Nighttime Characteristics

In the book the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon find out many characteristics of Christopher. Christopher, the main character, has a disease called autism, which makes him not understand a lot of things. His disease makes him become even more brilliant, it also helps him become capable of understanding a lot more than a normal teenage boy. Christopher is a 15 year old boy who lives with his father. In the novel Christopher finds his neighbor’s dog dead in the backyard, which then leads him to find secrets that his father has not been telling him. Since Christopher has such a busy life, and a disease, he easily gets sidetracked, he misses big details, and he takes everything so literally which makes him not the best …show more content…
In the manner of, that, when Christopher is at the train station he is focusing on how to walk, while he is probably missing a big element around him. “‘left, right, left, right, left, right….which Siobhan taught me to do to make myself calm’”(179). Obviously, someone could of been around him that was a threat and he would have not noticed him. To add to that, once Christopher was explaining that he would get so focused into something he would lose all connections to the outside world. “And this is like me too because if I get really interested in something, like…., I do not notice anything else and father could be calling me to come and get my supper and I will not hear him”(73). Evidently, he realises he does this, however he does not realize that there are important actions going on around him. Adding to that, there was one point in the book and Christopher gets so focused into a man he almost misses his train. “And I saw a man with a newspaper and a bag of golf clubs go up to one of the doors of the train and press the big button next to it and the doors were electronic and they slid open and I liked that. And the doors closed behind him”(154). Patently, he has a small issue where he gets into something. In conclusion, Christopher has a mind that makes him see everything which then leads him to become deeply interested in something, so he can …show more content…
For example, if someone were to say a metaphor he would not understand what that person is actually talking about and he would interpret it the wrong way. “And when I try to make a picture of the phrase in my head it just confuses me…. it makes you forget what the person was talking about ”(15) In this quote he is expressing that he does not understand what metaphors are because they do not come up as a clear picture in his head like other things. Christopher was once lost trying to find his train station, so he asked someone for directions. “And she said “you can see it from here.” “And I said no I can’t….””(138). When Christopher heard these words he thought that he would actually be able to see a building/train in one of the directions. Another, reason for why he interprets words the wrong way is because he does not understand lie,so if someone were to tell a lie he would think it was completely true with no question. “ Which meant that the letter was posted on 16 October 1997, which was 18 months after mother had died. As one can see, Christopher has a really hard time distinguishing weather people words are true or false.
Throughout, the story Christopher shows his unique ways of looking at life. He is he not the a dependable narrator. This is demonstrated when Christopher is talking about him getting on to the