Nighttime Metaphors

When Christopher receives his ticket at the train station, he says, “I didn’t like the ticket being half yellow but I had to keep it because it was my train ticket” (153). This shows that even though Christopher despises the color yellow, he is able to see past it because he knows that without the ticket he won’t be able to get on the train, and if he doesn’t get on the train, he will not get to London and find Mother. Another time when he allows himself to consider the long-term benefits of pushing through his tendencies is when Christopher becomes confused and apprehensive at the ticket machines and the crowds of people around them, but he stands back and notices, “I watched 47 people [putting tickets into gray gates and walking through them] and I memorized what to do” (173). Despite the fact that Christopher was unsure of how to go about this situation, he picked up the pattern by watching others until he was able to do it himself. This is a skill that would greatly benefit him if he lived by himself. Christopher also shows the readers that when he becomes overwhelmed, he can push through it. When he is on the train and begins to feel scared, he says, “The trains coming in and out of the station were in a rhythm, like music or drumming. And it was like counting and saying, ‘Left, right, left, right, left, right...’ which Siobhan taught me

“And I was shaking and I wanted to be back at home, and then I realized I couldn’t be at home because Father was there and he told a lie and killed Wellington, which meant that it wasn’t my home anymore, my home was 451c Chapter Road, London NW2 5NG, and it scared me, having a wrong thought like, I wish I was back at home again, because it meant my mind wasn’t working properly” (Haddon 176). While Christopher is at the train station about to go to London he realizes how lost he is in his world and that he cannot go home because his father has betrayed him, and that he must keep going but he cannot escape the thought of going back, which makes him feel like his mind is betraying him. The fact that I had let people have such control in my life and emotions and to see that they could honestly care less about my well-being made me feel like anything they did or said didn’t mean a thing to me, it grew to the point where I feared heartache and I thought it was easier for me to block out everything, which lead me to distrust everyone but one thing I did not realize was that I would also cause myself heartache. Thus, it is clear that in difficult situations Christopher and I felt betrayed by our own minds and feeling like that makes you feel insecure. Your mind is one of the most important part of you and if it

Christopher develops more emotion towards the end because of what his father had done to him. In the text it says”Then he lifted me up and made me sit on the side of the bed.he took my jumper and shirt off and put them on the bed.then he made me stand up and walk through the bathroom. And I didn't scream. And I didn't fight. And I didn’t hit him”.

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 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”.

Mark Haddon creates authenticity of his character christopher by having Christopher in a special school. There are many examples throughout the novel that show Christopher's reaction to the people and the events that occur in the school. One example would be “And I said, "I remember. You told me." And then I said, "I'm the first person to do an A level from my

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

He despises the colors yellow and brown. In fact, his hatred for these colors runs so deep that he refuses to consume any food that resembles these unlucky colors. He does not enjoy being touched, not even by his parents or close friends. These are a few examples of how Christopher has constructed a sense of establishment for himself to go by. Christopher is not an average child, but his desires of trust, love, and to be understood are the same as any child.

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is a book written by Mark Haddon, in a first person’s perspective from a fifteen year old boy named Christopher. Christopher has autism and he lives with his dad, and no longer his mom because his dad told him that his mom had passed away from a heart attack. One night on one of Christopher’s midnight strolls, he passes by his neighbor Mrs. Shears’s house and sees her dog lying dead in the garden with a pitch fork sticking out of him. Christopher then went on an investigation to figure out who killed the dog Wellington.

Contrary to a computer, Christopher can feel emotions. He may not understand why he feels a certain way, but he knows what it feels like to be happy or sad. He recognizes that he felt sad when he found the dead dog (pg2), and he knows that he feels happy when he reads about the Apollo missions. The most important time in the novel that Christopher shows common human emotions is on page 112 when he first finds out that his mother is alive. He is very hurt and betrayed, but he does not know what he is feeling and cannot find a way to handle himself. Although Christopher concedes to having these emotions, he seems to just accept that he has them rather than to understand them.

Christopher’s lack of emotion does not end with his mother’s death. He absolutely hates being touched by others, he hits a person if they try to make contact with him. He also does not like strangers; anything unfamiliar to Chris is not welcome in his world as far as he is concerned. He hates the colors yellow and brown, and determines if it will be a good day by the number of colored cars he sees; 4 red cars means it will be a good day, but 3 yellow cars is a bad sign. This

This can be seen through the factual way of writing that Christopher uses, and that Haddon developed to characterise Christopher. This can be first seen when Christopher introduces himself to the readers; “My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7, 507, (pg. 2)”. This provides evidence that Christopher is over the top in detail, very literal and factual, which shows Christopher’s unique perspective of the world. Through 1st person narration, the reader experiences Christopher’s perspective and begins to understand him better as a character.

In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, Christopher Boone is faced with many challenges that he must overcome. One of his most difficult challenges of these would be his journey to London. This is because he was nearly overwhelmed with so many obstacles he had to conquer in order to triumph in his journey. In addition, from these challenges, we can see different ideas and methods that Mark Haddon is trying to display about Christopher. Christopher naturally finds it hard to talk to and communicate with strangers due to his autism.

Some of the main themes in the story is about becoming independent, being your own unique person, and trust and deceit. The story touches on individuality, growing up and finding yourself, as the main character, Christopher grows and learns about the difficulties in life throughout the story. In the beginning of the story, he is a very childlike character, and is very trusting of the world, which also relates to the theme of trust. He believes everything his father tells him, like how his mother died, he doesn’t question his father’s relationship with Mrs.Shears or his mother’s relationship with Mr.Shears. While he is very gifted in math and things about the universe, he isn't as gifted in the structure of the world and society.

Of course she writes to him every week or so, but the journey between London and Swindon is relatively short, just writing to him and not travelling to see him shows that even through she does care, she still thinks that she isn't needed and Ed is managing just fine with Christopher.