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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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Having autism is very unfortunate. It is difficult to live with and hard to connect with others. There are over one hundred thousand people that have autism in Canada. Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-Time is about a boy named Christopher John Francis Boone who deals with autism. Christopher is a really smart person but just can't connect properly with others and he also knows all the country, capitals and every prime number up to 7057. Christopher receives big lies throughout his life. Christopher is trying to figure out who killed the neighbor's poodle named Wellington and at the same time, he finds the truth about his family and his mom. In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, Haddon uses symbolism, …show more content…

(The lie breaking the family, loving for his mom) By Christopher leaving his dad it breaks their trust with each other and chemistry after how long they have been living together. As soon as he read the letter from his mom he felt love for her back as he never seen her in a long time. Later on this causes a big kaios for his dad as he runs away as Christopher love couldn't be stopped for his mother. Christopher mentions he doesn't care about someone or feel love for someone when their dead but that was before he had believed his dad lie. This could of been fixed from the beginning if his dad just told the truth. By doing this Christopher would of stayed and their family wouldn't be devastated. Haddon conveys the message through the use of the symbol the dog that the father gave. Mother and father and Christopher are in Christopher's dad house and their family is back together. Christopher dad apologizes of what he did and buys Christopher a dog: “Then he came back through and gave me the dog. And he said he's two months old and he's a golden retriever the father said, Christopher I would never ever do anything thing to hurt you’’( Haddon219). The dog

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Though, when the killing of the neighbour's dog, Wellington occurs, Christopher's carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher's father, Ed Boone's temper is proven to have caused him to murder the dog and also lie to his son about his mother. When Ed confesses his crimes to Christopher, he refers to his temper metaphorically as "when that red mist comes down …". Haddon's realistic portrayal of family is shown to be destroyed as Ed's temper is what is undoing his relationship with Christopher. Haddon’s portrayal of Ed Boone allows him to represent interesting ideas about the family unit.

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Christopher’s Distorted Emotion We all have different viewpoints and the past few months have been crazy with the recent election season. Many people are very sturdy in their beliefs and can 't seem to think what the other person sees in the opposite candidate. That 's how Christopher see the entire world, in a totally opposite view point than others. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time author Mark Haddon writes about a boy named Christopher who is trying to solve the mystery, of who killed his neighbor 's dog Wellington. Along the way he runs into problems that occur because of his emotional disorder.

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When Christopher finds out that his father killed Wellington and hid the truth about his mom, Christopher's conscience tells him that he must leave to live with his mother. "I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he said, "Trust me," because he had told a lie about a big thing" (122 Haddon). This quote is significant because it shows that Christopher's journey begins as a result of a traumatic experience.

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Christopher was already aware that his mother had left and had been struggling with the emotional consequences of her absence. Lying to him only served to further confuse and distress him, as he struggled to reconcile the lie with his own experiences. Moreover, Christopher's father's lie was motivated by his own self-interest. He lied to protect himself from Christopher's rejection and to avoid having to face the difficult emotions associated with his wife's abandonment.

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Once Christopher finds out that his dad was the one that killed the dog, he wonders what else his father was hiding. At this point in the story Christopher has lost all trust in his father and even goes as far as to say "I don't want to talk to Father anymore. (pg. 218). Once Christopher's

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Furthermore, even after the family reunites, Christopher shows some degree of irrational fear from the presence of his father - ‘I had to spend three days with my father and stay in his house. But it was OK because Sandy [a dog gifted to Christopher by his father] slept on my bed so he would bark if anyone came into the room during the night.’ In ‘The Ways We Lie,’ Ericsson exemplifies that not all circumstances are obvious, doing it using a case of a Vietnamese sergeant who lied to a killed man’s family about the death of the man, saying that the man went ‘missing’ instead, making the family ‘not able to move to a new life’ (Ericsson 2). Ed’s lie is the opposite of the situation, telling Christopher that his mother has died, so that Christopher could move on without thinking about his mother abandoning them and being in London with another man. Nevertheless, lies have consequences as well as truths do, even if it is a relatively harmless white

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Shear’s dog serves as a metaphor for his determination and his exploration of the truth and understanding of the complexities in his life. When the police dismiss Christopher's suspicions about the neighbor's son, Christopher takes matters into his own hands and confronts the neighbor directly, saying "I am going to find out who killed the dog because it is my responsibility" (Haddon, pg. 121). Despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks, Christopher refuses to give up and continues to follow leads and collect evidence without fear. This no quit mentality ultimately leads him to the truth and allows him to solve the mystery. In addition to Christopher’s investigation into the murder of his neighbor's dog, Haddon also uses Christopher's personal challenges to highlight his determination in overcoming

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Father states, "I did it for your good, Christopher" (Haddon, 114)... " Christopher I would never, ever do anything to hurt you" (Haddon, 219). These two quotes represent how much Christopher’s father would do for him, no matter how bad it is. Also it helps prove that father would never ever try to hurt Christopher. Although Christopher’s father is not perfect he still tries his hardest to raise Christopher all by himself.

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