The Curious Incident

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon. The story, written in a tone of fifteen years old boy Christopher, who is suffering from Asperger’s symptoms; limit his personal social ability and affect his relationship with others. In Christopher’s world, everything is so simple that has no access to complicated information, so he does not understand metaphors or human face expressions. That’s why he likes math, because it’s all reasonable, logical, and give him a sense of security. In his eye, he could see all the detail, receive and memory all the subtlest information around him, a few hundred more times sensitive than regular person, this ability has given him a superior memory beyond ordinary people. At the …show more content…
“My memory is like a film. That is why I am really good at remembering things, like the conversations I have written down in this book, and what people were wearing, and what they smelled like, because my memory has a smelltrack which is like a soundtrack.” (P34) Memory is Christopher’s another strength. A retentive and accurate memory is the most powerful tool help, learn and to be successful in life. Have a good memory improve the ability to learn and remember skills and knowledge. Because Christopher’s brain has no filtering function and he receives all the information, has a memory is beyond ordinary people, he can remember the details of everything he saw and very accurate and specific. Christopher always struggle about the overload information receive from outside. When he was in the train station, he was stressed all the information and strangers, unable to move and function(p82). If he can manage and utilize, this talent will become the most powerful strength in his future. He is able to remember all the countries and their capital cities(p2) due to his superior memory. This is one of his weaknesses and also a …show more content…
Throughout the entire story, Christopher mention few time, that all stories are real and he doesn’t lie. But he does tell white lie, which only tell part of the true (p 107). Being honest is important in life, it can improve interpersonal closeness. Frequently, honesty is a reflection of person’s own thoughts and feeling, demonstrate self-respect and respect others. In the book, Christopher has trustworthy relationship with his teacher in school and parents. His teacher Sobhans trust him and know he does not lie(p36). Honesty is associate with integrity. Integrity means thinking and doing what is right at all times, no matter what the consequences. Just like when Christopher try to find out Wellington was killed, he tries to find the who is the murder, no matter how many time his father has warning him, because hi think is the right and important for him. This ability willing to lead him to live by his standards and belief even when no one is around.

Christopher, a teenage who is suffer from autism syndrome, face many difficulties with social interactions and commutations. In contrast, Christopher also have relative strengths and gifts. He has a logical mind, able to understand complicate mathematical and physical principle even some profession cannot; Superior memory which can remember all the detail of litter things, he was called “memory man” by his father; excellent concentration like Sherlock Holms, able to detach his mind

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