“Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life” (Mark Haddon, 12). Life isn’t a calculated series of events, but rather a series out coincidental happenings. Although Christopher says this, his actions are often contradict his statement. He lives through mathematical patterns, because they make sense to him. They are something he understands. This is the most important quote in The Curious Incident of the Night-time, because it showcases how he perceives the world around him.
Christopher is not your average teenager. He struggles to grasp figurative concepts but, excels in the world of math and reason. This is evident within the first sentence of the book. Christopher states that “it was 7 …show more content…
He doesn’t understand people other people, so to cope he either finds a logical way to describe them or ignores them altogether. His father took advantage of this fact by tricking him into believing that his mother was dead. He took a scenario that was plausible, Christopher mother having a heart attack, and bolstered it with equality plausible lies. He knew that his son wouldn’t question anything too much if the situation logical, to a degree, and took advantage of his son. Had Christopher noticed all the little things around him, he probably would have noticed that something in his family dynamic was off.
“Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life” (Mark Haddon, 12). Christopher doesn’t see the patterns in life the way other people do. The abstract nature of the world doesn’t exist for him. This is the most important quote, because it’s who he is. Without his math and his puzzles, Christopher wouldn’t have been able to write his murder mystery, or find his mother. He’d would have been just another person in the world trying to cope with the things they didn’t
Christopher is not your average teenager. He struggles to grasp figurative concepts but, excels in the world of math and reason. This is evident within the first sentence of the book. Christopher states that “it was 7 …show more content…
He doesn’t understand people other people, so to cope he either finds a logical way to describe them or ignores them altogether. His father took advantage of this fact by tricking him into believing that his mother was dead. He took a scenario that was plausible, Christopher mother having a heart attack, and bolstered it with equality plausible lies. He knew that his son wouldn’t question anything too much if the situation logical, to a degree, and took advantage of his son. Had Christopher noticed all the little things around him, he probably would have noticed that something in his family dynamic was off.
“Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life” (Mark Haddon, 12). Christopher doesn’t see the patterns in life the way other people do. The abstract nature of the world doesn’t exist for him. This is the most important quote, because it’s who he is. Without his math and his puzzles, Christopher wouldn’t have been able to write his murder mystery, or find his mother. He’d would have been just another person in the world trying to cope with the things they didn’t