Quinn Sauers 17 January 2018 In the book “The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time” There are five recurring characters, Christopher, Father, Mother, Mrs. Shears, and Mrs. Alexander. Christopher is the narrator of the story, the one who is telling everyone what is going on. Father is Christopher's dad, he takes care of him. Mother is Christopher's mom, she is “dead”. Mrs. Shears is the owner of Wellington the dead dog, she is also the one who came to their house after Christopher's mother “died”. Mrs. Alexander is the lady who lives near Christopher and she is the one who tells him that his mom had an affair with Mrs. Shears husband. One of the major issues in the book is how the father lied all these years saying that is the mother
People should not trust anyone when they are full of rage or full of sadness because chances are they would say something that they wanted to keep a secret and they would most likely regret it. In the book, it states “I killed Wellington” “please Christopher. Just...let me explain.”(86) There was a policeman at the door [I told the police] father killed Wellington, who is a dog.”(134) This explains that when Christopher 's father was full of sadness he randomly told Christopher that he killed the dog, but Christopher told the police and did not keep the secret.
In the novel, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon, readers discern the correlation of events from the novel which display the protagonist’s behavior and illness. The protagonist, Christopher, is described to be suffering with a form of autism, Asperger’s syndrome. Asperger’s syndrome is not considered to be a diagnosis on its own, however, it’s part of a broader category called autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Bhandari, 2016). Throughout the novel, numerous events are depicted that prompts readers to grasp the normalities of Asperger’s syndrome, many of which dawn from the common symptoms.
During his investigation, Chris has the idle curiosity to ask his dad who he thinks killed Wellington. After telling him that he has no clue who would have done such a thing, Chris’s dad exploits his anger with Chris by saying( ), . His dad says this to him after getting into an argument about Christopher going to Ms. Shear’s house to ask her about Wellington. He is very short tempered with Chris and yells at him uncontrollably. Eventually Chris and his dad’s conflicts cause him to move out.
Near the beginning of the book, Christopher’s father tells him to, “Just try and keep your nose out of other people’s business” because he tried to figure out who killed the dog. Despite this, Christopher kept searching, which would have broken his father’s trust and betrayed his love. Christopher’s father becomes angry that he is still searching for information and lashes out at him. Despite this, Christopher’s father shows that he still loves him by taking him to Twycross Zoo. Even with Christopher’s betrayal of his father’s trust, his father still loves him.
Christopher traspassed Mrs. shears gate to see what was wrong with wellington. He was found dead by Christopher. Here is how it all started. Christopher decided to go and try to find who had murdered wellington.
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
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.
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
And this is the reason why he went out seven minutes after midnight leading to the beginning of the story. “What in fuck’s name have you done to my dog?” -Haddon, 4. This is a question asked by Mrs. Shears that Christopher did not answer throughout the whole book because of what isolation have done to him, causing him not liking communicating and talking with others. Mrs. Shears got mad at Christopher because she thought Christopher is the one that killed the dog, but he is actually not.
Though, when the killing of the neighbour's dog, Wellington occurs, Christopher's carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher's father, Ed Boone's temper is proven to have caused him to murder the dog and also lie to his son about his mother. When Ed confesses his crimes to Christopher, he refers to his temper metaphorically as "when that red mist comes down …". Haddon's realistic portrayal of family is shown to be destroyed as Ed's temper is what is undoing his relationship with Christopher. Haddon’s portrayal of Ed Boone allows him to represent interesting ideas about the family unit.
Benefits of Autism In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time, by Mark Haddon, Ed is overall a better parent to Christopher. After fighting with each other, his father conveys that “he is sorry” for hurting you, so they are going to Twycross Zoo to an “expedition to show he is properly sorry” for the incident before. Ed apologized to Christopher due to fighting with each other, so he took C.B to Twycross zoo. This was a benefit for C.B because he can see the animals at zoo. This proves that Ed was an overall better parent than Judy because he shows his atonement he has done to C.B. While Judy is somewhere out there not tending to Christopher (85).
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time can be seen as a Bildungsroman, which is also known as a coming of age novel. Christopher the main character undergoes many challenges, steps outside of his comfort zone, and adapts to the “adult” world. Christopher has a mental illness known as Aspergers which affects his ability to effectively socialize and communicate with others. In the novel he begins to learn about the real world and grows throughout finding out who killed a dog named Wellington.
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
The book, “The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime,” is written by author Mark Haddon. This excerpt is describing the encounter between Christopher and Mrs. Alexander when they meet in the park. The rising action is evident in this scene as it leaves the reader thinking about what the secret could be. I think that Mrs. Alexander is Caring, Innocent, Hesitant and very nervous. The character talks about their first encounter at the park, then by accident, says something Christopher did not know about.
III. b) Opportunities of Skill-Based Learning in the Novel The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time appeals to a wide range of readers. It allows to develop empathy for people who are living with a version of autism.