What are love and truth? Can one be without the other? For some, love cannot be without truth. In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher Boone finds his neighbor’s dog dead. He then decides to go on an investigative journey to find out who killed the dog. Christopher sees love and truth to be one and the same. His point of view on the two never changes throughout the book. However, despite having a similar view on love and truth as him, Christopher’s father’s viewpoint changes throughout the story depending on who he interacts with. Christopher believes that to trust someone is to love someone. At the beginning of the book, it is made clear that Christopher is uncomfortable with physical touch. Because of this, Christopher and his father spread their fingers out and touch their fingers together instead of hugging. He …show more content…
Near the beginning of the book, Christopher’s father tells him to, “Just try and keep your nose out of other people’s business” because he tried to figure out who killed the dog. Despite this, Christopher kept searching, which would have broken his father’s trust and betrayed his love. Christopher’s father becomes angry that he is still searching for information and lashes out at him. Despite this, Christopher’s father shows that he still loves him by taking him to Twycross Zoo. Even with Christopher’s betrayal of his father’s trust, his father still loves him. This is not the case with his view of Christopher’s mother. Christopher’s mother cheated on his father, which betrayed their love and trust. When Christopher’s father showed up at his mother’s house, they just argued the entire time. Christopher’s mother betrayed his father’s trust, and he no longer loves her. Christopher betrayed his father’s trust, but his father still loved him. However, Christopher’s father stopped loving his mother when she betrayed his