Summary Of Christopher's Responsibility

At first, he looks at Mrs. Alexander as an option “I decided I couldn’t go live with Mrs. Alexander because she wasn’t a friend or a member of my family even if she had a dog, because I couldn’t stay overnight in her house or use her toilet because she had used it and she was a stranger” (129). In this sequence, Christopher immediately shifts from Mrs. Alexander’s as an option to his mother to keep his rules from breaking. Christopher goes a two whole train rides out of his way to avoid breaking his rules. This passage also brings into focus how much he values dogs, “she wasn’t a friend or a member of my family even if she had a dog”, and Christopher’s willingness to see a dog as a deciding factor into where he stays holds weight into the decision to forgive his father.

Christopher can be portrayed as a logical person throughout the book. He showed this quality when he debated whether to open the letters written by his mother. “ I held the letter up to the light to see if I could detect what was

Chris believes that his life will turn out as he sees it will and that it will all work out well in the end, despite his average grades and below average life. An additional point in the story where Chris has not yet escaped all of reality, but only the worst parts is when he says, “we’ve got these two riding horses[,] Duchess and Firefly”. This illustrates that the home life of Chris is not ideal, that Chris would rather live in his alternate version of his own reality than the one he was born into when it comes to his home life. Chris continues to live in reality for the most part and only escapes to his delusion during the worst parts of his life, he continues to struggle to hold on to what’s real despite the appeal of his imaginary world.

“…the hypocrisy of his parents’ lifestyle, the tyranny of their conditional love. Eventually, Chris rebelled and when he finally did it was with characteristic immoderation” (64).

This shows that when Father was honest with him, he would then try to acknowledge the truth to be able to understand why he did what he did, he would then be able to look back at all the times that Father has been good to him and weigh the bad and good of him as a father and may give him a second chance. Lastly, the conflict between Christopher and Father helps develop the theme when one realizes what to fix in order to show the value for the person. Father knows the tension he had caused by being dishonest, and by being honest, he was able to gain back trust from Christopher to show him that he valued their relationship. With that Father will learn how to value honesty in a relationship and show Christopher that he valued him as a person and their relationship as a whole. Therefore, the elements of the character of the father, the A-ha Moment of Christopher and the conflict develop the theme when in making an effort to heal a relationship, one must be truthful in order to show a sense of trust and value to the

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

Chris is a charismatic young man, but takes extensive measures to ensure he does not become too close with anyone. By going out into the wild without so much as a letter to his parents,

Christopher is very different to normal people as he has Asperger’s Syndrome, a mental illness which deprives him of his social abilities and emotional interpretation. Christopher changes from an innocent unknowing boy to one of newfound truths and knowledge. At the start of the book he is very shy and protective of himself, only talking to those that he trusts. The author writes “It takes me a long time to get used to people I do not know. For example, when there is a new member of staff at school I do not talk to them for weeks and weeks. I just watch until I know that they are safe”.

Christopher gains confidence he can perform well on the tests because he solves the murder case of Wellington all by himself. He passes the tests and chooses to go to university. It gives him the opportunity to one day and become someone of his own. He realizes what he accomplished and says to himself, “I am going to go to a University in another town… And I can live in flat all by myself” (152). In the beginning of the novel, Christopher did not like being alone. He always wants to be near his father and not near others. But now we learn Christopher feels brave to go to another city and live on his own. He is not afraid to meet new people and new environments. He no longer needs the assistance of others and feels confident to go see new places. He is not the person who he was and is now able to be live an independent life. He looks to go to university and become a highly educated individual. He always dreams of becoming somebody big and he tells himself, “I will get a First Class Honours degree and I will become a scientist” (152). Christopher becomes mature and realizes he does not want to live with his parents forever. He wants to become a person of his own and looks to become a scientist. He wants a job as a scientist and this represents how Christopher is thinking about what he wants to be from a young age. He understands that he

Christopher Columbus. The brilliant mariner. The discoverer of the New World, hailed as a hero, awarded his own holiday in the United States. However, he may not have been the morally-upright man many people have made him out to be. According to Document C (a secondary source published by the History Channel), Columbus, on his very first day in the New World, captured and enslaved six of the peaceful Taino natives, later writing in his journal that he thought that they would make excellent servants. In addition to this act of hostility towards the Taino, Columbus and his men brought with them a slew of highly infectious diseases that decimated local populations. Less than six decades later, there was barely a few hundred Taino left compared

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)

2ND: When it comes to the sensing and intuitive preferences, Christopher was a sensing type of individual. According to the Temperament Type and Into the Wild Notes, sensing individuals attend to various events in the present moment. Christopher doesn't plan out the various details of his journey in a universal order, pack the essential necessities or set a planned agenda; he lives in the current moment. For example, when his yellow Datsun gets destroyed he decides to simple leave it behind. He doesn't scavenge to attempt to

He does not stop and in his search for clues he discovers both that his mother had an affair and that she is, in fact, still alive, living in London. After figuring out that his father killed the dog, Christopher runs away to London, feeling unsafe in his home. He lives with his mother for a while and then they both move back into the original town. Throughout the book, Christopher faces many difficulties due to his mental impediment and he is often unable to cope with them; I have faced challenges in my own life and I have taken action to overcome them appropriately, but my abilities vary from Christopher’s

Even with his syndrome, Christopher wants to be able to take care of himself without anyone telling him what to do. Since he didn't want to be told what to do, he disobeyed

During his journey, Christopher copes with his social fears by groaning and solving difficult math problems in his head, and eventually overcomes it. He was also able dodge police, who came looking for him, and at one point ,even almost get hit by a train. However, he arrives to London safely and surprises his mother when he suddenly shows up at her door step. He explains everything to his mother, from his father telling him that his mother was dead to hiding the all the letters in the shirt box. Christopher’s mother eventually leaves Mr. Shears due to friction caused by Christopher’s presence.