The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night

Improved Essays
The Curious incident of the Dog in the Night- time was a good book, but it had many flaws. I personally didn't care for the language of the book where he would put in many words other phrases, that I, personally, did not like. I am not a fan of the British way of speaking. Mark Haddon clearly thought it was a good idea to put it into the book, and I can see why. I get that he is trying to emphasize the fact that Christopher is from Great Britain. But some parts of the book are completely interrupting, and out of place. I definitely could have lived without them. In this essay, I am going to be talking about how he should not have used certain phrases, and other things, that had nothing to do with the book and that really don't belong. I think

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play based on the novel written by Mark Haddon. It was adapted into a play by Simon Stephens and is currently being shown at the Gielgud Theatre in London. The first thing I noticed when entering the Gielgud Theatre was how big it was. The stage itself was very large, and was a proscenium arch, meaning that the audience faces the stage straight-on. The very unique thing about this stage was that the back wall was a giant cube-like math grid.…

    • 1769 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    "Excuse me, sir," said the police officer, "We found your son hundreds of miles away in London with your ex-wife and the homewrecker. " Christopher, a 15-year-old boy in the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time written by Mark Haddon, runs away proceeding a string of life changing events such as the stabbing of an innocent pouch. By analyzing the conflict, symbols, motifs, theme, characters of the novel, and looking at the story through the psychoanalytical lens, Christopher’s attempt to run away just may be justifiable. To begin with, the main conflict in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is not being able to trust, more specifically, Christopher trusting his father.…

    • 1769 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mark Haddon effectively reconstructs the perception of Asperger’s throughout ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’, transforming the preconceived concept of disability to abilities that differ, through the implementation of visual aids, first person perspective, stylistic devices and multimodal structure. The utilisation of first person perspective enabled Haddon to descriptively depict the cognition of Christopher, whilst excluding the use of a label: ultimately ensuring the audience would disregard their preconceived perception of autism. Haddon’s inclusion of varying visual aids accompanied by a logical explanation clarifying his reasoning, assists in the portrayal of Christopher’s unorthodox process of cerebration. The inclusion…

    • 148 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Christopher Boone

    • 1869 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Summary In his novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon begins the novel out by providing us details and information about Christopher Boone. Christopher is the novel’s protagonist who is a young autistic boy who lives with his father in Swindon. Christopher found his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, dead with a garden fork inside of him. The dog belongs to Mrs. Shears.…

    • 1869 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Trust is an important bond that all humans should have with another, but what happens when the trust is broken? Trust is a significant theme in The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-Time, a novel by Mark Haddon about a boy whose father broke his trust twice. In the novel, many characters have had they trust broken or broke their trust with others. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon shows readers that trust can be easily lost. The theme of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is that trust is hard to earn back after it is lost as seen through Christopher's dads struggle to regain his sons trust after lying to him about his mother and when Christopher's dad lied about killing Wellington.…

    • 792 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon presents the idea that there are different levels of lying and the lies affect relationships. In the story, the reader learns that Christopher does not believe in lying and in turn he refuses to lie. Even though, Christopher says that he does not believe in lying, he tells white lies many times in the novel. However, Christopher’s father does not tell white lies, he tells more severe lies that have a strong effect on Christopher. Both Christopher’s lies and his father’s lies have a strong effect on their relationship and this causes a drift.…

    • 1235 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the novels we have read this year, The Outsiders and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, both main characters narrate and tell of their experiences and circumstances they have faced. The protagonists from each novel, Ponyboy Curtis and Christopher Boone, share many similarities but also have several differences shown throughout the books. In both novels, the main character was a teenage boy who had to face many obstacles throughout his life. Christopher’s autism is a constant struggle he has to face daily. Ponyboy is judged for the way he appears and the community he lives in.…

    • 625 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Logic is the reasoning assessed on the principles of validity. Emotion is the intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning. The rule of balance defines the way an individual’s morals bristle with prejudice, evaluating their motivation by pride and vanity in the discovery to reach new insights involving logic and one’s plight of present perception. These concepts can be evident with reference to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a novel-to-play adaption by Simon Stephens, through questioning the thought of subjecting logic with emotion and observing themes that alert the stability in the conflict of forming individual identity. Its main character, and narrator of the book, fifteen-year-old Christopher is mathematically…

    • 1118 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “How does Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time portray interesting ideas about themes?” By employing distinctive features, Mark Haddon effectively situates the responders to experience life through the perspective of an individual with autism. By openly disregarding the rules of conventional storytelling, Haddon’s implementation of exploring the everyday occurrences through the perspective of Christopher Boone, who happens to be a dramatically unconventional character, promotes the responder’s comprehending of the life of an individual who cannot grasp human interactions.…

    • 981 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The complexities of human nature often mean that there is misconception and confusion with the different ways we communicate. This can significantly impact how individuals interact with one another and how different things are interpreted. In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mark Haddon’s protagonist, Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behaviour (Google.com.au, 2018), is used to demonstrate how people with this disorder may misunderstand communication, as well as other individuals. Non-verbal communication is a very prominent…

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Stephen Hawking once said, “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.” Stephen Hawking is one of the smartest humans in the world and also has ALS. ALS is a debilitating disease that has no known cure, but Hawking doesn’t let that stop him. Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime also has somewhat of a disability, Christopher's spectrum disorder creates a roadblock by making it harder for him to communicate with others and benefits him by increasing his intellect in math.…

    • 938 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Autism affects many people and those that are affected all have a journey. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime written by Mark Haddon. There is a boy named Christopher, who has autism. Likewise, in the movie Extremely Loud Incredibly Close there is also a kid with autism named Oskar. Both characters take part in a challenging journey, where they use their “character traits” to succeed.…

    • 703 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. It’s about Christopher Boone, a 15 year old boy, who lives in Swindon, with Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. Haddon used techniques such as motifs, diagrams and symbolisation to convey to the audience Christopher’s view of the world and in developing empathy towards people with disabilities. The audience is aware that he is unable to recognise facial expression and he needs to be taught to understand emotions.…

    • 1249 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mark Haddon’s, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, is a well written piece of fiction, that displays unique literary merit. From the very first page of the novel the reader is plunged into the interior mental landscape of a fifteen year old autistic boy named Christopher. Christopher’s understanding of the world is distinctly different than an ordinary persons. Haddon is successful in making The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a work of art attracting and entertaining both children and adult audiences. The structure in which Haddon writes The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, mirrors Christopher's approach as to the way he processes and views things in the world.…

    • 445 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Parents often find themselves frustrated and lost when they fail to understand the actions of their children, but try their best to adapt to new situations. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, the protagonist, Christopher Boone is a fifteen year-old autistic boy living in a dysfunctional family. Ed Boone and Judy Boone, the father and mother to Christopher, are estranged, with Ed being the primary caregiver to Chris. Ed faces many difficulties in raising his son alone in a world where few understand autism and where he himself does not fully comprehend this disorder. Furthermore, readers demonize Ed, and do not stop to consider how he positively influences Christopher by complying to his needs; asks for forgiveness…

    • 1032 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays