"Don’t give me that bollocks you little sh*t. You knew exactly what you were bloody doing. I've read the book, remember" (Haddon 81). In the Novel The Curious Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon many suspenseful quotes by both Christopher and his father like the one above will keep the readers mind open to all of the different topics and actions available to interpret through their own and a feministic lens. A few of the key topics that will be analyzed through these lenses are the conflicts that arise amongst Christopher and his father, the theme dealing with lies and the truth, the reoccurring motif of Christopher's obsession with math and physics, the main character known as Christopher, symbols of cars and their meanings, and finally,
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Being that Christopher is Autistic, conflicts arise around him not being able to live the everyday life of an average teenager. "I did it for your own good, Christopher. Honestly I did. I never meant to lie. I just thought... I just thought it was better if you didn’t know" (Haddon 114). Christopher's Mother has an affair while still married to Christopher's father. His mother moves away soon after, but to avoid confusing Christopher by trying to explain what happened, father tells Christopher that his mother had died. When Christopher finds letters from his mother that father had been hiding from him, he is severely hurt. The reason father avoids telling Christopher the truth is because Christopher would overreact and his autism would overpower reality. An example to Christopher's autism overpowering reality is when he says, "I had to get out of the house. Father has murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he had said "Trust me", because he has told a lie about big thing" (Haddon 122). Being that father murdered Wellington, Christopher automatically believes that his father is now out to get him. When a person lies to an individual with Autism they don’t know …show more content…
This theme is prominent when Christopher says, "Father rubbed his face with his hands and pulled his chin down with his fingers and stared at the wall. I could see him out of the corner of my eye. And he said "I killed Wellington, Christopher."" (Haddon 120). When a person lies, there are only so many times that they can continue to make up excuses or try and hide the lie that they are telling. Father lies about killing Wellington, because he doesn’t believe that Christopher will understand the whole situation, and also if he tells him that he killed Wellington father will have to tell Christopher where his mother really is. Another example of this theme is seen in the description of the book called Haze. It says, "A teenage boy with Asperger syndrome in Haze, who is accused of hacking into the schools computer network. His knowledge of computers, rather than his deficits due to his disability, is critical to the story line and to solving the mystery of the computer hacker" (Dyches, Prater 8). In this similar story a young boy is accused of doing something just because of his disability. In Christopher's case, people blame him because he has Autism, and possibly to cover up the fact that his father is the one that actually should be to blame. People can Blame Christopher, and the young boy from the novel Haze, only for a
Being that Christopher is Autistic, conflicts arise around him not being able to live the everyday life of an average teenager. "I did it for your own good, Christopher. Honestly I did. I never meant to lie. I just thought... I just thought it was better if you didn’t know" (Haddon 114). Christopher's Mother has an affair while still married to Christopher's father. His mother moves away soon after, but to avoid confusing Christopher by trying to explain what happened, father tells Christopher that his mother had died. When Christopher finds letters from his mother that father had been hiding from him, he is severely hurt. The reason father avoids telling Christopher the truth is because Christopher would overreact and his autism would overpower reality. An example to Christopher's autism overpowering reality is when he says, "I had to get out of the house. Father has murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he had said "Trust me", because he has told a lie about big thing" (Haddon 122). Being that father murdered Wellington, Christopher automatically believes that his father is now out to get him. When a person lies to an individual with Autism they don’t know …show more content…
This theme is prominent when Christopher says, "Father rubbed his face with his hands and pulled his chin down with his fingers and stared at the wall. I could see him out of the corner of my eye. And he said "I killed Wellington, Christopher."" (Haddon 120). When a person lies, there are only so many times that they can continue to make up excuses or try and hide the lie that they are telling. Father lies about killing Wellington, because he doesn’t believe that Christopher will understand the whole situation, and also if he tells him that he killed Wellington father will have to tell Christopher where his mother really is. Another example of this theme is seen in the description of the book called Haze. It says, "A teenage boy with Asperger syndrome in Haze, who is accused of hacking into the schools computer network. His knowledge of computers, rather than his deficits due to his disability, is critical to the story line and to solving the mystery of the computer hacker" (Dyches, Prater 8). In this similar story a young boy is accused of doing something just because of his disability. In Christopher's case, people blame him because he has Autism, and possibly to cover up the fact that his father is the one that actually should be to blame. People can Blame Christopher, and the young boy from the novel Haze, only for a