted pressure.

Aaron Quotes in It’s Kind of a Funny Story

The It’s Kind of a Funny Story quotes below are all either spoken by Aaron or refer to Aaron. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Mental Health Theme Icon
).
Chapter 10 Quotes

I had a sudden urge to walk out over the trussing and lean over the water, to declare myself to the world. Once it came into my head, I couldn’t push it away.

Related Characters: Craig (speaker), Nia, Aaron, Ronny
Related Symbols: Brooklyn Bridge
Page Number: 87
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 14 Quotes

“He’s always talking about himself and his problems. Like you. You’re both self-centered. Only, you have a low opinion of yourself, so it’s tolerable. He has a really high opinion of himself. It’s a pain.”

Related Characters: Nia (speaker), Craig, Aaron
Page Number: 133
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 28 Quotes

“You want my girl, dude. You’ve wanted her for like two years. You’re mad that you didn’t get her, and now you’ve decided to turn being mad into being depressed, and now you’re off somewhere, probably getting turned into somebody’s bitch, trying to play the pity card to get her to end up with you … And I call you as a friend to try and lighten your mood and you hit me with all of this crap? Who do you think you are?”

Related Characters: Aaron (speaker), Craig, Nia
Page Number: 257
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 39 Quotes

“You’re not like all these other people with their stupid little problems. You’re like, really screwed up.” She giggles. “In the good way. The way that gives experience.”

Related Characters: Nia (speaker), Craig, Aaron
Page Number: 345
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 48 Quotes

“This I have not heard in so long!” He’s grinning so much I think his glasses are going to fall off.

Related Characters: Muqtada (speaker), Craig, Aaron
Page Number: 424
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 50 Quotes

I’m not better, you know. The weight hasn’t left my head. I feel how easily I could fall back into it, lie down and not eat, waste my time and curse wasting my time, look at my homework and freak out and go and chill at Aaron’s, look at Nia and be jealous again, take the subway home and hope that it has an accident, go and get my bike and head to the Brooklyn Bridge. All of that is still there. The only thing is, it’s not an option now. It’s just… a possibility, like it’s a possibility that I could turn to dust in the next instant and be disseminated throughout the universe as an omniscient consciousness. It’s not a very likely possibility.

Related Characters: Craig (speaker), Nia, Aaron
Related Symbols: Brooklyn Bridge
Page Number: 441
Explanation and Analysis:
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Aaron Quotes in It’s Kind of a Funny Story

The It’s Kind of a Funny Story quotes below are all either spoken by Aaron or refer to Aaron. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Mental Health Theme Icon
).
Chapter 10 Quotes

I had a sudden urge to walk out over the trussing and lean over the water, to declare myself to the world. Once it came into my head, I couldn’t push it away.

Related Characters: Craig (speaker), Nia, Aaron, Ronny
Related Symbols: Brooklyn Bridge
Page Number: 87
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 14 Quotes

“He’s always talking about himself and his problems. Like you. You’re both self-centered. Only, you have a low opinion of yourself, so it’s tolerable. He has a really high opinion of himself. It’s a pain.”

Related Characters: Nia (speaker), Craig, Aaron
Page Number: 133
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 28 Quotes

“You want my girl, dude. You’ve wanted her for like two years. You’re mad that you didn’t get her, and now you’ve decided to turn being mad into being depressed, and now you’re off somewhere, probably getting turned into somebody’s bitch, trying to play the pity card to get her to end up with you … And I call you as a friend to try and lighten your mood and you hit me with all of this crap? Who do you think you are?”

Related Characters: Aaron (speaker), Craig, Nia
Page Number: 257
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 39 Quotes

“You’re not like all these other people with their stupid little problems. You’re like, really screwed up.” She giggles. “In the good way. The way that gives experience.”

Related Characters: Nia (speaker), Craig, Aaron
Page Number: 345
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 48 Quotes

“This I have not heard in so long!” He’s grinning so much I think his glasses are going to fall off.

Related Characters: Muqtada (speaker), Craig, Aaron
Page Number: 424
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 50 Quotes

I’m not better, you know. The weight hasn’t left my head. I feel how easily I could fall back into it, lie down and not eat, waste my time and curse wasting my time, look at my homework and freak out and go and chill at Aaron’s, look at Nia and be jealous again, take the subway home and hope that it has an accident, go and get my bike and head to the Brooklyn Bridge. All of that is still there. The only thing is, it’s not an option now. It’s just… a possibility, like it’s a possibility that I could turn to dust in the next instant and be disseminated throughout the universe as an omniscient consciousness. It’s not a very likely possibility.

Related Characters: Craig (speaker), Nia, Aaron
Related Symbols: Brooklyn Bridge
Page Number: 441
Explanation and Analysis: