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

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a fictional murder mystery novel, with many dramatic elements, written by Mark Haddon. It is likely intended mainly teenagers, judging by the style of writing, but the serious subjects make it captivating for anyone older as well. This edition was published in 2004 in Great Britain. The book begins with the protagonist Christopher finding his neighbour, Mrs Shears’ dog dead on her lawn with a garden fork sticking out of it. He decides to set out on an adventure to find out who murdered Mrs Shears’ dog, writing a mystery novel about all that occurs. Christopher collects information by talking to neighbours, drawing and using mathematics and logic, whilst his father tries his best to not let Christopher get in a mess. The events that follow turn his entire life upside-down, making it into an experience for both Christopher and his father to learn from. …show more content…

He is skilled at mathematics, likes lists, prime numbers and patterns. He does definitely not like brown, yellow, being touched and metaphors. His diagnosis makes his life very different, yet straight-forward, which makes life much more complicated when he sets out on this life-changing journey to find out who murdered his neighbour’s dog. He gets put into situations he wouldn’t ever end up in otherwise, and is unsure how to act. He lives in Swindon, which is where most of the story is set. Swindon is small town, reflective of his personality and simple life. The turbulent and noisy London serves to reflect Christopher’s feelings later in the story. The letters from Christopher’s mother tell us that the story is set circa

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In conclusion, Christopher likes being by himself. Haddon makes us look through Christopher’s eyes in the book. We learn a lot about ourselves because of this. I realized that everyone is different and has a different point of view on everything. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time it says “‘Special needs!

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As the author searches though Chris’s life he finds little parts of chris’s life and puts it in the story little by little to keep the suspense flowing. “When Chis was twelve, he printed up a stack of flyers and started a neighborhood copy business, Chris’s Fast Copies, offering

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The structure and genre of the prose fiction are subverted almost immediately, allowing Haddon to propose the sight of a different world. In the opening chapter the genre of murder mystery is made clear through truncated sentences designed to create tension, "It was 7 minutes after midnight". However, when it is revealed that the murder victim is a Mrs. Shears' dog, the

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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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Christopher Boone is a 14 year old autistic boy who lives with his father. As a result of having autism, Christopher is unique and experiences challenges in his everyday life. Although he is autistic , he doesn’t let anything or anyone stop him from accomplishing his goals. Christopher was determined to find out who killed Wellington the dog, take an A level mathematics course, and reunite with his mother who lives in London. His journey was not easy.

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In the begining of the story, Christopher saw Wellington dead and he want to solve the mystery which about who killed the dog. However, this lead him to a even bigger problem and he knew that his mother didn’t die and his mother is act by. Also, he knew that his father lie to him and killed the dog. His father is act by Richard Hollis. Since his father lie to him and kill the dog, Christopher feel very disappointed and he can’t trust his father anymore.

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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

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In the novel, Christopher goes through a lot of incidents that shape his character until he realizes that he can do anything. Christopher is a brilliant boy as he is interested in math and science, but due to his disability, he finds it difficult to be in stressful situations, and thus, he sometimes thinks about irrational matters so that can simplify the world around him. Because Christopher can’t handle stressful situations, he creates

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Christopher Boone is a bright, sensitive, and oblivious teenage boy. In, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time, Christopher is not the typical hero, that people read in comic books. He undergoes an inspirational adventure that leads him to overcome fears, and transform his perception of the society that he lives in. On Christopher 's encouraging venture, he also learns that with determination anything is possible and to trust your inner voice.

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Christopher Boone is different from other characters in the book the Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night time. Christopher does things and reacts to things in different ways. He will be around more people than he usually is and he will lose it. He screams, hit, or doesn't want help from other people.

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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.

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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

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The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time distinguishes Christopher’s independence and autarchy by portraying Christopher communicating with individuals who made him apprehensive in the beginning of the novel, controlling his behaviour and lack of emotion in public, and his vast improvement of having certainty towards others. Mark Haddon, the novelist of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, is characterizing the liberation of young Christopher Boone with situations he feels nervous with, which is teaching readers that taking risks that you may be uncomfortable with will eventually lead to one’s happiness and

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