Dog In The Nighttime Conflict

Chris believes that his life will turn out as he sees it will and that it will all work out well in the end, despite his average grades and below average life. An additional point in the story where Chris has not yet escaped all of reality, but only the worst parts is when he says, “we’ve got these two riding horses[,] Duchess and Firefly”. This illustrates that the home life of Chris is not ideal, that Chris would rather live in his alternate version of his own reality than the one he was born into when it comes to his home life. Chris continues to live in reality for the most part and only escapes to his delusion during the worst parts of his life, he continues to struggle to hold on to what’s real despite the appeal of his imaginary world.

This shows that when Father was honest with him, he would then try to acknowledge the truth to be able to understand why he did what he did, he would then be able to look back at all the times that Father has been good to him and weigh the bad and good of him as a father and may give him a second chance. Lastly, the conflict between Christopher and Father helps develop the theme when one realizes what to fix in order to show the value for the person. Father knows the tension he had caused by being dishonest, and by being honest, he was able to gain back trust from Christopher to show him that he valued their relationship. With that Father will learn how to value honesty in a relationship and show Christopher that he valued him as a person and their relationship as a whole. Therefore, the elements of the character of the father, the A-ha Moment of Christopher and the conflict develop the theme when in making an effort to heal a relationship, one must be truthful in order to show a sense of trust and value to the

And I could do this by going on a train because I knew all about trains from the train set, how you looked at the timetable and went to the station and bought a ticket and looked at the departure board to see if your train was on time and then you went to the right platform and got on board” (Haddon 131) This quote reveals the character of Christopher by showing that he is well informed about train time tables, and how he is able to incorporate his background knowledge on train time tables to assist him with his lengthy and very risky journey to London. This quote also displays that Christopher had taken a very extensive risk to leave his comfort zone, since Christopher finds a significant amount of difficulty dealing with new environments and finds it difficult to go to a new environment alone without assistance and someone he trusts. Christopher was able to overcome the challenge by succeeding with his journey to London, by relying solely on his photographic memory of his mother’s address and his background knowledge about trains and their timetables. Christopher was also able to overcome many of his fears such as large crowds, loud noises, and social

Chris is a charismatic young man, but takes extensive measures to ensure he does not become too close with anyone. By going out into the wild without so much as a letter to his parents,

Christopher is very different to normal people as he has Asperger’s Syndrome, a mental illness which deprives him of his social abilities and emotional interpretation. Christopher changes from an innocent unknowing boy to one of newfound truths and knowledge. At the start of the book he is very shy and protective of himself, only talking to those that he trusts. The author writes “It takes me a long time to get used to people I do not know. For example, when there is a new member of staff at school I do not talk to them for weeks and weeks. I just watch until I know that they are safe”.

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)

2ND: When it comes to the sensing and intuitive preferences, Christopher was a sensing type of individual. According to the Temperament Type and Into the Wild Notes, sensing individuals attend to various events in the present moment. Christopher doesn't plan out the various details of his journey in a universal order, pack the essential necessities or set a planned agenda; he lives in the current moment. For example, when his yellow Datsun gets destroyed he decides to simple leave it behind. He doesn't scavenge to attempt to

This is pretty easily seen just by his attempt to solve Wellington’s murder. In order to solve this mystery, Christopher knows that he will have to talk to many people he doesn’t know very well. Although he finds it very uncomfortable, he talks to strangers and gains the confidence in his ability to go out on his own and solve problems for himself. Another big instance of Christopher’s want for more independence, is his eagerness to take his A-level math test. Christopher sees a way out of the confines of his father’s house in

Christopher runs into a big event in his life and it involves Maslow’s needs. Quickly, kind people gave Christopher a home and medicine to live. Christopher saw people come over to him, while he was suffering in the field of leaving. Foolishly, Kira’s community believes that there are beasts that come to get you when you are left in the field to get eaten. Turns out, these so called “Beasts” are actually normal people from a different community. Christopher has to use the necessity of safety when he makes sure that his community is trustworthy and

As the novel progresses, so does the Characterization of Christopher. From originally being an awkward adolescent, our protagonist discovers that he can do anything he sets his mind to. Instead of hectically going over everything his brain needs to process, Christopher looks to the things he finds comfort in, such as, logic, arithmetic or math problems. Throughout his journey, Whenever Christopher found himself in a frustrated position, he began to recite complicated numbers

In Swindon, Christopher establishes rituals that help him to order the community around him. To illustrate, Christopher states that, “one way of things being in a nice order [is] to be logical. Especially if those things [are] numbers or an argument. But there [are] other ways of putting things in a nice order… When father [gets] up in the morning he always [puts] his trousers on before he [puts] his socks on and it [isn’t] logical but he always [does] it that way” (Haddon 24). Through this quotation, Christopher highlights his need for habitual and logical routines by explaining common rituals that he and his father uphold devotedly. His rituals provide Christopher with a sense of safety and order in the world around him, allowing him to dehumanize his life into a perfect set of coherent

This quote is evident of Christopher’s ability to make risky decisions and follow through with them, especially since this is uncharacteristic of him. In addition, Christopher does not recognize that travelling on a train by himself is unsafe when he has never travelled on a train before. Christopher assumes he knows everything like planning his routes, but going to London from Swindon is not considered to be a train set toy. This emphasizes that Christopher does not have a rational explanation to what he does instead, makes decisions in haste to attempt risks that can be dangerous for him. As can be seen, analysing the novel from Christopher’s point of view shows how he develops to become a dynamic character by conquering his fears and in turn, allows him to be self-motivated.

Christopher seems to use logic more than his gut feeling which makes him feels safe and organized. I think that’s a good habit of his and also not something most people rely on as much as they should, it's seems that people use their intuition and what they think will benefit them more during the time than in it would in the long run happens more than using logic like we should and I agree. People just as individuals have the big tendency of being very selfish and doing what's right in that very moment then what would benefit them long term, that's why you should never follow your heart they say because our heart desires what it wants when it wants it that's why it's known to be the most deceitful thing us as humans have against ourselves,

To begin with, the main conflict in “CI” is not being able to trust, more specifically Christopher trusting his father. He goes through multiple complications in the story not knowing who he can trust brings great struggle. When Christopher arrives

First, I decided to represent Christopher as a computer, the reason being is self-explanatory. When you think of a computer, you think of it as being smart and getting you the information you need right? That is the same with Christopher, he can download information