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Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime Analysis

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Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Author: Mark Haddon Text Type: Novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is heartwarming and enlightening murder-mystery novel told in first person narrative by the protagonist, 15 year old Christopher Boone who has Asperger’s syndrome. With a vast knowledge of math’s and science and minimal understanding about other people, he embarks on a journey to discover who murdered his neighbor’s dog and in doing so meets new people, has new experiences and discovers the truth about his own family. I found it interesting how this novel explored the idea of being different and seeing the world differently rather than what its like to live with Asperger’s or other forms of autism. This provided me with an enlightened view to never judge someone else on how they appear just because they are different …show more content…

I was exposed to a unique way of processing thoughts through Christopher “I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them”. This novel showed me that some people just think differently to others and this isn’t enough to cast them out from society and put labels on them. Chirstopher feels that noone can relate to him and these feelings of isolation are shown in his dream where everyone else in the world is dead to him. I found this to be interesting because it contrasts societys idea of people suffering from types of autism to be the isolated ones when in fact it is our lack of understanding that makes people like this pull away and isolate themselves. I have come to realise through this novel to be more accepting and understanding of other peoples thoughts and opinions, and to welcome their differences rather than cause even deeper feelings of

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