Christopher is a 15 year old boy with a mild form of autism called asperger's. Also of people who know Christopher think he cannot be independent and assume that he is not as smart as the average kid but infact he is gifted in mathematics and very independent. Christopher actually prefers to be on his own and independent.
People misunderstand Christopher because of his disability. Most people just assume that Christopher is incapable of being independent, but in fact he is very capable of being independent and he is gifted in mathematics.
Most people would think just by knowing that christopher has a disability they would think that he cannot act for himself or be independent at all for that matter, But in fact Christopher is almost just as independent if not more than a normal student. Like …show more content…
Christopher proved his principle wrong by taking the math A levels and getting an A grade. Christopher's headmaster said she didn't want him to take it because of other students feeling lesser but in the novel it never says anything about other students feeling lesser Christopher just mentions how they other students are stupid. Christopher states that “All the other children at my school are stupid. Except i'm not meant to call them stupid, even this is what they are.” In his quote Christopher infers that he is smarter than all the other kids in his school and this is most likely why his headmaster didn't want him to take the math A levels. Christopher was obviously smart enough, but his headmaster didn't want him to but Christopher had to prove himself. Christopher constantly has to prove himself to people about little
People misunderstand Christopher because of his disability. Most people just assume that Christopher is incapable of being independent, but in fact he is very capable of being independent and he is gifted in mathematics.
Most people would think just by knowing that christopher has a disability they would think that he cannot act for himself or be independent at all for that matter, But in fact Christopher is almost just as independent if not more than a normal student. Like …show more content…
Christopher proved his principle wrong by taking the math A levels and getting an A grade. Christopher's headmaster said she didn't want him to take it because of other students feeling lesser but in the novel it never says anything about other students feeling lesser Christopher just mentions how they other students are stupid. Christopher states that “All the other children at my school are stupid. Except i'm not meant to call them stupid, even this is what they are.” In his quote Christopher infers that he is smarter than all the other kids in his school and this is most likely why his headmaster didn't want him to take the math A levels. Christopher was obviously smart enough, but his headmaster didn't want him to but Christopher had to prove himself. Christopher constantly has to prove himself to people about little