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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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Unconnectable The difficulty of growing up on the higher functioning end of the spectrum can only be imagined. In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon, Christopher John Francis Boone, a boy who is 15 years and 3 month old, has to deal with and adapt to his many problems. No matter if it is to show love for people by a hug or holding his mother’s hand, after he has not seen her for the two years, Christopher will avoid being touched. Christopher does not have emotions nor does he understand other people’s emotions. By the end of the novel Christopher starts to figure out that his father cares for him and would never hurt him. Christopher avoids being touched at all cost because he does not know how to connect with other people and he does not realize the intentions of others. …show more content…

Christopher will not hug or be hugged by anybody, not even his parents. After Christopher is taken to the police station because he hits a police officer, his father demands to see him. To show his love for his father, Christopher has to spread his “fingers out in a fan” (16). His father does the same and puts his hand on Christopher's. Christopher does this to show his love because he does “not like hugging people” (16). Christopher refuses to be touched because he does not realize what people are doing because he can not socially connect with them. Christopher does not realize that people do things to help him in life and they do not want to harm in any

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