Use Of Overthinking In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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.

“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

In the book, Christopher was trying to solve the murder of Wellington, Mrs. Shear’s dog. He wants to go find out information about whom the suspect could be, but he has difficulties talking to strangers. His anxiety holds him back and makes him awkward around all strangers. While questioning his neighbors about what they know about Wellington he said, “‘Do you know who killed Wellington?’ I did not look at his face. I do not like looking at people’s faces, especially if they are strangers. He did not say anything for a few seconds”(36). This quote demonstrates Christopher’s severe social problems. He is withdrawn from the conversation and appears to be uncomfortable. While Christopher may not realize it throughout the course of the novel, his disability is a conflict to himself. When Christopher was trying to make his way to London to reunite with his mother, he had to travel through a train station. This situation could have been overwhelming to anybody who had never traveled alone, but Christopher didn’t handle his unease like most normal people. “And there was sweat running down my face from under my hair and I was moaning, not

“I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant, I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying. But it was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the face they were making because people’s faces move very quickly. (Haddon 3).” This quote reveals that Christopher was unable to understand facial expressions, until Siobhan had taught him them. This was a very difficult challenge Christopher had faced because he was unable to understand other people’s thinking, because he is not able to understand facial

Throughout the novel,’ The curious Incident of the dog in the night-time,’ the theme of the understanding and the acceptance of people’s differences is explored by Variety of events and different situations. Prior to reading this novel, most responders would have been unaware of differences between them and someone who has Asperger’s syndrome so the plot is ensuring us the readers the novel is informative to the responder.

Mark Haddon creates an authentic character through Christopher Boone in Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time to show the experiences of a person who deals with Aspergers.In the book Christopher goes to a special school. The way he organizes his life is different than the way most people would organize their life. When people touch him he screams. He often gets in trouble for his reactions to others. Christopher is definitely an authentic character because the author uses his knowledge of autism, while shaping a vivid character for Christopher so people can really feel that Christopher is autistic. And, through the author's view, the world is seen through the eyes of a boy with Asperger’s Autism without ever mentioning it in the text.

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”

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT- TIME by Mark Haddon 1) Christopher has a disability that doesn´t appear written in the book which is a milder autism spectrum disorder (ASD) called Asperger Syndrome that makes it difficult for him to understand social behaviour like body language and other forms of human interaction (eye contact, facial expressions, posture, gesture). He doesn´t know the small quirks of language that we take for granted: the sarcasm, the irony, the turns of phrases, the slang, the metaphors, the jokes. Christopher really like talking to animals because they never ridicule him.

Christopher’s struggle with asperger's causes tension and frustration with unfamiliarities and large crowds. I believe that it is hard for Christopher to function in a bigger group because he doesn't understand some aspects of people's emotions. I think that for Christopher to focus on something he has to concentrate on isolating himself and that's what calms him. I think that Haddon thinks the same way. That he isolates himself so he can calm himself, kind of like a fresh start.

The book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, written by Mark Haddon, follows the story of a teenager named Christopher Boone suffering with autism. In the book, Christopher begins to search for the murderer of his neighbor’s dog, and while looking, he figures that it was, in fact, his father who lied to him and killed the dog. Christopher learns that this is not the only lie, and he learns that his dad has actually lied to him about the death of his mother, so out of fear for his safety, he goes on a journey to London seeking his long thought dead mother. Christopher, due to his autism, sees things in the world differently than other people. He has trouble feeling empathy and experiencing emotions,

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is told through the eyes of a fifteen year old boy named Christopher Boone. Christopher has a highly-functioning form of autism which allows him to understand complex mathematical problems, but also leaves him unable to comprehend many simple human emotions. His inability to understand metaphors, distinguish emotions, and his lack of imagination makes it possible to consider Christopher as functioning like a computer rather than functioning as a human being. Throughout the story, Christopher is faced with many challenges which he conquers using the stable and never changing system of mathematics. All of these factors suggest that Christopher does, in fact, function like a computer,

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

Many believe that those with autism do not have the capacity of developing moral agency without empathy. Kids at a young age are taught the lessons of good and bad of what other people see as good that impacts on them as they grow up. The same concept goes with Christopher in the novel of, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, that endorse the fact that he has autism is able to learn right and wrong without feelings. He is viewed as naïve, but gives that sense of innocence of nature through the way he portrays his thoughts to action. To fully understand Christopher on whether he has moral agency is better

In this book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time, Mark Haddon writes about Christopher John Francis Boone who is an autistic child. Throughout this story Christopher attempts to solve a murder case of his neighbor’s poodle. Christopher wakes up one day at seven minutes past midnight, and he notices the next-door neighbor’s dog laying on the ground. So he decides to go over and check out what happened, soon he found a garden fork sticking out of a dog named Wellington. Since Christopher likes murder mystery novels, he decided to write his own murder mystery novel starting with finding out what happened to Wellington. Throughout his attempt in solving the mystery of the

mind state to distinguish others expressions and thinking. According to Center for Disease Control, about 1 in 68 children births are born with this diagnosis. Although there is no cure for Asperger Syndrome, there are multiple treatments to help assist, such as psychotherapy, behavioral modification, social skills training and more. Having this disorder does not mean that children will have problems in all areas. A person with Asperger Syndrome can have the capability to come up with complex ideas when given a topic; however the difficulty comes into play when trying to convey what they are thinking in their heads and transfer that onto paper. People with Asperger Syndrome have the ability to write lengthy passages, using good vocabulary and a decent constructed sentences, but have trouble with organizing information and choosing correct details that are important but tend to overlook them. This can be understood by thinking that their thoughts are rapidly flowing but can often not end up on paper or resulting in being unorganized such as going back and forth between two topics. The novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shows this type of pattern of being disorganized contains a great story structure. Mark Haddon’s unique writing style allows him to create a fictional character who portrays the reality of a condition such as Asperger Syndrome. This allows