Harveer Malhi
Ms. Whitfield
ENG 1D1-08
2 June 2023
Regret’s common occurrence One's personal beliefs can be read through the person itself, seemingly not caring about others creates the sensation of regret. In the novel, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time”, by Mark Haddon, reflects upon regret being a common pattern, after being mad, angry. It follows Christopher's parents. When Christopher’s dad finds out about the investigation, he's mad and angry. When Christopher finds out about the lies, his mood changes to regret. Christopher's mother hits Christopher’s father in a heat of the moment argument, she is angry with him. She finds regret when she finds out how Christophers father lied to Christopher about her being dead.
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The affair that occurs between Mr. Shears and Christopher's mother, causes Christopher's mother to leave Christopher behind. Christophers mother writes to Christopher after she leaves, and he doesn’t see until months after it's written, “ I was not a very good mother, Christopher. Maybe if things were different, maybe if you’d been differant, i might have better at it” (Haddon 106). Christopher’s mother’s feelings toward her husband at that time, was more of frustration as they would always fight, “ He told me I was being stupid and said I should pull myself together and I hit him, which was wrong, but I was so upset” (Haddon 107). The Contrast to Christopher's mother's behavior is reflected in the built up suppression of her feelings. She feels regret upon two of her actions, first of which was the affair with mr. shears. She Felt guilty, but knew it was the right decision because she observed that Christopher's father and Christopher seemed Complete, she felt if she left that it would’ve made no difference. When she eventually let her feelings out, she became more frustrated, angry, infuriated. That's when she hit Christopher's father. She knew she was wrong, “and I hit him, which was wrong, but I was so upset.” That reflects the change in behavior from when it goes from anger, and agony to regret, grief and anguish. Christopher's mother finds a change in behavior after she hits Christopher's father, and after she realizes that Christopher was lied to, and told that she was