The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a story told from the main character’s point of view. His name is Christopher Boone. He hates France, the colors yellow and brown, and being touched. He loves the color red, his dead Mother, his Father, and Toby, his pet rat. The story follows the dog murder mystery of Wellington, who belonged to Christopher’s neighbor. Christopher decides to record his detective work in a book, the one the reader is holding in their hands. But things spiral out of control. Christopher learns that his Mother is not only still alive, but his Father killed Wellington and lied to Christopher about his Mother. Mother leaves Father with Mr. Shears, the neighbor to whom Wellington belonged. She describes herself

He was funny, genuine, and charming. When he talks about his name and what it means, he includes this little anecdote about the falseness of the Bible and its stories. ‘This makes you wonder what he was called before he carried Christ across the river. But he wasn't called anything because this is an apocryphal story, which means that it is a lie, too.’ He is brutally honest, and sees through the stories humans have created to explain things they don’t understand since the beginning of time. ‘Also Sherlock Holmes doesn't believe in the supernatural, which is God and fairy tales and Hounds of Hell and curses, which are stupid things.’ He thinks logically, and accepts fact, but theorizes about, well, everything. ‘And people who believe in God think God has put human beings on the earth because they think human beings are the best animal, but human beings are just an animal and they will evolve into another animal, and that animal will be cleverer and it will put human beings into a zoo, like we put chimpanzees and gorillas into a zoo. Or human beings will all catch a disease and die out or they will make too much pollution and kill themselves, and then there will only be insects in the world and they will be the best