The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Individuals with autism are affected differently by it and it affects how they are viewed. Individuals with autism see and view their world differently than those considered normal. The world views individuals with autism as different. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the main character Christoper has autism and the book is written from his perspective as he goes through his life with autism. Throughout the book, Christopher’s autism affects himself, his family, others, and his world differently. The different groups of the world are influenced distinctively from each other by autism.

Autism affects individuals due to influencing the way those with it view themselves. One with autism is impacted by it, with

In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the main character, Christopher, has autism and is affected in many ways by it. Specifically, he has difficulty in social and emotion situations where he has to use language. In one instance in the book, he had to interact with a policeman who was he trouble understanding so he reacted by pressing his “forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning” (Haddon 7). When Christopher’s autism caused him to react by not using words and groaning instead, he saw himself as unhappy and was changed by the reaction. After Christopher’s reactions that happen due to his autism, he views himself as unhappy and his view of himself changes. Like wise to Christopher’s reaction, researchers have found that individuals with autism have trouble using language to lead their behavior and emotional control. They have specifically found that individuals with autism “are not proficient in using language as a tool for guiding behavior and emotional regulation, which may lead to uncomfortable or awkard social situations when interacting with others” (Huang

In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the book is told from Christopher’s point of view and includes what he thinks about, which is mostly about himself and the things he thinks about. When talking to others, Christopher either talks about himself or his interests, indicating that he is constantly thinking about himself. Christopher explained how people talk to others was that “people look at you when they’re talking to you” and that he knew “that they’re working out what [he is] thinking but [he] can’t tell they’re thinking” (Haddon 23). From Christopher’s explanation of how people talk to him, they due not understand what Christopher is thinking and that he thinks about himself. In the same way Christopher thinks about him self and sees himself as priority, research has found that “people with [autism] can seem highly self-absorbed, lost in their own world” (Hughes 2). Those with autism appear self-absorbed due to making themselves the center of their thoughts. Individuals with autism focus on themselves and view themselves as the most important