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Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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Mark Haddon writes, I have to say, in the same sort of mould as Sue Townsend when she composes tales about Adrian Mole, and I simply felt that I had no choice but to purchase this bitterly funny debut novel. Not that this kind of off-beat mureder mystery is anything like your typical Adrian Mole romp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is an excellent book, simply and I have to say very skilfully narrated by Mark Haddon, writing it from the viewpoint of 15 -year-old Christopher John Francis Boone

This child, or young man to be more precise, is an autistic Adrian Mole type being raised by working-class parents. They find themselves struggling, most of the time, to cope with the mathematically brilliant but socially inept Christopher. This is because his condition makes his attitude such that he quite …show more content…

Christopher gets arrested, and while incarcerated determines that he needs to find out who killed the unfortunate dog Wellington. He is encouraged in this odd quest by school social worker Siobhan, who further encourages him to write a book about it all.

Being a maths wizard, Christopher must of course give each chapter of his book - to be entitled The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - his own unique heading, so he uses prime numbers. This Mark Haddon debut is, I have to say quite startlingly good. It is not just that it is original, clever, and genuinely moving, but also so well devised that I consider it to be must-read for any fan of great fiction.

Placing Christopher at the helm, as narrator is pure genius, Haddon revealing how this oddball lad relaxes by performing mental maths problems, cannot abide red and brown foodstuffs, and has a genuine aversion to being physically touched. His biggest hero is Sherlock Holmes, and in some respects, the book is an incredible voyage of discovery for him. regarding himself, his family and his

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In conclusion, Christopher likes being by himself. Haddon makes us look through Christopher’s eyes in the book. We learn a lot about ourselves because of this. I realized that everyone is different and has a different point of view on everything. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time it says “‘Special needs!

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as if the trains were only in my mind. And normally I don't imagine things that aren't happening because it is a lie and it makes me feel scared, but it was better than watching the trains coming in and out of the station because that made me feel even more scared” (Haddon 179-180). This is connected to he base of my thematic statement by showing us how we can get through our fears if we just put our mind to it. Christopher also used logic later in another paragraph to think of a different salution to this whole situation that he put himself through leaving his dads house. The prime numbers that he talked about by liking them with his book he used some order to determine how the numbers went on as the book ended up getting longer and

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Mark Haddon's Indirect Caracterization of Risk-taker & Research Christopher Boone is a young man who loves to learn, he was introduced by Mark Haddon as an autistic teen who wanted to solve the murder of his neighbors dog, and he did that and much more. Christopher is written in a way that he goes through a lot in the novel including death, lies, stress, discovery, and much more. In The Curiose Incident of The Dog In The Night-time Mark Haddon, the author inderectly characterizes Christopher as developing the ATL skill of research as well as the IB learner trait of risk-taker. Mark Haddon characterixes fifteen year old Christopher as a risk-taker among many things.

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Mark Haddon's prose fiction, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time brings forth the view of a different world and also expands our understanding of human experience. The novel is an autobiographical murder mystery narrated from the perspective of a teenager, Christopher Boone. This text allows the readers to see the life of a young man who is not comfortable with interacting with others in his society. Christopher's autism spectrum disorder (ASD) shapes our understanding of experience. Haddon is able to portray interesting ideas within the text through the narrator, thus inviting us into a different world and allowing us to see a new viewpoint.

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Short Answer 8.1 In The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time, Mark Haddon creates a character who outwardly wants to live up to societal expectations to further achieve his goals while inwardly desires independence and a different scientific approach to the world. By formulating a book metaphor, Mark Haddon is able to convey the inward and outward ways of Christopher as well as the message of the novel. First, Mark Haddon creates outward conformity through his efforts to meet the expectations of society for example through the use of small talk and following societal norms.

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Where one might despise the killer of Wellington in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, another may sympathize with his actions. Throughout the novel, Ed Boone’s feelings are constantly invalidated and many are quick to assume the worst of his decisions. However, when one takes the time to look deeper into Ed’s actions, one will see that they are validated. Ed Boone is the most misunderstood character as his outbursts, parenting style, and lastly, his overprotectiveness are all justified.

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The novel The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night - time written by Mark Haddon

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The main character of this book, Christopher, looks up to him because he is a detective and throughout the whole book Christopher tries to solve a mystery. He will often look up to Sherlock Holmes for inspiration to help him solve the mystery of who killed the dog. Another allusion found in this book is when Christopher mentioned the book, "The HOund of the BAskervilles. " In the beginning of the book, Christopher writes, "She said it was usually the people who were killed in murder mystery novels. I said that two dogs were killed in The Hound of

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The special protagonist Christopher is the fifteen-year-old narrator of the novel, at the start of the novel, Christopher is 15 years, 3 months and 2 days old. Although it is not mentioned in the book, it’s likely that Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome, which is a condition on the autism spectrum.

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One of these are the reveal that Christopher’s mother was alive for the last two years. With this knowledge, Christopher goes to London and rekindle the relationships with his parents, resulting in a better life. All things considered, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is not just a simple murder mystery novel, but a book about the fears of everyday people, which when confronted with courage, can end with success. When confronted with the murder of Wellington, Christopher begins to start to overcome his social disability by trying to solve it. Due to his love of dogs, something he is passionate about, Christopher

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Speaking about this, Doyle being the sneaky writer as he was, his clue about the dog not barking during the night relates to his novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Doyle

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Throughout the book Christopher overcomes all obstacles, big and small. Though some obstacles are small it still shows the reader that Christopher is willing to make the necessary changes for a positive outcome. One small obstacle that made a big impact on the readers

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The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time distinguishes Christopher’s independence and autarchy by portraying Christopher communicating with individuals who made him apprehensive in the beginning of the novel, controlling his behaviour and lack of emotion in public, and his vast improvement of having certainty towards others. Mark Haddon, the novelist of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, is characterizing the liberation of young Christopher Boone with situations he feels nervous with, which is teaching readers that taking risks that you may be uncomfortable with will eventually lead to one’s happiness and

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