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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time By Mark Haddon

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The classic fairytale is that parents have a typically developed, healthy child who grows up to be perfect. However, reality is not that simple; life can be challening Parents of these children are constantly making accommodations to suit their child's needs, as well as, facing many stressful situations caused by their child’s actions. They struggle communicating with their child on a daily basis. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, presents its readers with various challenges parents face when raising a child with special needs. Raising a child with special needs can often be very challenging, especially due to the many accommodations that can be required. As illustrated throughout the book, Christopher’s parents …show more content…

Christopher’s father often becomes extremely distressed because of the behaviours that Christopher exhibits. After Christopher was arrested for assaulting a police officer, his “[f]ather was sitting on the sofa watching snooker on the television and drinking scotch. There were tears coming out of his eyes.” This occurs because the father feels very frustrated because Christopher cannot always pick up on social cues, and often cannot tell the difference between right and wrong. Christopher will often act out and engage in inappropriate behaviours because he cannot always appropriately gauge a situation. He gets angry and frustrated. These behaviours can create a tremendous amount of stress for Christopher's father, as he recognizes the struggles that Christopher faces, and can’t always help him. Similarly, Christopher's mom faces many stressful situations as well. For instance, Christopher crouches down and groans loudly in the mall, resulting in his mother becoming very frustrated and impatient with him. She appears very stressed after this situation because she feels like she is responsible for his actions, causing her to breakdown and cry. It can be extremely difficult for a parent to face these struggles everyday, as Christopher's mother does. Therefore, parents of children with special needs are faced with stressful situations due to their child’s particular

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The role of adults play a crucial role in Christopher’s life, and his father is no exception. Ed Boone has been seen as a negative influence,, as he forces Christopher to be secretive, is very unstable, and uses crude language and physical force on his son, as well as lying about crucial parts of Christopher’s life. Christopher’s father often goes to extremes when demonstrating his emotions, occasionally blowing up in anger, and he lacks the confidence to work through his problems verbally. When trying to explain himself he stutters and stops and often has trouble connecting sentences. Like Christopher, he has very few friends—Rhodri is the only one the novel mentions.

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Raising a child like Christopher is very difficult. Christopher often disappears in the middle of the night to go out for walks and quickly becomes overwhelmed in new environments. For the better well-being of Christopher, Ed tends to be very overprotective of him. An example of this is shown when Christopher wants to do detective work to find out who killed Wellington. This idea suggests that Christopher has to talk to strangers which he is not comfortable with.

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When Christopher discovers the letters his mother wrote him that his father tried to hide from him, he says, “Then I stopped reading the letter because I felt sick. Mother had not had a heart attack. Mother had not died. Mother had been alive all the time. And Father had lied about this.”

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Self) to develop the coming-of-age theme to explain how Christopher becomes more independent as the novel continues. For example, when he plans on living with his mother when he thinks his father will kill him. “I looked up and saw him staring through the bars at me. I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington.

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Firstly, Christopher obtains mysterious letters from his (supposed to be dead) mother. Secondly, in the beginning of the book Ed Boone, Christopher’s dad, lies to him telling him that a heartattack caused Judy Boone, Christopher’s mother, to pass away. In the ending Christopher realizes that his mother can’t be dead because of the letters she wrote to him. Thirdly, the mood changed from heartbreaking in the beginning to frightning in the end. All in all, the author shows mood, tone, imagery, in the mother’s letters which has a great impact on the whole story, later uncovering lies, cheating, and most importantly revealing the theme of the whole novel.

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(16). By confronting the police even before knowing the situation, Mr. Boone shows how much he’s willing to do for and how much he trusts Christopher. Similarly, albeit in a less dangerous context, Christopher tries to take A- levels maths which his principal doesn’t believe he should take because of his special needs. Upon hearing this, Mr. Boone retaliates with, “Christopher is getting a crap enough deal already...this is the one thing he is really good at” (44). Through fighting for his son to reach his maximum capacity, Mr. Boone understands the wants of his child and how far he can push himself better than anyone else.

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Christopher begins his journey to London when he first leaves home to hide from his father “It would be a bit warmer in the shed but I knew that Father might look for me in the shed, so I went round the back of the shed and I squeezed into the gap between the wall of the shed and the fence,

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The difficulties of daily life with Christopher push both Judy, his mother and Ed, his father to their limits. Judy wishes to be a good mother to Christopher but is defeated by his behaviour as demonstrated in chapter 157, “I was not a very good mother, Christopher. Maybe if things had been different, maybe if you had been different, I might have been better at it.” The low modality and partial repetition in her fragmented sentences provides insight into her feeling of inadequacy to be a mother to Christopher and allows the responder to feel pathos for Christopher's father. “Christopher let me hold your hand.

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Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time outlines the struggles individuals with developmental disorders face that can be deemed a societal norm ( i.e. understanding social cues and using figurative language ). Unplanned routines or sudden changes in events can have an impact on the way the individual views the world around them—the novel stars 15-year-old Christopher, who has autism. Mark Haddon hints at this throughout the novel with key techniques like repetition, symbolism and metaphor. Christopher’s way of understanding the world is immediately brought to the reader in the first few chapters of the novel.

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Literature has served humanity as a strong instrument for transforming and broadening our worldview. Throughout Mark Haddon’s novel, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003), readers follow the perspective of Christopher John Francis Boone, a 15-year-old diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Haddon's use of literature compels the audience to reflect and reconsider their own perspectives on neurodivergent members of society. Using the distinctive quality of Christopher’s unique perspective, it enables the audiences to gain an insight into the psyche of neurodivergent people. In addition, it also portrays the impact of children diagnosed with ASD and its effect on a family’s dynamic which prompts the audience to reconsider their own perspective on neurodivergent people.

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By talking with Mrs. Alexander, Christopher learns for the first time that his mother had an affair with their neighbor; Mr. Shears. When asked if Christopher felt sad about this he simply could not comprehend why he would be sad. In Christopher’s own words, “I would be feeling sad about something that isn’t real and doesn’t exist. And that would be stupid” (Haddon 75). From this we can’t really even guess how Christopher would have felt because he does not concern himself with “would-haves”.

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Christopher is scared of people touching or yelling at him. He also needs help understanding human emotions and feelings. He does end up conquering his fears when trying to find his mother. In the end he conquerors his fears by writing a book. Christopher changes

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Christopher grew up without knowing much about the world and life it self. He acts as what many would say a child. This is due to his Aspergers. In the beginning of the novel Christopher explains what he thinks of life.

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On the contrary, he also deals with problems and issues that are felt by every human on the planet, allowing the reader to feel empathy for him. His social tendencies show that he may suffer from a social disability. Despite this, Christopher goes on a journey, displaying courage and the benefits and the new beginnings that will happen. In addition, Christopher becomes much confident and a better and stronger person than he ever was. During his search he meets new people who become his friend resulting in unexpected answers to be brought to light.

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