Essay On The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

Imagine a rock. A little rock. With speckles of gold and silver. There are two lenses to peer through. A scientific, logical lens tells us the natural processes, the distribution of gold and silver in the ground, the pressure of the sediment above, which all combined to create the rock. The emotional lens shows us what we may not grasp right away. The inexplicable, the emotions which bubble up when look at the rock. Perhaps the rock brings back memories of a grandmother. Or fun times in the park. The difference between logic and emotion is one of the core themes of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a novel by Mark Haddon. This is demonstrated by the perspective of Christopher Boone. Haddon uses a unique writing style, clashing characters, and interesting digressions to flesh out Chris’ point of view to convey the disparity between emotion and logic. In the first few chapters of the

We sometimes do math problems, and are forced to peer through the logical lens. We also have to analyze and write essays about books in English class; we then use the emotional one. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is a story of a boy whose point of view only contains one scientific, literal lens. Emotion is lost on him. Haddon uses the events of the story to demonstrate the difference between both views, in the literal writing style of Christopher, the juxtaposition of Christopher’s point of view against other neurotypical characters, and the juxtaposition of Chris’ perspective against ours, in his digressions. Perhaps Christopher can only see the rock through the literal lens. But he can certainly predict the future of the rock from the science behind the rock. Perhaps there are others in the world who can only the emotions which stem from the rock. Either way, an integral part of life is lost. It is best to have both lenses. We need to be able to peer through a pair of glasses, and make our vision