Many coming of age texts explore the common issues of being an outsider. Both texts show different experiences of belong and how we can both welcome and reject the chance to be a part of society. This is certainly the case in Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Zero, directed by Christopher Kezelos. Both texts demonstrate a very similar but also a very different experience of being an outsider. There many similarities in the protagonists Christopher and Zero, but they also have their differences. Similarly their endings are a little bit similar, but it is mostly very different. But both the text demonstrate the experience of being an outsider.
In the texts Zero, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in …show more content…
This is evident with both Zero and Christopher when the narrator from zero says ‘However, we're not all born equal... for some, life will be a constant battle offering zero opportunities’ (Zero, August 2010). Similarly in Curious Incident many times throughout the book it is indicated that ‘[Christopher] [has] lots of behavioural problems’ (Haddon, pg. 59), the audience can infer that the Christopher is autistic, which sets him apart from the rest of society. However they are different in the sense that Zero wants to be accepted by society, and be a part of it, this is in contrast to …show more content…
Both the texts end with the protagonists finding what they were looking for. For Christopher it was his Mum, and the murder of the dog, but for Zero it was him finding his belonging in society. The endings significantly differ between the texts, because in Curious Incident, Christopher helps himself and his family, but he doesn't help the autistic community, even though he overcomes his fears once or twice in the book, he doesn't learn to adapt them in his life,he also continues to be an outsider,he doesn't change much. This is reversed in Zero, because in the end the protagonist, Zero, achieves something that brings a major change in the whole society, it impacts the Zero community, and the others around them, Zero helps them to see the significance of the number zero, with the help of his girlfriend and his child, Infinity. Evidently when Infinity is born everyone bows down to him, because he is ‘the greatest of all numbers’ (Zero, August 2010). As he is born he also bring an infinite number of opportunities for all Zero, because society now understand the significance of zero. The endings of both texts are more different than they are similar, since Christopher does bring much change whereas Zero
In the texts Zero, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in …show more content…
This is evident with both Zero and Christopher when the narrator from zero says ‘However, we're not all born equal... for some, life will be a constant battle offering zero opportunities’ (Zero, August 2010). Similarly in Curious Incident many times throughout the book it is indicated that ‘[Christopher] [has] lots of behavioural problems’ (Haddon, pg. 59), the audience can infer that the Christopher is autistic, which sets him apart from the rest of society. However they are different in the sense that Zero wants to be accepted by society, and be a part of it, this is in contrast to …show more content…
Both the texts end with the protagonists finding what they were looking for. For Christopher it was his Mum, and the murder of the dog, but for Zero it was him finding his belonging in society. The endings significantly differ between the texts, because in Curious Incident, Christopher helps himself and his family, but he doesn't help the autistic community, even though he overcomes his fears once or twice in the book, he doesn't learn to adapt them in his life,he also continues to be an outsider,he doesn't change much. This is reversed in Zero, because in the end the protagonist, Zero, achieves something that brings a major change in the whole society, it impacts the Zero community, and the others around them, Zero helps them to see the significance of the number zero, with the help of his girlfriend and his child, Infinity. Evidently when Infinity is born everyone bows down to him, because he is ‘the greatest of all numbers’ (Zero, August 2010). As he is born he also bring an infinite number of opportunities for all Zero, because society now understand the significance of zero. The endings of both texts are more different than they are similar, since Christopher does bring much change whereas Zero