Christopher Boone Changes

When Christopher receives his ticket at the train station, he says, “I didn’t like the ticket being half yellow but I had to keep it because it was my train ticket” (153). This shows that even though Christopher despises the color yellow, he is able to see past it because he knows that without the ticket he won’t be able to get on the train, and if he doesn’t get on the train, he will not get to London and find Mother. Another time when he allows himself to consider the long-term benefits of pushing through his tendencies is when Christopher becomes confused and apprehensive at the ticket machines and the crowds of people around them, but he stands back and notices, “I watched 47 people [putting tickets into gray gates and walking through them] and I memorized what to do” (173). Despite the fact that Christopher was unsure of how to go about this situation, he picked up the pattern by watching others until he was able to do it himself. This is a skill that would greatly benefit him if he lived by himself. Christopher also shows the readers that when he becomes overwhelmed, he can push through it. When he is on the train and begins to feel scared, he says, “The trains coming in and out of the station were in a rhythm, like music or drumming. And it was like counting and saying, ‘Left, right, left, right, left, right...’ which Siobhan taught me

Greek philosopher Socrates once said: “To find yourself, think for yourself.” Independence is a fundamental quality in the life journey of a person. The strive for independence is the symbol of growth for teenagers. In Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time, author Mark Haddon explores this trait. The novel explores the world through the unique perspective of Christopher Boone, a teenager with Asperger’s syndrome. The book begins with the murder of Wellington, a dog in the Boone neighborhood. As Christopher embarks on a journey to solve the murder, he discovers the dark secrets of his family. Christopher then made his decision to revisit the secrets and uncover

Autism is a form of neurodevelopment disorder in the autism spectrum disorders. It is characterized by impaired development in social interactions and communication, both verbal and non-verbal. There is an observed lack of spontaneous acts of communication; both receptive and expressed, as well as speech impairments. A person diagnosed with Autism will also show a limited range of activities and interests, as well as forming and maintain peer relationships. The individuals will display limited interests, which are often very focused and repetitive. He or she is likely to be very routine oriented and may show behavioral symptoms such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, aggressiveness, and self-injurious behaviors.

In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon uses Christopher’s unique voice to show the importance of human connection and communication within our world. In doing so, Haddon is able to communicate the importance of order and stability in Christopher’s life. This creates a unique perspective of an aspergus sufferer, enabling an exploration of the difficulties inherent in raising an autistic child and thus alters the perceptions of the reader concerning the complex connection between disability and dependence.

Christopher has several characteristics that we pick up throughout reading ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night time’. One of these interesting characteristics is Christopher’s lack for empathy and compassion. He shows this feature especially when he has conversations with people in a very abrupt way. The second characteristic that Christopher has is that he is very independent. This is shown when he plans out his way to London, and that he travels entirely by himself. Lastly, most of his characteristics combined, all show symptoms of Autism. Although it never states that Christopher has Autism, throughout the entire book it gives these clues. Some of these cluses consist of: his lack to understand jokes and metaphors, his breakdowns in public, his gift of understanding maths and science.

Supporting reason 1: In the story, he soon finds out his mother that he thought was dead, was alive and his father had lied to him about his mother's whole new life because of an affair that separated the two. Christopher, instead of jumping to conclusions decides to wait and keep him calm until he had all the pieces put together. Chris would often say things as “I didn't have enough information “ or “i decided not to think about it anymore that night...could easily leap to the wrong conclusion” (Haddon, pg.99) whereas most would have immediately gone ballistic. Or when he agreeing goes on the walk in the park with Mrs. Alexander even though he feels uncomfortable around unfamiliar faces. He does just as John Roush discusses in “college should be an adventure” Roush establishes one must keep an open mind to even while being faced with the struggles college kids will face. He explains “Adventure is an attitude” and, “be mindful that whatever the activity, you are preparing yourself for an opportunity yet to be discovered.” (Roush, pg. 1)

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon, is a mystery novel about a young boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. Christopher Boone, the narrator of the book, compels the reader to feel the most sympathy towards him, due to his Asperger’s Syndrome. Not only is this portrayed by this affliction but also by his parents’ separation and losing the stability of a family life. Ed Boone, Christopher’s father, can be sympathised with when his wife leaves him and he struggles with being a single parent of a child with a disability. Mrs Shears has also suffered loss when her dog, Wellington, was killed and then when her husband left her for another woman. Haddon retells the life of Christopher Boone, through a variety of different techniques such as repetition, dialogue, expletive language and short sentences.

Christopher may seem to be the brightest kid on the block, but even he has his own struggles that he must

Next, a huge progression in Christopher’s mental growth was the result of him conquering many fears by taking the train to London. As Christopher is trying to find the train to Willesden Junction in London, he asks a stranger who guides him to the platform, and Christopher thinks, “ ‘I can do this,’ because I was doing really well and I was in London and I would find my Mother” (172). From the beginning of the book, Christopher constantly expresses his fears of strangers, and of public, unknown, places. This quote conveys Christopher’s mental growth because he can now think through and even face the worst of his fears, which shows that he can accomplish what he puts his mind to. Similarly, Christopher’s emotional growth is evident through the goals he achieves throughout the book, and his recognition of knowing he completed these goals, despite adversities.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is told through the eyes of a fifteen year old boy named Christopher Boone. Christopher has a highly-functioning form of autism which allows him to understand complex mathematical problems, but also leaves him unable to comprehend many simple human emotions. His inability to understand metaphors, distinguish emotions, and his lack of imagination makes it possible to consider Christopher as functioning like a computer rather than functioning as a human being. Throughout the story, Christopher is faced with many challenges which he conquers using the stable and never changing system of mathematics. All of these factors suggest that Christopher does, in fact, function like a computer,

The book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon and its play adaptation showcase the coming-of-age story of a boy named Christopher who is not only dealing with autism, but a dysfunctional family as well. The book gives the reader a glimpse on how Christopher’s mind works and has the reader sympathize with his hardships. Likewise, the play trailer shows that the director chose to follow a similar adaptation of the book. The director, instead of portraying the happenings in the external world, chooses instead to show Christopher’s internal thoughts and reactions to better illustrate to the audience the way Christopher sees the world, and helps the audience better sympathize with Christopher.

Many believe that those with autism do not have the capacity of developing moral agency without empathy. Kids at a young age are taught the lessons of good and bad of what other people see as good that impacts on them as they grow up. The same concept goes with Christopher in the novel of, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, that endorse the fact that he has autism is able to learn right and wrong without feelings. He is viewed as naïve, but gives that sense of innocence of nature through the way he portrays his thoughts to action. To fully understand Christopher on whether he has moral agency is better

Haven’t you wonder how Christopher views to form an understanding of the world and reality? In the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon, the answers are all in the novel. Although Christopher has a whole different perspective than others, he tries to understand the world by learning and comparing things along while being straightforward. All three supporting reasons provided are key elements to the thesis. Starting from communication and connection to thoughts and lastly, Christopher’s mindsets for reality.

The Symptoms of autism usually develop before the age of 3 with effects with different degrees. The severity can be mild or be really bad to where is can cause long term support from all. It can badly impair social interaction, children can also not respond to their names and tend to avoid eye contact with others. They also don’t know how to tell what a person's feelings are because they can’t understand tone of voice or facial expressions. Many children often to habits including rocking, twirling and jumping, some do self-harm like

He rarely socializes when he is at school or out in public, and when he is at home, he prefers to be alone his room with his pet rat. “And I really like little spaces, so long as there is no one else in there with me.” (Haddon. 50). In the rare occasion that Christopher associates with people out in public that he does not know, the interaction usually ends quickly due to Christopher feeling uncomfortable and leaving in a hurry. When he had no choice but to engage in conversation with a neighbor who was nothing but friendly to him, he began to think of every possible thing that could go wrong and quickly decided to leave. “And I thought she might be ringing the police and then I’d get into much more serious trouble because of the caution. So I walked away” (Haddon. 40). Even though Christopher does lack social skills, there are still ways he can learn to become more social and ways of interacting with others to better him. Unfortunately he does not put any effort into increasing his social skills, and neither do any of the few people he has a relationship with, causing him to resource to isolating himself because that is what he has always been used to doing. Overall, isolation plays a major role in both novels, causing both main characters to isolate themselves in similar ways. With both characters choosing to isolate themselves comes a great deal of independence.