Mark Haddon Reflection

I think Mark Haddon tried to get his readers to look at the the world in a different perspective. The story is narrated by Christopher John Francis Boone. He is a boy that has autism. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. That means that someone with that condition sometimes will take figures of speech literally. For example, an apple a day keeps the doctor away or the ball is in your court. It also could mean that they may not interact with people the same way people without the condition would or the communicate differently. As you can see in the book Christopher seems like he is not fully …show more content…
When I noticed how he talked and how he communicated with people throughout the book I knew that he was autistic. I have also just like Haddon communicated with autistic people and I know how they speak that is why I was able to pick it up so quickly. Haddon also seemed like he set out for his readers to notice that autistic people (other than their interactions with people) are just like any other kid. In the book Christopher was an extremely intelligent guy. He was an excellent student and he was on the highest levels in his school when it came to education. In my opinion I think that he accomplished his goals in this book, but only to people who understand autistic people. Haddon truly took me into a mind of a normal kid that just trying to get pass a mental wall and the wall is autism. I felt like I was actually Christopher when I was reading that’s how much I got into the book. To the people who do not know, Haddon truly did educate them on autism. I think he did it more at the end of the book than anywhere else. I would recommend this book to everyone should read this book. It will teach you a valuable lesson about life and how to treat people going through certain conditions. It will help you realize that it is not the person's fault that he or she was born with that condition, they just could not help it. This book was a great choice for Palumbo summer reading and I think more schools should know about this