How Does Christopher Boone Present The Theme In The Curious Incident

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Mark Haddon, In his book The Curious Incident... uses the character Christopher Boone in order to better portray the theme of the story. The theme of this novel revolves around trusting in family. The breakup of trust in the family begins when the father of Christopher snaps at him, saying, "Holy f*cking Jesus, Christopher. How stupid are you?"(pg. 81). This sudden lash out at Christopher begins to have him realise that he is losing trust in his own dad. Once Christopher finds out that his dad was the one that killed the dog, he wonders what else his father was hiding. At this point in the story Christopher has lost all trust in his father and even goes as far as to say "I don't want to talk to Father anymore. (pg. 218). Once Christopher's