Curious Incident Of Dog In The Night Time Essay

I`ve read the book "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time" written by Mark Haddon. I chose this book mainly because that was the most interesting-looking book I could choose from. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time is a story about the fifteen-year-old boy, Christopher John Francis Boone, who finds a dog lying in Mrs Sheers garden. He notices that the dog is dead, and decides to find the murderer. In his investigation he finds out his father is the murderer; therefore he wants to get away from him. He travels to his mother. There, he tells his mother everything. Christopher`s father arrives and demands Christopher`s homecoming. Christopher comes home to take A-level maths and his father gives him a dog, which is …show more content…
As mentioned, Christopher looks at the world very logically. He is completely obsessed with lists and routines. He even describes having a lot of difficulty being on vacation with his parents because they did not have a routine. Also, because of his inability to understand human emotion, he relies on order and logic to understand the world. Since Christopher is also the narrator, we have insight and can take part in his thoughts. Throughout the story he discuss physics and math, that have clear and logical rules; unlike real life. When Christopher finally comes back to reality, it enhances the disorder life really …show more content…
That somebody murders a dog because his wife left him, and then tells his son that his mother died, instead of telling him that his mother moved with another man. I do not see this as a common thing. However, if we look at the story as a whole; a 15 year old with autism that struggles to understand other people. That is something we can relate to current situations. There are probably other people with a similar disorder as Christopher. That struggles understanding human emotions. We can learn what a person with Asperger really is incapable of understanding what we take for