Christopher Reflection

As a result of the internal conflicts he faces, Christopher becomes more independent. When Christopher learns that his father killed Wellington, he is scared and doesn't know how to process the information. Christopher decides that “ [he] had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington, which means he could murder [him], because [Christopher] couldn’t trust him…” (Haddon 122). Christopher is very scared, but he needs to think about what to do for himself. He cannot count on his father to help him, as he cannot trust him anymore. Christopher makes the decision to leave the house and hide in the garden. He has struck out on his own and needs to decide by himself what to do next. Christopher’s new knowledge about his father pushes him to make choices on his own and become more independent. Christopher becomes more independent after gaining the ability to overlook his fear of strangers. At the beginning of the novel, Christopher does not trust anybody he does not know, and assumes the worst in

In my opinion, Chris McCandless was more centered around the fixed mindset. The experiences he took on, were a reflection of the way he handled his growth. To elaborate, an example of this was his passion for running. “McCandless viewed running as an intensely spiritual exercise, verging on religion. He believed doing well was all mental, a simple matter of harnessing whatever energy was available.” (pg. 112). His teammates noticed his intensity for the sport and when McCandless felt that he was not doing well enough, he would beat himself up for it. From this, it is evident that he believed that being successful was more important than the effort to achieve that or process of getting there. This goes onto my next point, that

Since the novel is told from Christopher's point of view, it lets the reader understand his thoughts during “dramatic” interactions. The reader is able

Christopher has a mindset to what is important to him; he will even disobey his father’s orders to do what he feels is important. “I am going to find out who killed wellington” (Haddon 20). Wellington is a dog that Christopher cares about, and when he finds the dog dead, he vows to find out who murdered the innocent dog. Once he finds out who killed the dog he is horrified of the man. “I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me” (Haddon 122). When Christopher realizes his father killed the dog he makes the connection that it was the right thing to do. Which leads him to search for his mother to get away from his father and find out the

When Christopher’s father told Christopher the truth about killing Wellington and about the fact that his mother is alive and in London, Christopher goes into a state of shock and panic. Fearing for his safety, Christopher states, “I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn’t trust him, even though he had said “Trust me,” because he had told a lie about a big thing.” (122) Since Christopher spent a large portion of his time and effort into finding out who killed Wellington, the startling revelation of his own father killing the neighborhood dog drove Christopher into mentally breaking down as he is not able to process this shocking truth or had even come to terms if his father actually did kill Wellington since he did not expect his father to be the murderer. As a result of Christopher no longer trusting his own father, the father goes through the process of regret and remorse over his own decisions and actions. Little by little, the father regains Christopher’s trust and is able to slowly mend relations with his son after a period of contemplation. His father regains his trust by buying him a puppy and spending more time with him at home. The journey in the father’s process of dealing with the consequences of

The young narrator, while seeming naïve to reality, was very well aware to all the hardships surrounding his neighborhood. He never had any intention to defy the guidelines of his neighbors and friends. But when his days of being a juvenile Sherlock Holmes were interrupted by a revelation of simultaneous truth and lies, Christopher chose to leave a promising future of high placement classes, for

At house 39, he meets Mrs. Alexander who doesn`t know anything about Wellington`s murder but goes inside to get him tea and biscuits after he denies to go inside. He thinks she might call the police and walks away. He has 3 reasons as to why someone would kill Wellington: because they don’t like dogs; because they are crazy or because they want to upset Mrs. Shears. Since the murders know their victims he suspects Mr. Shears who left 2 years ago. Christopher knows that he should refer to all the other students at his school as ``special needs`` but doesn’t be he thinks it is a silly term and everyone has special needs.

In fact, the main theme of this story is to be careful of who you trust, for it is easy to be deceived. For example, Justice Wargrave sets traps for all the other guests, he tricks Dr. Armstrong into helping him fake his death and Agatha Christie fools her readers by giving them false impressions. Firstly, the other guests on the island are easily deceived by Justice Wargrave, because they fall for several of his traps. For instance,

The Curious Incident is written from the perspective of Christopher Boone, and while Christopher’s character conducts a very methodical schedule, and dislikes disorder; the novel itself is constantly floured with tangents from the main story, that gives you insight into who Christopher is, for example Chapter 29, when he describes why he dislikes people, this is not necessary to the storyline about Wellington’s murder, but more of a descriptor of Christopher.

Christopher went to check on his neighbor’s dog Wellington when he looked up to see Mrs. Shears screaming, and calling the cops. After he was found innocent, Christopher decided to launch an investigation on who killed Wellington. When his father found out he told Christopher to leave it alone. Christopher ignores him and asks Mrs. Alexander questions soon their relationship grows and Christopher begins to trust her. When Christopher asked her why his father doesn’t like Mr. Shears she told him that his mother and Mr. Shears had an affair. When his father found Christopher’s book he learned that Christopher knows about the affair and that he was still being a “detective”. His father hid the book from Christopher, when he found the book he also found letters. The letters went sent from his mother, even after she “died”. When his dad found him with the letters he explained why he said she was dead, why he kept the letters from him, and why he killed Wellington. Later that night Christopher ran away from his father to London, England where his mother lives. When he arrived his mother took him in and he explained why he was there because being afraid of his father. When Christopher remembered his A level math class he and his mother move back to Swindon, England, soon Christopher begins to trust his

Christopher reasons, “I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn’t trust him, even though he said ‘Trust me,’ because he had told a lie about a big thing” (Haddon 122). Instead of feeling like his father betrayed him, he focuses on his father being a potential threat. The reader can then focus on Christopher’s plan or the action he will take, and not how he feels. Likewise, he describes himself doing physical things without mentioning how he feels. When Christopher finds out his mother is alive, his account is straightforward. Yet, not any less heartbreaking for the reader. He says, “I had been sick because there was sick all over the bed and on my hands and arms and face” (Haddon 113). The reader knows Christopher does not dramatize events. Thus, the event could have been more terrible than described. He does not describe feelings that led to the sick, he only describes the sick. So, he leaves the readers to assume the news affected him greatly. Christopher’s first-person account narration has little emotion. Hence, the reader’s own emotions and personal experiences affect their

One day he finds his neighbor’s dog lying dead with a fork coming out of it’s side. Christopher, curious, decides to write a murder mystery novel on his journey to discover who killed his neighbor’s dog. His neighbor, Mrs. Shears, finds Christopher in her yard with the dead dog, and Christopher is put in jail for a few hours until his dad gets him, and tells him to stop with his investigation. Christopher continues with his investigation anyways, coming up with ideas like how Mr. Shears left Mrs. Shears a few years prior, he may have come back and killed her dog in order to make her upset. Christopher’s father hears his son is continuing to investigate he makes him promise again to stop. Christopher again continues and talks to a neighbor who tells him that his mother and Mr. Shears were having an affair, but Christopher assures them that his mom died two years prior due to a heart attack. Christopher gets caught again, and his father takes away his detective book, when Christopher goes to look for it around the house he finds it in his father’s room as well as a stack of letters to Christopher from his mother, and discovers that she is still alive and he has been lied to for the past two years. When Christopher asks his dad about it he apologizes and admits to killing Mrs. Shear’s dog because he had feelings for her and was mad because she didn’t feel the same way. Christopher no longer wants to live with his dad, knowing he killed his neighbor’s dog, so he decides to run away and live with his mom in London. Christopher gets to his mom’s apartment to find Mr. Shears. He tells his mom that his dad has been hiding her existence and she insists Christopher live with her. His dad finds Christopher to take him back home, Christopher leaves with his dad being scared of Mr. Shears, and to make sure he’s home for an important exam for college. His mom comes back home about a week later, leaving Mr. Shears

The police come to Mrs. Shears house and take Christopher to the station but his father comes to testify and take shim home. His class is writing story’s so he decided to write a mystery. He based the mystery off Wellingtons murder and decides to search for his killer. Christopher knocks on the doors of various neighbors to try to find out what happened to Wellington. His father is furious when

The events that follow lead Christopher to the answers he is looking for in solving ‘The Curious Incident’ about Wellington and discovering his fathers secrets surrounding his mother. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time is the story of Christopher’s roller coaster journey of mystery. He discovers the truth about his fathers reckless lies and searches for the answers to the secrets his father has hidden for so long.

I can relate to Thomas because of these four ways. Thomas was doubtful and worked hard at finding out the truth. He helped out others believe in Jesus even though they have never seen Him. He taught about Jesus to others. And he struggled a lot throughout his life with Jesus.