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

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Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological developmental disorder that affects how people communicate, interact with others, behave and learn. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, written by Mark Haddon, The story is narrated by 15-year-old Christopher Boone who has autism and is trying to unfold the murder of Wellington, the dead dog. Due to his autism, Christopher has a unique view and response to what happens around him or to him. In the book, we see the different challenges that Christopher has come across, how he reacted and what he did to calm himself down. One of the challenges Christopher faced in the book was reading a letter written to him and finding out that his mother was alive and living in London. When an average person finds out that they were lied to about their mother’s death and that they were alive, they would be infuriated or distressed, but not for Christopher. …show more content…

Christopher's stomach started to hurt, and he felt giddy. He had regurgitated all over himself and could not think. He was curled up on the bed for a while before his father found him. He tried doing math in his head to calm himself, which did not work., as he expresses, “I doubled 2's in my head because it made me feel calmer. I got to 33554432, which is 225, which was not very much because I've got to 243 before, but my brain wasn't working very well.” (120). This is not a popular or ordinary thing to do when one is faced with a similar problem. But because of Christopher's disability, this is one of the distinctive ways he gets himself to calm

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Christopher’s odd paralysis attack after reading hidden letters from his mother emphasize some processes of his already mentioned, and seem to negate others. From the prior readings, it was deduced as a class consensus that Christopher has difficulty showing emotion, yet he becomes really shaken up after learning his mother is alive, implying his father had lied to him twice (I wrote implying because during Christopher’s panic attack he says “And I could tell that he was in the room, but his voice sounded tiny and far away…” on page 113, so he may not even had heard his father’s first apologies.) If this was a case of being emotionally disturbed, shocked, or even angry at his father, it would make this situation even more meaningful when analyzing

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Ed Boone, Judy Boone, and their 15 year old autistic son, Christopher Boone, each have contrasting personal boundaries in the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Ed and Judy, the son’s parents, make

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That Christopher did not feel safe anymore in his home, and “Really Frightened” shows that Christopher doesn’t have

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Christopher explains that he has difficulty figuring out people’s emotions from their facial expressions. He can easily recognize sad and happy faces, but when his therapist, Siobhan, draws some pictures of other emotions, he finds the faces are confusing and is “unable to say what these meant” (3). So he has to memorize the exact meaning of each face and quickly determine what face others are making when they talk to him. When his father lies to him about his mother’s death, he tries to figure out what he means how and his father feels: “I can't tell what [people] are thinking. It is like being in a room with a one-way mirror in a spy film''(22).

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Furthermore, Christopher discusses how he adores reading the Sherlock Holmes series, but he dislikes the author whose name is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is revealed when Christopher says “[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] [is] not like Sherlock Holmes and he [believes] in the supernatural. And when he got old he joined the Spiritual Society, which meant he believed you could communicate with the dead”(88). This digression of Christopher's’ shows that he respects the author as a writer, but he does not like him as a person, the reason for that is because the author believes in something that Christopher disagrees with strongly, and that is believing in communicating with the dead. Lastly, Christopher describes how computers and the human mind are truly similar.

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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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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is the fictitious account of fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone, who discovers that their neighbour's dog has been killed and wishes to figure out who committed the crime, despite his disapproving father. Christopher, however, has Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), a form of Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Haddon illustrates the mind of Christopher clearly, giving us an insight into the thinking patterns of people with Asperger’s. The story starts with Christopher discovering the death of the dog, and then leads us through his investigation.

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“I was shaking and I wanted to be back at home, and then I realized I couldn’t be at home because Father was there and he told a lie and he killed Wellington, which meant that it wasn’t my home anymore” (Haddon 176). After Christopher discovers the truth about what his father has done, he fears for his life and runs away to live with him. After taking the train he makes it to his mother's. This then results in his father finding him and starting a big argument between him, Mr. Shears, and Christopher's mother.

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Near the middle of the novel when Christopher is trying to get to his mother’s house using the subway, he begins to feel overwhelmed and sits on a bench. Christopher recounts, “And the people kept coming into the little station so that it was even more crowded than the big station. And then I couldn’t see the walls anymore and the back of someone’s jacket touched my knee and I felt sick and I started groaning really loudly and the lady on the bench stood up and no one else sat down.” (Haddon 175). Christopher’s reaction in a crowded and overwhelming environment causes people around him to assume he is unstable, therefore choosing

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In the said journey, Christopher comes across a series of untruthful and untrusting individuals including both of his somewhat deplorable parents who play a large role in the further degradation of his confidence as well as his vast and evergrowing distrust in people around him. Autism is as one could presumably guess Christopher’s main struggle in the book which influences his judgment and his reactions to society buy and large. Autism is often construed as a mental disorder that is often thought to cause difficulty in forming relationships, communicating with others, and relating to various. In Christopher’s case, he is extremely intelligent and excels in his logical numbers-based subjects, such as Math and Science. Christopher’s autism also takes a great toll on his daily life, in the story, he has immense social hardship when interacting with human beings and rather prefers animals because he seemingly understands them vastly

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Introduction: Although children with autism seem like they are outcasts they are just the same as any of us. In Mark Haddon’s book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time readers watched Christopher grow through his difficulties. While reading this novel Christopher truly lets himself express his strengths and weaknesses. He expresses his needs that he has going through his day to day life.

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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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The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Nighttime is a mystery novel written by Mark Haddon and published in May 2003. It tackles the experience of a fifteen years old boy who was autistic. He was living with his father since his mother was dead. One day he found a dead dog lying on the road, his curiosity has let him investigate to find the criminal. After finding some evidences, his father tried to stop him because the child couldn’t well communicate with others.

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However, Cristopher’s father is strictly against the fact that his son is investigating the murder of Wellington. But, Christopher always finds a way to continue. Christopher’s father also tells him his mother had died. Yet, Christopher realizes his mother is still alive. He does not only find out about Mrs. Boone he also finds out his father

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