A neighborhood dog is seen dead with a garden fork punctured through its body and the only person who should care deeply enough to investigate the murder of Wellington (the dog) is its owner, Mrs. Shears. However, Christopher overturns this assumption and takes matters into his own hands. Although this incident would often be overlooked and instead given pity and sympathy to, a spark in Christopher’s curiosity sets off a chain of events that eventually immerse his thoughts into deeper, more personal matters in his life. It is never mentioned that Wellington actually served any sort of significant role in Christopher’s life but Christopher Boone takes advantage of the opportunity to think like a detective, more specifically like his inspiration
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Four days before, on January 21, he is hiding in the garden of the Wellington’s owner, weighing his options of where to live after recently finding out that his own father murdered Wellington. Flashback to January 10 when Christopher rummages through his father’s room, desperate to find his murder mystery novel after having been in a fight with his father who had just found his book laying around on the dinner table, when he stumbles upon a shirt box that coincidentally contains all of the unreceived letters written to Christopher from his own mother. The day before, he finds himself on Mrs. Alexander’s porch for the second time only to find out that her husband and Christopher’s mother “did sex” and that is why his mother is no longer with him-because she left to go live with Mr. Shears. Two days before on January 6, Christopher makes the decision to continue on with his investigation despite what his father orders him to do and meets Mrs. Alexander. And just one day before, he is confronted by his restless father who drops down false news of Christopher’s mother’s death. Three days before, Christopher stands in front of the limp body of a stranger’s dog and decides to investigate the murder. This is what initiates the reaction of
Four days before, on January 21, he is hiding in the garden of the Wellington’s owner, weighing his options of where to live after recently finding out that his own father murdered Wellington. Flashback to January 10 when Christopher rummages through his father’s room, desperate to find his murder mystery novel after having been in a fight with his father who had just found his book laying around on the dinner table, when he stumbles upon a shirt box that coincidentally contains all of the unreceived letters written to Christopher from his own mother. The day before, he finds himself on Mrs. Alexander’s porch for the second time only to find out that her husband and Christopher’s mother “did sex” and that is why his mother is no longer with him-because she left to go live with Mr. Shears. Two days before on January 6, Christopher makes the decision to continue on with his investigation despite what his father orders him to do and meets Mrs. Alexander. And just one day before, he is confronted by his restless father who drops down false news of Christopher’s mother’s death. Three days before, Christopher stands in front of the limp body of a stranger’s dog and decides to investigate the murder. This is what initiates the reaction of