Dog In The Night-Time

What makes fiction novels especially interesting are the larger messages hidden within them. The novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon does just that. The novel centers around a 15 year old genius Christopher Boone who has a mental disability of some sort, struggling with communication because of it. The book is comprised of a murder mystery novel Christopher sought to write after discovering the bloody murder of his neighbor's dog, Wellington. Gradually, the story focuses away from the main conflict and morphs into a complicated story about Christopher’s life. With that, Haddon brings out the complexity and hardships of human life, specifically through the topic of truth and deceit. The truth comes out eventually; fabricating it now will only prolong the unwanted effects later. Also, lies ruin relationships, possibly for good.

point of view on christopher is he is a brave good hero but in reality he is a paradox.

All human beings face restrictions on a day to day basis that they have to thrive through. This is clearly illustrated by Mark Haddon in his book "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time”. Christopher Boone is cautious and logical. These attributes are what help him in finding his lost book his father has taken away from him. Christopher's logical thinking aids him conduct his search for the book his father has taken away from him.

“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

Christopher’s abnormal personality can be seen as a weird but it is because of the experiences he had to face as a young adult with his father that made his perception on life and its values of life change. Christopher’s adventure way up north was described by saying, “...he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it.”(55) Christopher most likely felt like this because he felt betrayed by his father and saw no point in endeavouring trust into people close to him

He explains that he has a hard time with this, but he understands facts and can memorize anything. Christopher has a perfect memory. Christopher struggles with situations when a lot of things are going on around him. This makes it hard for him to function in a large group because he cannot understand what people are saying and this frustrates

“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

Attention Grabber: In the “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” we see a young adult, Christopher, traveling through life and overcoming obstacles he never thought he could.

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon, is a mystery novel about a young boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. Christopher Boone, the narrator of the book, compels the reader to feel the most sympathy towards him, due to his Asperger’s Syndrome. Not only is this portrayed by this affliction but also by his parents’ separation and losing the stability of a family life. Ed Boone, Christopher’s father, can be sympathised with when his wife leaves him and he struggles with being a single parent of a child with a disability. Mrs Shears has also suffered loss when her dog, Wellington, was killed and then when her husband left her for another woman. Haddon retells the life of Christopher Boone, through a variety of different techniques such as repetition, dialogue, expletive language and short sentences.

Lack of empathy plays a key role in the development of Christopher’s character. The most notable instance of Christopher’s void of emotions in the novel is the session with Siobhan in the early stages of the book where he has difficulty recognising facial expressions and linking them to their subsequent emotions - a skill many take for granted as a “given”,. He has great difficulty in understanding other’s motives and thoughts he subsequently cannot tell when a person speaks sarcastically, or determine a person’s mood by his facial expression leading Christopher to frequently misunderstand other people to Christopher, as shown in the quote where he is talking about his occupation and likens going to space to becoming a girl or dying, any emotion

Christopher seems to be a very logical individual in view of the fact that he doesn’t believe in supernatural, god or heaven. One of the reasons he doesn’t like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is because he believed in the supernatural which surely shows that Christopher is

How Does the Teller Change The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? Through the crime fiction novel, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, by Mark Haddon, the readers are able to feel connected with the protagonist, Christopher John Francis Boone, who speaks in first person subjective. The readers are engaged in the unique form and narrative techniques of the mystery novel. The novel alternates between a chapter about the murder mystery, and a chapter in which Christopher discusses ideas or concepts worth knowing.

Without Christopher's will to be a detective the story wouldn't have its rising action leading to the climax, in fact, there wouldn't be a climax. Comparable to the last point without Christopher’s perspective the narrative of the story would be very different. The reader learns Christopher's perspective is crucial to the plot of the story. Whether it is through the small details like being curious or big decisions Christopher's perspective has proven to be crucial to the story and what happens in it, Christopher's

He rarely socializes when he is at school or out in public, and when he is at home, he prefers to be alone his room with his pet rat. “And I really like little spaces, so long as there is no one else in there with me.” (Haddon. 50). In the rare occasion that Christopher associates with people out in public that he does not know, the interaction usually ends quickly due to Christopher feeling uncomfortable and leaving in a hurry. When he had no choice but to engage in conversation with a neighbor who was nothing but friendly to him, he began to think of every possible thing that could go wrong and quickly decided to leave. “And I thought she might be ringing the police and then I’d get into much more serious trouble because of the caution. So I walked away” (Haddon. 40). Even though Christopher does lack social skills, there are still ways he can learn to become more social and ways of interacting with others to better him. Unfortunately he does not put any effort into increasing his social skills, and neither do any of the few people he has a relationship with, causing him to resource to isolating himself because that is what he has always been used to doing. Overall, isolation plays a major role in both novels, causing both main characters to isolate themselves in similar ways. With both characters choosing to isolate themselves comes a great deal of independence.

Every individual faces obstacles that are necessary to overcome, whether it be for equity, justice or honesty. Throughout The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, the main character, Christopher tells his story as a socially awkward teenage boy who has a supposedly deceased mother and lives with his father. Being an adolescent, Christopher faces obstacles throughout the novel that he has to overcome in order to grow. The only thing is, Christopher is not like everyone else. While discovering the truth and embarking on certain adventures, Christopher is in search of a form of justice that he truly deserves.