The novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” by Mark Haddon is about young teenager named Christopher. Christopher is like any other normal teenager in that, he has goals in life, he wants to become independent and find what he wants to do in his life. Unfortunately he has a mental disorder that keeps him from doing that. The book starts off when Chris finds his neighbor’s dog murdered and follows his teacher’s advice to write a story. Through his adventure he figures out his dad killed the dog, lied about his mother's death, and gets into his A level math class. Even if he can not always understand other people, new environments, hard decisions and often curls up in a ball when life gets to hard. He doesn't let that stop and he goes on and doesn't give up. That is why the theme of this book about the endeavor for independence and why you shouldn't surrender to your problems. While looking for Wellington’s (the dog) murder he had to go outside of his comfort zone. He doesn't enjoy talking to new people, but he is forced to do so which he finds uncomfortable. However he toughened up, and got the pocket knife which calms him down when he holds it, and he went and talked to other people in the neighborhood. This increased his confidence in himself. After he did more investigating he found letters from his mom in his dad's …show more content…
His mother was in London which was very far away from him. He did not let that stop him. He got his supplies of food and pocket knife and went off. Walking alone was very hard. He got dizzy and wanted to pass out. He got lost and had to ask a complete stranger for directions. For anyone this was normal but for Chris it was very challenging and difficult but he went on. The train took him to London and he found his mother's address. He waited the entire day alone outside for his mother to return. Seeing his mother made him really strong and