The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

Millions of people around the world suffer from autism and other mental disabilities that make facing their fears a challenge for them. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, the main character Christopher Boone has autism and finds it difficult to pertain to many social situations. He fears strangers, things not going how he expected them to, and brown foods. This makes it hard for Christopher to control himself in circumstances that may seem simple to the average person. Christopher must learn to deal with both internal and external conflicts in the novel, as he becomes a stronger character through the many conflicts.

In the Novel, The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, we are shown that the truth is not always accurate and that lies are sometimes necessary. Christopher Boone is a 15 year old who has Asperger’s Syndrome, which lies in the Autism Spectrum. Due to this condition Christopher does not understand emotion, metaphors – which he considers a lie – and knows all the prime numbers up to 7,507 as well as all the countries and cities of the world. Christopher’s life revolves around the truth and throughout the novel he is seen to grow and learn to cope with different things when dealing with lies. Most events in this novel are situated around a lie that has been told; nearly every character tells one and has to face the

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)

“Haddon manages to bring us deep inside Christopher’s mind and situates us comfortably within his limited, severely logical point of view, to the extent that we begin to question the common sense and the erratic emotionalism of the normal citizens who surround him, as well as our own intuitions and habits of perception”

Temple Grandin’s TED talk and the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, have several similarities between the two. In the TED talk, Temple explains the way children with autism think, process, and react differently from those who are not autistic. Grandin announced to the crowd of the TED talk convention that those with autism tend to be sensitive to sound- just as Christopher was in the novel. There were several occurrences when Christopher’s surroundings became too much to handle- which is why “[he] walked at the edge of the road. And [he] didn’t like all the people being near [him] and all the noise because it was too much information in [his] head”(The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 139). She also

Furthermore, Christopher does not have the ability to empathize. “I have to go back to Swindon, and mother said, Christopher you’ve just only got here.’ ‘I have to sit my Maths A level’ ” (page 246). Instead he has been gifted with mathematical skills. The math skills are the only thing Christopher knows, he really can master. He says on page 247, “ I’m going to get an A grade. And that’s why I have to go back to Swindon”. Christopher wants to be acknowledged. People frequently find him peculiar in his way of being. No one really understands him and that is why Christopher dislike

In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Christopher is a boy who is socially inept so he finds comfort in the logical things of this world that he can actually figure out. There is evidence suggesting that he might have Aspergers but the author does not specify so the readers are left to be detectives and try to fit the pieces of the puzzle together that make up who he is and why he acts the way he does. Even though Christopher may or may not have Aspergers, it’s quite obvious that he sees the world very differently from most people. Everything is black or white for him; good or bad. He doesn’t understand the grey matter in between but what human being actually does?

It is inevitable that one will experience stress at least once during their lifetime. Oftentimes, stress impacts people in different ways that change how they view situations and the choices they make — especially in families. Christopher Boone, the protagonist of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (CIDN), by Mark Haddon, has a form of autism. Thus, he perceives the world differently compared to everybody else. As a 15-year-old boy, he does not tolerate being touched, does not eat food if they are touching, and hates the colors yellow and brown (Haddon 60). Because of Christopher’s personality, he must cope with his stress in unusual ways that create drama in his family.

The mind of an autistic person is fascinating and frightening because usually their actions can’t accurately express what their brain is thinking. It is frustrating to try and determine what a child with autism is trying to say, and often results in them being misunderstood. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, tells the story from the perspective of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy with autism. Chris is brilliant at math and science, but is unable to understand or express emotion. His difficult home life further contributes to his illness; he doesn’t have anyone at home who supports him and tries to help him. His teacher, Siobhan, is his only friend and the only person who tries to help him learn to

Christopher is unique that he “got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant” as he finds it hard to talk to people as he can’t identify their expression. He tried so diligently understand others so that he can communicate with them. He accesses an important idea as Christopher enhance his understanding of humans. Christopher felt that he a machine as his “mind is just a complicated machine” that's why he “likes things in order” as he feels that his in control and it can go the way he wants it to be. Unlike him communicating with others is more like a puzzle to him as he has to keep solving until he finds the right solution. That's the reason why Christopher “do not like strangers… they are hard to understand” as when Christopher chat with people who know about his uniqueness like Siobhan, they would talk to him in a way that Christopher can comprehend like not talking in simile and metaphor. Unlike, communicating with a stranger Christopher would have a harder time as they would speak in a way he doesn’t recognise. This show how Christopher has access important idea of communication as his uniqueness has an impact on the way he interacts with

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a fictional novel written by Mark Haddon. The main character, Christopher, is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome therefore sees the world from a very different perspective than the readers. One of his characteristics due to his illness is that he can't stand lies and almost always tells the truth. Since he always wants to know the truth, he tries to solve the mystery of the dog next door which was killed with a garden fork. However, he gets way too deep into it and coincidentally discovers the hidden story of his Mother.

Mark Haddon, the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, worked with autistic children and knows firsthand the strengths those affected by autism possess. The novel follows Christopher Boone, an adolescent who admits he has, “lots of Behavioral Problems” (Haddon 46) on his journey to discover who killed the neighborhood

The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by: Mark Haddon is unlike any book I have ever read. In my opinion the title is misleading to what the story is actually about. But I think that’s what makes this book so incredible. By trying to solve the murder of the dog Wellington Chris uncovered a deeper secret. From the beginning it was easy to fall in love with Chris because of his innocent personality. Although in the book it never states Chris has autism we automatically assume he does because of his actions. I don’t have any experience of what living with autism is like but Chris’ story gave me a real understanding of what it is like to live with the disorder.

In Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Christopher grows the most over the course of this novel. Christopher is a fifteen year old that has autism and because of his autism he struggles with human to human contact. Christopher lives in Swindon,England and he lives with his dad. He is very good at math and knows all the countries and capitals. Christopher hates the color yellow. He has a routine that he follows such as he counts all the red cars and if there is an odd number he will have a bad day and if there is an even number he will have a good day. Christopher's dad him when he was younger that his mom had died but that is not true as Christopher finds out later in the novel.

According to Richard Chamberlain, “I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they’re necessary to make someone feel better or prevent the feeling of hurt. Whoppers? No, that’s dangerous and they’ll boomerang” In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon we take a deep dive into how the consequence of a lie destroys a family relationship. Parents use “little white lies” to protect their kids from finding out the truth. In the end he finds out something he never would’ve expected and ends up sending the family on a wild adventure. Christopher’s father, Ed Boone, lied because of his driven motivation, disassociation, and led to complications in his son’s life.