The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime Metaphors

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One theme in the book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” by Mark Haddon is that Christopher learns that not all problems are meant to be solved by logic alone. By using metaphors like the Monty Hall problem, the way constellations are formed, and Conway’s soldiers math problem, Christopher illustrates the theme. The first metaphor Christopher uses is the Monty Hall problem. The Monty Hall problem is a probability puzzle. When one newspaper columnist revealed the solution, they received a lot of feedback saying that they were wrong because people trusted their intuition and ignored the logic. Christopher thinks this proves people should not trust their intuition while making decisions because “logic can help work out the right