The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime Empathy

In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, the main character Christopher John Francis Boone has autism and he lives with his father in Swindon. Apparently Christopher was said that his mother is dead. What is Empathy? Well empathy is key element of intelligence, it is the understanding of other people’s emotions and feelings, and it is the bond that is created through self and others experiences. That empathy the author Mark Haddon is building toward Christopher and the reader. Even though Christopher’s behavior and thinking is different than other people but the Mark Haddon provides such descriptive information and details, which helps the reader understand Christopher‘s behavior and emotions. As well as that Haddon …show more content…
As, I start to understand Christopher’s situation it can create a positive or negative emotion towards him. For example, when Christopher had ran away from home and was trying to go to his mother in London. To get to London he had to use subway which was difficult for him because he was not familiar with using the subway and was not able to communicate with the people around him. There was a situation when Christopher had felt really disturbed at the subway station, he said “I felt as if there are balloons inside my chest and it hurt and I covered my ears with my hand and I groaned. I was frightened and my brain was not working properly” (pg_) .From this statement, I can understand Christopher’s emotion at that current situation because with the detail given I can feel sorrow towards Christopher. With personal experiences it creates empathy toward Christopher because when I was 10 years old I had gotten lost in a mall and I was really upset that I had similar emotions just like Christopher so I can understand him at that situation. Therefore, even though Christopher is a different person, there are some things that I can understand like Christopher’s emotions, I can empathize towards