Ever since Adam and Eve, deception has been used throughout human history as a means for personal gain and to intentionally harm others. Webster’s dictionary definition defines deception as, “an act or statement intended to make people believe something that is not true.” However, in the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the author, Mark Haddon, uses deception in a noble sense. A character in this novel that exemplifies deception more than anybody else is Christopher’s father.This caring man has a full time job while single-handedly caring for his autistic son, Christopher. Unfortunately, the man deceived Christopher by telling him that his mother died of a heart attack.. However, the father did this out of love and
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Logically, after his father lied to him, Christopher believes his best and only option is to find his mother in London. This unnecessary journey already had a problem before it even started. While running away from home, he is quoted on saying, “I was frightened of being far away from a place I was used too” (136). So right off the bat, Christopher is very nervous venturing out into the vast world. Plus his autism, which creates social awkwardness around people, does not equal a recipe for success. Disregarding this, he goes through with the plan and almost meets certain death. During the journey, Christopher carried in his jacket pocket, his pet rat named Toby. At the train station, he loses Toby and eventually finds him on the railroad tracks. Caring for his pet, Christopher jumps down onto the railroad tracks to retrieve him. Fortunately, if it wasn’t for a good samaritan standing by the tracks, Christopher and his pet rat would of been road kill. Plus, his autism put a huge damp on this journey. On page 170, while looking at all the signs within the large room, all these signs clumped together inside his head. So much so, that he states how his, “brain wasn’t working properly.” Plus the loud noises of a bustling train station and the literal thousands of people walking by him made him feel very uncomfortable and threatened. This all culminates together to him pulling out his Swiss Army knife on a citizen who simply asked him if he was lost (171). This life threatening journey could have all been avoided if Christopher never discovered the truth of his deadbeat mother. Possibly, if the father would of been honest and told Christopher the truth right from the beginning, this life threatening situation could have been
Logically, after his father lied to him, Christopher believes his best and only option is to find his mother in London. This unnecessary journey already had a problem before it even started. While running away from home, he is quoted on saying, “I was frightened of being far away from a place I was used too” (136). So right off the bat, Christopher is very nervous venturing out into the vast world. Plus his autism, which creates social awkwardness around people, does not equal a recipe for success. Disregarding this, he goes through with the plan and almost meets certain death. During the journey, Christopher carried in his jacket pocket, his pet rat named Toby. At the train station, he loses Toby and eventually finds him on the railroad tracks. Caring for his pet, Christopher jumps down onto the railroad tracks to retrieve him. Fortunately, if it wasn’t for a good samaritan standing by the tracks, Christopher and his pet rat would of been road kill. Plus, his autism put a huge damp on this journey. On page 170, while looking at all the signs within the large room, all these signs clumped together inside his head. So much so, that he states how his, “brain wasn’t working properly.” Plus the loud noises of a bustling train station and the literal thousands of people walking by him made him feel very uncomfortable and threatened. This all culminates together to him pulling out his Swiss Army knife on a citizen who simply asked him if he was lost (171). This life threatening journey could have all been avoided if Christopher never discovered the truth of his deadbeat mother. Possibly, if the father would of been honest and told Christopher the truth right from the beginning, this life threatening situation could have been