In the beginning Mrs. Shears’s dog, Wellington is lays on the grass with a fork sticking out of it, but Christopher put his hand on the muzzle of the dog, pulling out the fork and touching the dog instead of calling for an adult. If it was a child I’m sure they would scream or call their parents, but Christopher is different. Christopher describes dogs as, “I cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest, and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people.”(6). To Christopher dogs are more faithful and honest meaning they don’t lie like humans but they tell the truth.
Another possible reason why Haddon kills a dog, because of the popular phrase of a dog is a man’s best friend. The phrase highlights a dog close relation, loyalty, and it’s companionship to a human. Christopher never had any friends at school or outside of school except for his pet rat Toby or Wellington. With no friends at school a person can get really lonely, so Christopher relies on animals as a source of