The main character of the story, Christopher John Francis Boone is very well written. He is an odd character, though. He has autism, which makes him different than a normal kid. Although he has autism, he is a good character who thinks different than others. There are certain things he does and does not like. Christopher lives with his father in Swindon, England. His father told him that his mother had died before he was in jail. Christopher went to jail when he was found in his neighbor's yard with a dead dog. Wellington the dog, was found killed in his owner's yard. He had a pitch fork sticking out of him. Christopher found Wellington in his neighbor, Mrs. Shears yard. When Mrs. Shears came out of her house, she found Christopher kneeling
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The book is in his perspective. But, how the story is told changes. At one point he would at the part where he would tell the story of Wellington and how he got killed. Then in the next chapter he would talk about him at school and about his teacher Siobhan. The way he figures out things and thinks is different from a normal person. He pictures things in his head as he figured them out. Whenever he thinks a place to go he always has to map out the place before he can go there. He hates the color yellow. Three red cars in a row made it a good day. Four red cars made it a quite good day. Five red cars in a row made it a super good day. But, five yellow cars in a row made it a black day. The place where Christopher John Francis Boone lives in the story is Swindon, England. Swindon is a town in southwest England. This town is where he grew up with his mother and father. His mother left and his father lied and told Christopher that she died. His mother left his father to be with someone else and they moved away to London. Christopher was sent many letters from her, but his father hid them. When he was looking for his book that his father took away from him, he found the letters from his mother and found that she was …show more content…
When he did more research on who killed Wellington he found out that his father killed Wellington. His father (Ed Boone) killed Wellington because he was angry with the dog’s owner (Mrs. Shears). When Christopher found that he killed Wellington he got scared and ran away. He ran away to London to go live with his mother. This book has many facts about math. Since Christopher’s favorite subject is math there is a lot of it in the book. For example, each chapter is numbered differently than a normal book. He does not number the chapters with 1 2 3 and so on. He numbers them with prime numbers. Such as 2 3 5 7 11 and so on. Usually everything need to have an order or a pattern. That is why he likes math so much. There are orders of numbers and certain way to solve each math problem. He also likes puzzles and things that someone has to figure out. His goal is to get an “A” level in maths.
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The book is in his perspective. But, how the story is told changes. At one point he would at the part where he would tell the story of Wellington and how he got killed. Then in the next chapter he would talk about him at school and about his teacher Siobhan. The way he figures out things and thinks is different from a normal person. He pictures things in his head as he figured them out. Whenever he thinks a place to go he always has to map out the place before he can go there. He hates the color yellow. Three red cars in a row made it a good day. Four red cars made it a quite good day. Five red cars in a row made it a super good day. But, five yellow cars in a row made it a black day. The place where Christopher John Francis Boone lives in the story is Swindon, England. Swindon is a town in southwest England. This town is where he grew up with his mother and father. His mother left and his father lied and told Christopher that she died. His mother left his father to be with someone else and they moved away to London. Christopher was sent many letters from her, but his father hid them. When he was looking for his book that his father took away from him, he found the letters from his mother and found that she was …show more content…
When he did more research on who killed Wellington he found out that his father killed Wellington. His father (Ed Boone) killed Wellington because he was angry with the dog’s owner (Mrs. Shears). When Christopher found that he killed Wellington he got scared and ran away. He ran away to London to go live with his mother. This book has many facts about math. Since Christopher’s favorite subject is math there is a lot of it in the book. For example, each chapter is numbered differently than a normal book. He does not number the chapters with 1 2 3 and so on. He numbers them with prime numbers. Such as 2 3 5 7 11 and so on. Usually everything need to have an order or a pattern. That is why he likes math so much. There are orders of numbers and certain way to solve each math problem. He also likes puzzles and things that someone has to figure out. His goal is to get an “A” level in maths.
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