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    In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time, Mark Haddon displays multiple instances of illusions that influence Christopher’s understanding of his surroundings. The novel describes Christopher’s investigation of Wellington’s death after the moment that Christopher finds Wellington’s body in Mrs. Shear’s property. However, Christopher’s father becomes angry when Christopher discusses about his investigation. Christopher was unaware that his father was responsible for Wellington’s

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    The average person most likely will not be able to recite the first 20 numbers of pi. 3.14159265358979323846. In the novel Curious Incident of the dog in the night time the main character Christopher is someone who loves certain logical subjects such as Math and Science. He talks about math, a lot. Christopher is a boy with Autism, Asperger’s to be more specific. This small disability has prevented Christopher from understanding the world around him, Christopher has a very limited set of emotions

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    The main character in the story The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon is about a boy named Christopher Boone that puts logic before anything else. He depends on structure and order causing it be difficult to accept changes that occur in his life, due to his autism. Christopher knows all the countries of the world and their capitals, and can download information into his brain like a computer. Therefore, Christopher uses his skills of logic to help him discover the

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    Christopher Boone articulates The Curious Incident, however, this novel isn’t told by an average fifteen-year-old boy; Christopher has Asperger’s syndrome—this isn’t stated in the novel, but we can acquire this knowledge simply by reading Christopher’s words. People with Asperger’s tend to have difficulty with social interactions, and Christopher clearly displays this inability when trying to figure out the emotions on the paper that Siobhan draws for him (1), also when he states, “ I find people

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    Author’s Style Writing my recent novel, The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime, was extremely interesting. The narrator and his point of view is what made my writing style so unique. I wrote this novel in the first person point of view of a teenage boy affected by Asperger’s Syndrome, Christopher Boone. Writing this novel was unlike anything else I have written. With a main character that is a mathematical genius yet fails to talk to and understand people, my style was bound to be unique

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    On november 8th I saw Simon Stephens’ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time as directed by Risa Brainin. Based on the novel by Mark Haddon, the play follows Christopher, a 15 year old autistic boy, as his struggle to figure out just who killed his neighbour’s dog developed. This riveting tale’s many twists and turns wouldn't be the same without the many creative elements involved. The ingenious set design brought the performance above and beyond. When I first walked in, the set was relatively

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    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

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    The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon is a sad book because Christopher goes through a lot in this book. He finds out Mother cheated on Father by Ms. Alexander, his neighbor, telling him that his mother was “very good friends” (pg.60), with Mr. Shears and that meant they had a sexual affair. Christopher always thought Mother had “died of a heart attack” (27), because that’s what Father had told him. Days later Christopher finds letters going to his name and were from his

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    The Curious Incident: Analysis Using Marxist Criticism In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a Marxist critic would be interested in how Mrs. Alexander has higher wealth shown through specific purchases and possessions included in her daily life. Mrs. Alexander shows her wealth when she offers Christopher a piece of Battenberg cake when he meets her for the first time. When Christopher is being a detective around the neighborhood asking questions about who killed Wellington

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    The Knowledge of The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time is beautiful and uniquely written. Most books do not take up four pages to explain what exactly was on a math test, but then again, this book is not like most books. As heartbreaking as it was, it did make me feel emotions when I was reading it. I think that's what makes a good book. Having a character that can barely tell other’s emotions was intriguing. It forced the reader

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