The Curious Incident Of The Dog

In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon does not illustrate the life of an average teenage boy. He shows us Christopher Boone, a 15-year old boy who lies on the autistic spectrum. Christopher experiences many of the everyday activities most people his age do; he goes to school (where he relishes math), watches TV, and plays with his pet. However, his home life is fraught with conflict, causing readers to think Christopher may be better off without the frightening presence of his father, or the unreliability of his mother. Although Christopher may have the determination to live on his own, his unusual tendencies can be detrimental and outweigh the positives.

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

To write a good mystery novel takes time and only a few authors have been successful in writing them. Mystery novels has been around for a period of time with historical authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and recent author Stephen King. In these novels, clues are provided by the author and Christopher Boone, narrator of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, states, “If it is a good puzzle you can sometimes work out the answer before the end of the book” (5). In relation to this, the most valuable information is typically gained throughout the process of the investigation rather than the solution itself. Although the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is not classified as a detective story, the plot still goes through an investigation and shares elements of a mystery novel. The mystery within the story that keeps the novel going is to find the killer of Mrs. Shears’ poodle, Wellington, and in turn, shapes the ending where the audience sees the development of the protagonist, Christopher, through the investigation itself, the journey to London and his overall ability as a writer.

In Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the objectivity of truth is placed into question. Throughout the book, Haddon is able to assimilate to his readers the thoughts and experiences of a boy with autism. The way in which Christopher views the world, is drastically distinctive from the majority of other persons. He is unable to distinguish a vast array of emotions and has difficulty emphasizing with and understanding others. Christopher is only able to make sense of other’s feelings and emotions through logical and literal interpretation. Ironically, Christopher’s own thoughts and emotions are void of this scrutiny. As a human being, Christopher is subject to feelings and emotions like everyone else. As a result of his inability to make sense of emotions, he is often forced to construe reasons for his own illogical behavior. Through means of Christopher’s pretentious interpretations, Haddon is able to establish an underlying theme of subjectivity.

Christopher John Francis Boone, 15 year old young man that is diagnosed with an illness called Asperger syndrome ( Which is a form of autism that is a developmental disorder affecting ability to effectively socialize and communicate.) Christopher is very smart he knows all the countries and mostly prime numbers. “I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,057 (Haddon 1).” Although, Christopher loves dogs, but one day he came across his neighbor’s dog, Wellington the poodle, as he came on his knees he started to pet the dog and when he noticed that he was bleeding and there was a pitch fork near the dog. The neighbor, Mrs. Shears, came out of her house and noticed that Christopher had her dog’s in his arms with holes pierced in him, as she was worried that dog was now dead she called the police due to the scene and he was taking away because of his disorder he doesn’t like to be yelled at or touched so in his own defense he punched the police officer that touched him and was brought to a police station was withheld in a cell until he was released.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is a story about a boy named Christopher. Though it is never actually said that he has autism or asperger's, it is easy for readers to assume he does. He starts writing a murder mystery novel about his neighbor's dog. Through his research he finds out that his dad killed the dog, and lied to him about his mom being dead. He overthinks the whole situation, and ends up going to London, by train, alone. Haddon uses overthinking to increase suspense in the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

In the The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the main character, Christopher Boone, struggles with a multitude of challenges relating to his dysfunctional family matters, while also enduring Asperger Syndrome. It is evident, however, that the author, Mark Haddon did not intend for the novel's central purpose to be about exploring Christopher’s condition. Throughout the novel, Christopher’s condition helps forward the plot in an interesting manner as it motivates him to make decisions that a character without Asperger Syndrome would not usually make. For example, when Christopher finds out that his father murdered Wellington, he decides that his father might murder him too and that he needs “to go to London to live with [his] Mother”

Next, Through Christopher's understanding of relationships, Haddon unveils the reality of the idealistic thoughts of normality in society. Society thinks a relationship is to mutually love and respect and trust one another. It’s considered “normal” to show affection if you care for someone. Christopher has an inability to express his feelings of love. "And Father said, 'Christopher do you understand that I love you?' And I said 'Yes', because loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling the truth,” (87) Despite the normality society has put on relationships, every person has their own opinion on how a relationship works. The normality of relationships is only an ideal standard. Contrary to what most believe as a typical relationship, some don’t express their thoughts and feelings in the same way. Haddon shows his readers that just because there are standards to what a relationship should be like, doesn’t mean everyone has to abide by those standards. The love Christopher's parents have for him is one- sided, they can’t expect him to feel the same way. (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). Normality is a standard and the standard society has on relationships are unattainable considering all people are different.

In the story The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher Boone is a 15 year old boy with an autism spectrum disorder, Asperger Syndrome. Regardless of having this disability and the characteristics that come along with it, Christopher shows many times throughout the story that it doesn’t stop him from growing and succeeding in life. Christopher gains his independence and show signs of growth and achievement, proving that having a disability doesn’t stop him from accomplishing his goals and desires. As everyone knows who has read the book, Christopher has weaknesses, including talking to strangers, being in unfamiliar places, being told a large of information at once, and a lack of empathy.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. The main character of the book is Christopher Boone, a 15 year-year-old teenager who has trouble with autism. This book helps you learn about his situation and you develop a better understanding into the life of someone with Autism. Christopher lives with his dad who is another main character in the book. In the following essay I’m going to be talking about how he has not changed in the book,

Throughout the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, the main character Christopher faces many different challenges and obstacles along his journey, but it was the way he overcame those challenges that really helped shape who he was as a character. Throughout the book, Christopher faced many challenges, some bigger than others, but perhaps the toughest one for him to handle was the fact that his father lied to him about his mother, and not only that, but also that his father wasn’t always honest with him. For example, when Christopher finds the letters his mother had written him on page 104, he has no clue they are from his mother until he reads them, but even then he is unsure why they are there, because he was told she had died of a heart attack.

Next, a huge progression in Christopher’s mental growth was the result of him conquering many fears by taking the train to London. As Christopher is trying to find the train to Willesden Junction in London, he asks a stranger who guides him to the platform, and Christopher thinks, “ ‘I can do this,’ because I was doing really well and I was in London and I would find my Mother” (172). From the beginning of the book, Christopher constantly expresses his fears of strangers, and of public, unknown, places. This quote conveys Christopher’s mental growth because he can now think through and even face the worst of his fears, which shows that he can accomplish what he puts his mind to. Similarly, Christopher’s emotional growth is evident through the goals he achieves throughout the book, and his recognition of knowing he completed these goals, despite adversities.

is a short humorous atypical story about a man and his kids dog . Getting off on the wrong foot, he hates this dog who he never calls by the same name twice Hansen Writes “ We got off on the wrong foot. Whining in his pen those first nights. My squirt gun in his face and him blinking from the water. The so-called accidents in the house” (Bedford 244) Right from the start there is a clear understanding of the relationship between the two. However, the dog that he claims to despise dies at age ten, unfortunately for the rest of the family, and he, the owner goes through great lengths to bury and defend the pets honor. There is nothing funny about a family dog's death. The author portrays humor in the situation by adding how badly the dog behaves around him and how loving the dog is around his family .When Hansen writes, “​When pushed to the brink I shouted, “I’ll cut your face off and show it to you,” and the small-brained mammal just stared at me.

I’m going to start telling a short summary from the book I read. The story is about a young guy that is fifteen-year old and lives with his father Ed Boone. His name is Christopher John Francis Boone and he suffer from a mentally disorder called autism spectrum. Christopher’s mom died for two years ago of heart attack.

Wellington had been murdered, but still Christopher decided to pick up the dog and hold it. After all Christopher loved dogs especially Wellington. During that time, his neighbor Mrs. Shears who owned the dog came out shouting and screaming. Soon the police arrived at the crime scene, the police man touched Christopher. However Christopher was autistic and he did not like being touched, so he assaulted the police officer and was put into jail. His father was soon notified and he reached to the jail very soon.