Throughout The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, there is a recurring theme of Christopher wanting to be left alone. Christopher hates interacting with strangers and prefers to not talk to them if possible. Throughout the novel, Christopher also wishes that he could be in confined spaces all by himself. However, towards the end of the book, Christopher must interact with strangers and sit on the train with them to complete his mission of finding his mother. In a world where complete strangers have long conversations, most people do not understand why Christopher prefers solitude over companionship.
Christopher does not interact with strangers and often reacts violently when they touch him. Christopher has just witnessed Wellington lying on the ground with a garden fork in his side when Mrs. Shears starts shouting at him. Christopher, “[does] not like people shouting at [him]. It makes [him] feel scared that they are going to hit [him] or touch [him]” (4). Christopher is afraid of Mrs. Shears yelling at him which makes …show more content…
He is at the station and needs a ticket to get to London, so he watches the ticket office, “and then there was no one else in front of the window and [he] said to the man behind the window, ‘I want to go to London’”(153). It takes Christopher a lot of courage and a little help from a security guard to ask the man behind the ticket office for a ticket. After he purchases the ticket, he takes the train to London. Christopher needs a map, so he purchases one from a shop and it feels normal to him: “[He] paid him with [his] money and he gave [him] change just like in the shop at home,” (187) and Christopher realizes that even though he is far from home, many things are very similar. Christopher has to talk to strangers to find his mother, even though talking to strangers is one of the things that Christopher hates to
Christopher does not interact with strangers and often reacts violently when they touch him. Christopher has just witnessed Wellington lying on the ground with a garden fork in his side when Mrs. Shears starts shouting at him. Christopher, “[does] not like people shouting at [him]. It makes [him] feel scared that they are going to hit [him] or touch [him]” (4). Christopher is afraid of Mrs. Shears yelling at him which makes …show more content…
He is at the station and needs a ticket to get to London, so he watches the ticket office, “and then there was no one else in front of the window and [he] said to the man behind the window, ‘I want to go to London’”(153). It takes Christopher a lot of courage and a little help from a security guard to ask the man behind the ticket office for a ticket. After he purchases the ticket, he takes the train to London. Christopher needs a map, so he purchases one from a shop and it feels normal to him: “[He] paid him with [his] money and he gave [him] change just like in the shop at home,” (187) and Christopher realizes that even though he is far from home, many things are very similar. Christopher has to talk to strangers to find his mother, even though talking to strangers is one of the things that Christopher hates to