The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Analysis

Society doesn’t worry about people with disabilities. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, follows the theme of “sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it’s communities that handicap them.” Christopher is put in a school where he is not thought of to be as smart as some of the other students because of his disability. His dad disables him by telling him a bunch of big lies when he told Christopher to never lie. Mark Haddon disables Christopher just by writing this book with the tone of the voice he chooses at specific times. In the novel, the protagonist, Christopher, is put into a couple of situations where the people around him do not consider the fact that he may be disabled. This causes Christopher to make misinterpretations of language and emotions that cause society to …show more content…
There are also kids with no disabilities that are considered to be smarter than the disabled kids. Christopher’s teacher, Siobhan, is Christopher’s best friend. She helps Christopher not only write this book, but with all of his problems. By doing so, this makes Christopher think that he is not able to make decisions on his own. His dad raised him by always talking over all of his ideas with someone else before executing them. If he wasn’t raised like this the choice he makes may not be as smart, but he wouldn’t have to contemplate and wait to tell someone before doing so. Mark Haddon tells us this is true with this quote by Christopher, “And now if I don't know what someone is saying, I ask them what they mean or I walk away” (p. 3). Christopher isn’t always able to understand what people are saying, but he doesn’t even make an effort if he doesn’t understand. This shows that society hasn’t even made an effort to not judge them if they mess up. This doesn't just happen at school, but Christopher’s dad is also a very big suspect in