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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Analysis

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The debatable story, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is about a suspicious murder of a dog which calls for a captivating story. This novel is written by Mark Hadden, but is told by a young boy, Christopher John Francis Boone. Christopher has a different way of expressing his ability of writing a murder mystery. In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon helps the reader understand the true character of Christopher Boone through point of view, tone, and symbolism. The point of view in the novel, is told by a boy, Christopher Boone, that is fifteen-year-old three month and two days (6). He is very precise and to the point. He has Asperger syndrome so this is not a normal novel. He …show more content…

He does not like being touch, because it makes him uncomfortable and he will scream and punch someone back. If someone lies to him, that means they do not love him. He loves his father, but it starts to change in the falling action of the novel. His father lies to him and Christopher runs away. Christopher states, “I had to get out of the house” (122). These examples show how caring or cold-hearted Christopher can be. Symbolism is an important role of understanding the novel. Due to his point of view, symbolism is necessary to know what he is saying. Christopher uses math to help him through life. Most people would never use math to help calm them down, but Christopher is different. Math symbolizes his logic and order. Christopher does the chapters in the novel by prime numbers, because it is his sense of order. When he talks about prime numbers he says, “They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you sent all your time thinking about them” (12). He relates math to life. Christopher also uses clouds as a symbol. He looks at the sky and tries to make a picture in the clouds (68). He notices the clouds slowly moving so it changes the image of the picture. He relates this to life, by saying life is always moving and changing just like the clouds (69). The murder mystery of Wellington is also a symbol of something

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