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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is a book about a 15-year-old autistic boy named Christopher. His neighbor’s dog is mysteriously murdered with a garden fork and Christopher decides to investigate this oddity, and along the way, discoveries many other things about his life as well, including that his mother is actually alive and that his father had lied that she was dead because he was embarrassed that she left him for another…

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    yourself or with others, is referred to as a conflict. Conflict is a topic that affects millions of people worldwide. Dealing with conflict is extremely difficult, especially if you have a mental or physical disability. The mystery novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, explains a part of teenager, Christopher John Francis Boone’s life as he deals with his behavior problems. Due to some sort of behavior disability (which is never really given a name in the…

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    you to make a choice? Especially if you don't know if it's the right one? You're not alone because in the books The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and The Wave, two characters had to make some very important decisions. It was difficult because they both didn't have much experience in trying to make decisions that others didn't agree with. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Christopher had to make some very tough choices such as leaving his father to go live with…

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    True bravery is often demonstrated when a person is willing to overcome obstacles by taking risks and overcoming their fears to pursue their goal. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, the main character who struggles with autism Christopher is a very curious individual and shows a great amount of bravery throughout the novel. Christopher shows a great amount of bravery investigating the killer of his neighbor's dog. When Christopher finds out his mother…

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    “Asperger Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum.” In the book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” a young kid named Christopher Boone is faced with many challenges that cause him to use his disorder to overcome these challenges. This book has caused people to be more aware of kids with Aspergers and shows them that how kids with this disorder think and feel in troubled times. The author, Mark Haddon, makes Christopher out to…

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    The curious incident of the dog in the night time you can find the answer to that question multiple times along with enclave where this question is answer too.Some examples of this are when Christopher decides to go against his father wish to and continued his investigation because for him that was the right thing a similar example can be seen in Enclave where Fade and Deuce decide to save the boy because that's what they believed was the right thing to do . The curious incident of the…

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    A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Outline: INTRODUCTION: 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. Specifics regarding topic: In my high school today myself along with other high school students overcome obstacles we could have never thought of our freshman year. At the beginning of our college prep four class, students learn that “college…

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    While trust is a somewhat common theme in modern novels, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time manages to show how this idea affects people who live under atypical circumstances. Haddon tells the story through the eyes of Christopher, a fifteen-year-old autistic boy whose view of life, as well as his understanding of the world, is drastically different from that of any other teenager. Christopher is extremely sensitive, and is only comfortable in familiar surroundings and with…

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    workings of a particular person’s mind are exclusive to another person’s, as we are all individuals with distinct thoughts and responses. This affects a person’s private world and therefore their experiences in the public world. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon highlights the ideals and disparities of the private and public worlds. He does this through the use of a naïve narrator (Christopher Boone) who has Asperger’s; meaning his private world and…

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    decision to confront their fears, but most of the time the plot of the story forces them to. The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is no exception to this. Christopher, a fifteen-year-old with Asperger’s, confronted his fears and learned to cope with his difficulties as he tried to solve the murder of his neighbor’s dog. The mystery plot of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time generates scenarios for Christopher to face his fears and cope with…

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