What Does Christopher Boone Reveal About A Character

Diseases, What Do They Reveal About a Character?

People always say that words and actions are what make a person, though what they do not say is how that can inspire change. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the author, Mark Haddon displays how Christopher, the protagonist, has the Asperger syndrome which seems to reveal his character along with it. Haddon shows that although Christopher has a disease, he can overcome this obstacle and live happily as an average teenager as demonstrated by his desire to be independent, his inability to understand others actions and emotions and his desire to be left alone.

Mental Disorders, do not only affect the victim but also the people surrounding them. Throughout the novel Christopher Boone displays how he yearns for his own independency which is not offered to him because of his father’s over-protectiveness and the notice of his Asperger syndrome. Though as time passes, the protagonist continues to show his desire by doing many actions such as

The protagonist in this novel has the incapability to comprehend the actions and emotions of others and therefore cannot emphasize. He does not understand when a person is telling a joke; in the text he said “I cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them” (Haddon 8). His inability to digest these words and be incapable of emphasizing it is a large factor in his disease. He also cannot comprehend metaphors, when he was listing the reasons as to why he finds people confusing he listed “The second main reason is that people often talk using metaphors” (Haddon 15). He thinks of them as lies because he cannot imagine such events happening, he thinks that they make you overthink and forget what the person was thinking about. Christopher may be excelling in math and physics but English is his sore