Boy Meets Depression By Kevin Breel Essay - 2048 Words

â€Å"Life is beautiful, death is brutal. And nothing can take away true friendship – not even tragedy† (Breel, 2015, p. 58). This quote by Kevin Breel from his recent autobiography Boy Meets Depression provides a snapshot into his life and the persistent challenges which he has overcome. Obstacles, beginning at his home on Hobbs Street in Cadboro Bay living with his mother and habitually drunk father, to his best friend Jordan McGregor dying in a tragic car accident during middle school and ending up sitting on the corner of his bed clutching onto his suicide note willing to take his life while only seventeen. There are no magic answers to the struggles of life, no books to read on how to get through life smooth sailing, no person in the world without their own set of unique issues. Kevin Breel demonstrates through his own life’s struggles that we are not defined by what has happened to us; rather, we are defined by what we do to adapt, overcome and thrive when life hits. Kevin Breel, the main character, relives his adolescent years attempting to string together the events that led to his inevitable rock bottom. Born and raised in Victoria, Canada, Kevin is self-described as â€Å"small, with slender shoulders and legs that seemed skinnier than my wrists† with â€Å"moplike† hair and â€Å"eyes far too big† (Breel, 2015, p. 1). Like most boys before high school, Kevin was eager to impress and still emotionally unstable as he tried to figure out who he was. Having his older sister Julena to