How Is Ed Boone A Conflicted Person

In the curious incident of a dog in the night-time, the character Ed Boone is the father of our main character, Christopher. Christopher's father, Ed Boone, is a single parent to Christopher, who is autistic. Ed Boone is a conflicted person because he is very quick-tempered, and at times shows no remorse for his actions, but he also tries to ensure Christopher is happy.

The first reason why Ed Boone is a conflicted person is that he is extremely quick-tempered. An example of this is in chapter 127. Christopher’s father becomes furious with Christopher after learning that he was writing a book about Wellington’s death and ended up speaking with Mrs. Alexander and learning of his mother's affair. This escalates to Christopher and his father

Ed Boone, even though he does things that are uncaring or inconsiderate of Christopher, like lying about his mother dying or grabbing his arm even if he knows that's something Christopher finds upsetting, but Ed, regardless of what has done, does care for Christopher like an example is “Christopher is getting a crap enough deal already, don't you think, without you shitting on him from a great height as well. Jesus, this is the one thing he is really good at.” (Haddon 44). This shows how Ed Boone wants the best for Christopher and tries to advocate for him even if, in the end, he did say that math was the only thing Christopher excelled at. The quote also depicts how Christopher's father tries to make sure that Christopher has a good life and a life that is fulfilling for him. The quote also shows that his father is not going to let people marginalize or walk all over Christopher. “I want to see my son,” and “ why the hell is he locked up?” and “ of course, I'm bloody angry.” ( Haddon 16) this is another example of how Christopher's father Ed Boone Wanted to help and be a good parent for Christopher by being there for him when he was at the police station instead of yelling at Christopher or Blaming him for getting put in a holding cell for punching an officer. This shows how, even though Ed Boone did many things that would be considered things that a bad person

Ed Boone is a contradictory person because he, in parts of the book, is very hot-headed and makes ill-thought decisions. The second thing which makes him a conflicting person is that for certain things he has done he shows no guilt for having done them. The last reason why Ed Boone is a contradictory person is that even though he makes many unscrupulous choices, he does love and feels concerned for Christopher and his future, so he tries to ensure that Christopher can have a successful and bright future. Though, one might say that Christopher's father, isn't a conflicting person because he just was stressed and didn't know what to do and got caught up in emotion which led him to do things like lie about Christopher's mother and not let him contact her, kill Wellington or grab his arm but there are plenty of people like my father who were single parents to autistic children and my dad would never grab my half sisters arm especially if she felt the same way as Christopher about touch regardless of what was going on or if there were upset at each other. So, finally, that is why Ed Boone is a conflicted