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
This book is told from the diary of the main character, Sam Gribley. Sam is a boy full of determination. He didn’t give up and go home like everyone thought he would. He is strong of mind. After the first night in the freezing rain, with no fire and no food, he still went on. He is a born survivor. He lasted the winter, through storms, hunger, and loneliness, and came out on top even when everyone expected him to fail. “The land is no place for a Gribley” p. 9
“The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado” Written by Elliott West. I chose to write about this book because of the large range of events and transitions that occurred throughout the American West that the author includes in the text. Elliot West highlights the struggles that many endured while trying to create better circumstances for not only themselves but also their families by moving to the west. He chronicles the adaptations that many white settlers arriving in the west faced in order to be able to make a living for themselves. But another reason why I found the book interesting was because of the way Elliot West provided perspective for each side of the struggle over the American West. He gives us the
At the beginning of the story, he believed that his mom had died and he ends up finding out that his father was lying to him the whole time. Also, his father tells Christopher to stop looking for whoever killed Wellington, and the reason he tells him to stop is because he did it. His father knows that Christopher's life is hard, and he just makes it harder. For example Haddon writes, “I was cold and I was frightened Father might come out and find me. But I felt safer in the garden because I was hidden. (pg. 126) This shows that not only does Christopher's father make life harder, but he scares christopher and as a father, the last thing you should be doing is scaring your son, especially if he has a mental
Ulysses S. Grant On April 27, 1822 a boy was born to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant in the small town of Point Pleasant, Ohio. They named their son Hiram Ulysses Grant. In 1823 the family moved to a town nearby called Georgetown, Ohio, where Ulysses’ father owned a tannery and some farmland. Grant had two brothers and three sisters born in Georgetown.
Siobhan is a teacher-like figure to Christopher in the story. She guides Christopher with socializing skills such as emotions since Christopher does not understand the different emotions and finds them confusing, She helps with this problem by drawing common emotions that people have and explains them to Christopher (2). With this, Christopher has used these emotions throughout the book to understand what is happening around him. Siobhan is also aware of everything that Christopher does, due to the book that he writes, even though she isn’t directly involved in the family problem. She mainly gives advices to Christopher on how to successfully write a book such as how to make it interesting and adding details. As for Christopher, he views Siobhan
Ulysses S. Grant lived an interesting life. He gave so much to this country. His life was
I do not like the protagonist of this novel. One of the reason why I don't like the protagonist, Miller, is because he is has a horrible personality. He skips class and swears to his friends, family, and psychiatrist. When Miller’s father was sent to Iraq but then later sent back in a coma after a brain injury, Miller thought that he could wake his father up. He thought that if he brought his and his father’s favorite, author, who was a lying, alcoholic, racist, then maybe his dad would wake up.
Christopher Boone articulates The Curious Incident, however, this novel isn’t told by an average fifteen-year-old boy; Christopher has Asperger’s syndrome—this isn’t stated in the novel, but we can acquire this knowledge simply by reading Christopher’s words. People with Asperger’s tend to have difficulty with social interactions, and Christopher clearly displays this inability when trying to figure out the emotions on the paper that Siobhan draws for him (1), also when he states, “ I find people confusing” (17). Another aspect of Asperger’s syndrome is a fascination with letters and numbers, this aspect is clear in the labeling of the chapters with prime numbers, his tactic to calm him self down by doing math in his head and finally by his adamant need to take A-level math and eventually physics. Nevertheless, this uniqueness about Christopher creates an unexpected narrative twist on this murder mystery novel.
Asperger´s disorder is not a disease, but a developmental brain disorder. It is four times more prevalent in boys than in girls and it shows no racial, ethnic or social boundaries. Family income, lifestyle and educational levels do not affect the chance of Asperger´s disorder's occurrence. According to Hans Asperger:
They have short tempers and you can see Christopher got this from his mother because as he states so many times that his father never gets mad at him and just tries to understand through Christopher's perspective. Christopher is impacted by his mother through her emotions and how she react and expresses how she feels. You've never seen Christopher's father start throwing food at Christopher because he wouldn't eat his food. This characteristic impacts Christopher the most because it is not a good thing to have and behave like but it happens so easily and often that it's hard to
Have you ever been in a place of green with forests and animals everywhere? Well, where some of the Native Americans lived, there were such things. Native American tribes such as the Crow lived in the Great Plains. The Crow tribe of the Great Plains were nomadic and followed the buffalo migrations which provided their food. This tribe spent a good part of the year living in camps that could easily be dismantled and moved to follow the buffalo migrations. Other tribes of the plains were more sedentary. These tribes lived in permanent villages year round.
Christopher’s father had come to take him out of jail, however Christopher was supposed stay out of trouble, otherwise he would get into deeper trouble. But Christopher was stubborn and still decided to continue the investigation to find out who killed Wellington. His father kept on scolding him on doing so, and he attempted to restrain Christopher from investigating, he even told him to keep his nose out of other’s business. Despite that Christopher was very stubborn
Henry Thoreau and Chris McCandless seem very similar. At a first glance when you hear their stories they sound pretty much like the same people in different time periods. Both left normal lives to live off the land and both loved that lifestyle to death. Chris even took inspiration from thoreau and took his book, Walden, into the Alaskan bush with him. However, McCandless and Thoreau are very different in their desire to move, social interactions, and their spiritual journeys.
Daniel Boone was born on October 22, 1734 and later died on September 26, 1820. He was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier explorations made him one of the first heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the state of Kentucky. Despite resistance from American Indians, for whom Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, in 1775 Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky. There he founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone.
Christopher John Francis Boone is a mathematically gifted fifteen-year old boy who has autism. He is the protagonist in the book and narrates in a first person point of view. From this, the reader familiarizes themselves with Christopher because his personality and thought processes are clearly shown. In the picture, Christopher is the red rat on a background of math equations. Christopher has a pet rat, which is the only thing that is allowed to touch him. He relates well with animals but has difficulty understanding human emotions. Christopher says, “I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross, and concentrating” (Haddon, 2003, 7). This shows Christopher’s inability to empathize. He can’t understand sarcasm and other people’s