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Christopher Boone Point Of View Essay

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His name is Christopher John Francis Boone, he knows all the countries of the world, their capitals, every prime number up to 7,057, he cannot stand to be touched, detests the color yellow, and has no understanding of other people. He is an autistic young adult, he screams when anyone he doesn’t know touches him, he isn’t like me or you. The story would be interesting if it was told from the point of view of characters other than Christopher, like perhaps his father, neighbor, or teacher. Christopher’s dad, Ed Boone, is normally a good guy. The book would have been very different if the story was told from his point of view for several reasons. One reason is that Christopher sees him as the antagonist, while his dad thought he was doing things correctly. Another reason is, …show more content…

She has know Christopher for a long time, eight years to be exact, and must be very kind and patient for Christopher to trust her like he does in the book. She helps him out on his book and other things, like reading facial expressions.It would be different because Siobhan knows Christopher well, maybe just as good as his dad knows him, or better. She would not be confused about why he doesn’t like yellow things or other minor things such as that. It would really focus on Christopher’s book and his detective work, because she knows everything else. It would also be very descriptive and overall a good story since she is a teacher, and she was informing Christopher on how to write a book. Siobhan would know about the book and everything Christopher was doing, unlike his dad or Ms. Alexander. One major difference that I think the book would have is a theme. The books does not have a real theme, either because nobody told him books had themes or he did not understand what a theme is. Those are a few ideas of what the book would be like if told from someone’s point of view that he knew and trusted very

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