The Curious Incident of a Dog at the Night Time, by Mark Haddon is about a fifteen year old boy named Christopher Boone who was born with Asperger syndrome which is a higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum. This condition makes social interactions difficult for Christopher because he can’t read people’s faces and understand if they are mad or happy with him. Now let’s get to who the dog in the time is, one night Christopher walked outside his house and found his neighbor’s dog dead in their front yard with a pitchfork it. Shocked and curious to what had happened Christopher’s immediate thought was to start to become a detective and figure out who killed the dog. So, he decided to write a book like he was a writing a detective novel.
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Shears comes outside and sees him and calls the police. Christopher is put into jail for a couple of days. While Christopher is in jail he states “It was nice in the police cell” (23). This is the first time I had ever heard anybody say such a thing. Christopher liked being alone he wanted the privacy and time to himself. This is showing he likes isolating himself from others and being in closed spaces and alone. This made me think of the Meyers and Bersani Ableism article when they asked the question “8. Does the book promote positive self-image for people with disabilities?” And as Christopher’s character if I wouldn’t have been told that he had a disability in the beginning I wouldn’t have noticed his disability. Christopher is just like every other kid with a want for more when he sees something that sparks his interest. And Haddon does a great job by setting Christopher in a positive self-image for people who have Asperger’s Syndrome. That you can do anything you want, you just have to put your mind to …show more content…
He finds out his mother is alive because he finds letters from his mother in his dads room. Christopher is devastated and also gets the news from his father that his father was the one who killed the dog. Now this is where Christopher decides that he doesn’t want to live with his father at all. His father is a dog killer and a liar. Christopher runs away and makes his way all the way to London by himself. This brings me to Carlisle’s article and the stereotypes that are portrayed about people with disabilities. “The person with a disability as a "burden." This reinforces the idea that people with disabilities have to be taken care of, they cannot be independent.” Haddon does the complete opposite of the “burden” stereotype where he challenges the social norm. Christopher isn’t a burden to anyone because he was able to take himself all the way to his mother in London, with no help form anybody else. Haddon gives readers the intake that he has no disability and is as smart as any other kid there is out there. Despite his trials and tribulations while making his way to London Christopher is surprised and relieved that he actually did it all by myself. He had never done anything like
Shears comes outside and sees him and calls the police. Christopher is put into jail for a couple of days. While Christopher is in jail he states “It was nice in the police cell” (23). This is the first time I had ever heard anybody say such a thing. Christopher liked being alone he wanted the privacy and time to himself. This is showing he likes isolating himself from others and being in closed spaces and alone. This made me think of the Meyers and Bersani Ableism article when they asked the question “8. Does the book promote positive self-image for people with disabilities?” And as Christopher’s character if I wouldn’t have been told that he had a disability in the beginning I wouldn’t have noticed his disability. Christopher is just like every other kid with a want for more when he sees something that sparks his interest. And Haddon does a great job by setting Christopher in a positive self-image for people who have Asperger’s Syndrome. That you can do anything you want, you just have to put your mind to …show more content…
He finds out his mother is alive because he finds letters from his mother in his dads room. Christopher is devastated and also gets the news from his father that his father was the one who killed the dog. Now this is where Christopher decides that he doesn’t want to live with his father at all. His father is a dog killer and a liar. Christopher runs away and makes his way all the way to London by himself. This brings me to Carlisle’s article and the stereotypes that are portrayed about people with disabilities. “The person with a disability as a "burden." This reinforces the idea that people with disabilities have to be taken care of, they cannot be independent.” Haddon does the complete opposite of the “burden” stereotype where he challenges the social norm. Christopher isn’t a burden to anyone because he was able to take himself all the way to his mother in London, with no help form anybody else. Haddon gives readers the intake that he has no disability and is as smart as any other kid there is out there. Despite his trials and tribulations while making his way to London Christopher is surprised and relieved that he actually did it all by myself. He had never done anything like