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

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In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, Christopher became influenced by his legal rights as a result of his father, as he doesn’t proceed to the best interests of his child, and safety in the place that they consider home. Christopher’s father knows that he doesn’t wish to be lied to, yet he lied to Christopher regarding how his mother died. The letters from his mother were hidden, but Christopher finds out, and writes, “I was really frightened” (Haddon 122). Later, Christopher’s father tries to reason with him, and says that he was “going to show them when you were older” (Haddon 114). That Christopher did not feel safe anymore in his home, and “Really Frightened” shows that Christopher doesn’t have

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