Something Wicked This Way Comes And The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

What makes fiction novels especially interesting are the larger messages hidden within them. The novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon does just that. The novel centers around a 15 year old genius Christopher Boone who has a mental disability of some sort, struggling with communication because of it. The book is comprised of a murder mystery novel Christopher sought to write after discovering the bloody murder of his neighbor's dog, Wellington. Gradually, the story focuses away from the main conflict and morphs into a complicated story about Christopher’s life. With that, Haddon brings out the complexity and hardships of human life, specifically through the topic of truth and deceit. The truth comes out eventually; fabricating it now will only prolong the unwanted effects later. Also, lies ruin relationships, possibly for good.

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

Reading contributes to a major part in a high school student's life. Whether it's reading a textbook, notes, a novel, or even posts on social media, we are continually absorbing new information through reading. Canada Reads hosted by CBC has been celebrating marvellous works of Canadian literature since 2002. This annual battle of the books features five novels consisting of a common theme. Each book is then defended by a representative, by the end of the four series podcast they will chose one book they believe all Canadians should read. Participating in this event was incredible. I was able to learn new things along with improving my reading and writing skills. Therefore, Canada Reads should become a part of the grade eleven curriculum due

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)

Students enjoy reading books that are relatable, interesting, and easy to understand. A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly, should be removed from the tenth grade Summer reading list because it is confusing, unrelatable to teens and not what most students expect it to be.

In literature, it is hard to have a character that is completely truthful; there is usually at least one scenario where the protagonist would be required to tell a lie to get out of a situation. Even in real life, the average person is guaranteed to tell at least a few lies in their lifetime. In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, the protagonist is a teenage boy by the name of Christopher. He suffers from a type of autism, and this is why he is physically unable to tell lies. This has a large impact on the plot because of the way Christopher deals with the problems he faces in the book. Instead of telling strategically placed fibs to get the information he needs, Christopher can only be brutally honest, which can be either helpful or harmful to his cause depending on the situation. Christopher being honest throughout the book is a major key to how the plot progresses.

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.

Christopher is an special needs kid with great math skills and is a logical thinker. In the end

Isn’t it awful being forced to read long, drawn-out books in school, only to find that they’re boring and irrelevant? Most teenagers, including myself, can relate that when it comes to forced reading in teen literature, most of the books are more of a burden than enjoyable. When in the process of reading unwanted books, it’s almost as if instead of appreciating and grasping the author’s writing, we’re skimming through as fast as possible in order to get an A. Personally, I felt like in school there were lists after lists of tiresome stories that weren’t any fun to read, that was, until I read Harper Lee’s most famous book. Deserving all the hype it gets, To Kill a Mockingbird is a heartfelt text about a young girl’s childhood who, at only six

When we think of minor characters of a story we think that they aren’t important or contribute anything towards the development of the plot. We usually think of them as background extras or unrelated plot to make the story longer, however that's not the case, minor characters are very important in advancing the theme or plot. They can have a major impact as in changing how the main character feels or act, or develop the story even further. Even if they don’t have a tremendous effect to the main character or story. Minor character plays certain roles to bring the story together. In this essay I will show three examples of minor characters in three different stories.

Have you ever wondered why the books you read are always chosen by teachers? Well, I support the decision to let the teacher choose the reading for next school year. First ,students would receive new books that they weren't interested in before. Next, it would increase the students’ increase reading ability and vocabulary. Lastly, it would make it easier for the teacher.

Characterisation essay The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The novel is described in the first-individual viewpoint by Christopher John Francis Boone, a 15-year-old kid who portrays himself as "a mathematician with some behavioural challenges" living in Swindon, Wiltshire. Albeit Christopher's condition is not expressed, the book's ad spot alludes to Asperger disorder, or academic disorder. As read in the book there are different type of writing style that Haddon has written, what I means is that had on writes as if he is that character like in the book here is a bit from the book I have found :

Equally noticeable, is both character’s constant desire to escape reality, Cather is gifted at writing and literature, allowing her to create an alternate world with her words. “To really be a nerd, she’d decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.” Christopher is mathematically advanced; he distracts himself with numbers and math problems. He uses trivia problems to understand the outside world. He believes everything has a rational and scientific explanation.

During the semester I’m always loaded down with textbook reading, essays and studying for exams which means I never have time to read for pleasure, or at least not that often. So over the summer I always try to pack in as much “fun” reading as I can. So here are some of the books I’ve either read this summer or am planning on reading this summer that have the ability to transport me to a world void of anything related to education but which still are great books to check off my list.

There’s a controversy on whether teachers or students should choose what they should read during the school year.Teachers should be able to choose what books students will read during the school year. For example, teachers should choose the books because a book that they choose could expand their vocabulary. For instance, teachers could help students get out of their comfort zone, and try new books to read. For one thing, if teachers select the books that the students will read, it could get the students to learn, and understand about the hard times in the past. In short, teachers should choose what students will read over the course of the year.