The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime Analysis

“Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a neurobiological disorder on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum.” (“What is Asperger Syndrome?” 2017). In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, written by Mark Haddon, a child named Christopher Boone, who has Asperger’s, is faced with many situations that bewilder him. This book has allowed the world to be more aware of children with Asperger’s, it gives insight into the life of Christopher Boone and you see how he thinks and how he deals with difficult situations and how he does not let his syndrome be a roadblock. Mark Haddon portrays Christopher as a strong young boy, not through his determination to solve mysteries, but because he uses Asperger’s as a tool to work his way

The way their brains work causes them to not comprehend emotions and facial expressions so they can not identify how the other person is feeling or reacting. From a Ted Talk, “I have Asperger's, a high-functioning form of autism that impairs the basic social skills one is expected to display. It's made life difficult in many ways, and growing up, I struggled to fit in socially.” (“How I Learned to Communicate my Inner Life with Asperger’s,” 2017) Similar to in the book, Christopher has trouble when he is talking to people. His syndrome causes him to not understand facial expressions which makes him unclear on the person’s emotion and what they mean. From the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, “I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant. I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying. But it was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the face they were making because people’s faces move very quickly.” (Haddon, 2). Christopher used whatever he could to cope with his

He mostly uses his ability of memory to solve different problems and get him through the course of the journey. In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, “My memory is like a film. That is why I am really good at remembering things, like the conversations I have written down in this book, and what people were wearing, and what they smelled like, because my memory has a smelltrack which is like a soundtrack” (Haddon, 76 ) Also in the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, “...I could get money because the card has a PIN which is the secret code which you put into the machine at the bank to get money out and Father hadn’t written it down in a safe place, which is what you’re meant to do, but he had told me because he said I’d never forget it.” (Haddon, 135). Christopher is so determined to finish his adventure, he does whatever he can to get the necessary items and he does not have time for details to slow him down, he is doing whatever it takes to get where he needs to