Mark Haddon’s the curious incident of the dog in the night-time is a novel about a 15 year old boy named Christopher, who lives with his father because his mother is dead. In the story Christopher is writing a mystery novel about Willington, a poodle he finds murdered on his neighbors’ lawn. I will explain why I think mark chose the first person narrator as well as the negative and positive aspects of using this style and how mark overcame or use them to develop his story.
I think Mark chose the first person narrative because he wanted to give us a different view of the world. In Marks own words “it’s a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way.” (Haddon web2) By using Christopher as the narrator and filtering our view through his disability was indeed a very effective way of …show more content…
Siobhan for instance is Christopher’s main teacher at school, but we are only given a very vague description “Siobhan has long blond hair and wears glasses which are made of green plastic. “ “… who has glasses so thick that they pass you a headache…” (Haddon 5, 44) as a proofreader, we would expect more of a description, merely because of Christopher’s disability it is not possible other than the very literal things. Mark overcomes this quite comfortably I intend by including quotations of the conversations Christopher is holding. For instance, in chapter 113 Siobhan in telling Christopher that when she is depressed she dream about being on a trip with her friend and the things they would do and see. (Haddon 79) He also included letters from Christopher’s mother, which was a very creative way of working round the limitations of Christopher’s character. Through these conversations we can relate to each character because we can understand they are a lot like us, normal people with beliefs, conflicts and
I think Mark chose the first person narrative because he wanted to give us a different view of the world. In Marks own words “it’s a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way.” (Haddon web2) By using Christopher as the narrator and filtering our view through his disability was indeed a very effective way of …show more content…
Siobhan for instance is Christopher’s main teacher at school, but we are only given a very vague description “Siobhan has long blond hair and wears glasses which are made of green plastic. “ “… who has glasses so thick that they pass you a headache…” (Haddon 5, 44) as a proofreader, we would expect more of a description, merely because of Christopher’s disability it is not possible other than the very literal things. Mark overcomes this quite comfortably I intend by including quotations of the conversations Christopher is holding. For instance, in chapter 113 Siobhan in telling Christopher that when she is depressed she dream about being on a trip with her friend and the things they would do and see. (Haddon 79) He also included letters from Christopher’s mother, which was a very creative way of working round the limitations of Christopher’s character. Through these conversations we can relate to each character because we can understand they are a lot like us, normal people with beliefs, conflicts and