Ed Boone Character Analysis

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Through Ed Boone being patient and understanding of Christopher’s behaviors, and on the flip side, Ed losing his temper, lying, and making up a story, the novel Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, by Mark Heddon, characterizes Ed Boone as a mostly responsible parent with some bad flaws. For example, Ed Boone was arguing with Christopher about investigating the murder of the dog Wellington. Ed kept saying to not investigate it to stay out of trouble but Christopher continues investigating it. When Ed found out he was asking people for information he lost his temper and attacked Christopher. “Father interrupted me and grabbed hold of my arm really hard. Father had never grabbed me like that before”(82). Ed Boone was trying to protect