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    Christopher’s life was the murder of Wellington, his neighbor’s poodle. At the crime scene, he got into a misunderstanding with the police and hit an officer. He got released with a caution, and promised his father that he wouldn’t look into the incident any further. However, he decided to investigate more on the murder of the dog, and started to write a book on it as part of a school assignment. While he was interviewing neighbors to earn information, he discovers that his…

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    A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron, Bailey lives through different lives getting into more uncertain and risky situations. This novel, is about Bailey, a dog that repeatedly gets reincarnated after death that gets into many rough patches throughout his lives. They all require him to help others and take chances that can endanger his own life. From the heroic actions and the unconditional love between characters, throughout A Dog’s Purpose, W. Bruce Cameron proves that taking risks is important…

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    Christopher Boone Honesty

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    Everyone is taught that honesty is crucial to living peacefully; Christopher Boone however cannot say the same. In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher encounters many problems when he lets his curiosity get the best of him. The dark truth of his families past soon unravels, leaving him questioning both of his parents. There are several themes portrayed in this book, the most powerful theme is that somethings are better left unknown. First of all,…

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    Christopher Boone

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    In Mark Haddon’s the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, the narrator Christopher Boone is a fifteen-year-old boy described as having a disability that makes public encounters challenging and uncomfortable. Autism, Christopher’s cureless disability, causes his life to be burdensome and hard to endure. Christopher doesn’t let his disabilities hinder himself; instead, he decides to solve the murder mystery of the neighbor’s dog Wellington. In order for Christopher to see the world…

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    The Similarities Between Adam And Christopher In analyzing the similarities between the main characters in the movie, Adam and the novel, The curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-time, by Mark Haddon, one can tell that the characters are both correctly represented to show what it is like to live with Aspergers. The family situations for both of the characters prove this statement. Moreover, Adam, the main character in the movie parent’s are both deceased. Adam’s mother died awhile ago and…

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    It Makes Sense Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Night-time has one reoccurring theme that he has highlighted throughout the novel, Logic. He illustrates this by his sentence structure and by showing the way Christopher, the protagonist, processes everything by using and needing concrete facts or patterns and various structures to justify his different conclusions he arrives at throughout the novel, also on how each chapter is labeled with prime numbers. Haddon does not do anything…

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    Beginning in the 1960’s nuclear power was believed to be an attractive alternative to fossil fuels and was even referred to as the energy source of the future. To the uninformed the use of nuclear energy may seem frightening because the only thing rumored is the negatives like: the waste, major spills of material and disastrous radioactive accidents, but there are many benefits from the use of this energy source such as: saving millions of lives, a mass reduction of pollution, and an advancement…

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    In Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, an attempt at the Bildungsroman genre is made, by employing many of the characteristics of this genre. Many argue that this novel is not a true Bildungsroman however, I will argue that it is, since it contains almost all of the key aspects of this genre, despite the slight twist near the end. I believe that this novel fits the genre of Bildungsroman and demonstrates the coming of age of Christopher through his various…

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    Dangers of Radiation. Soldiers have been put in danger throughout recent history due to negligence with nuclear material and weapons testing. Either through having soldiers being at the actual test sites when the bombs were detonated or having them complete military exercises afterwards or getting the site ready for the next weapons test. Having soldiers move around radioactive material, living on bases nearby radioactive material, getting unknowingly bombarded by radiation to see its effects…

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    In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, author Mark Haddon tells the tale of a young Christopher Boone, and his journey to uncover the mystery of who killed his neighbor’s dog, Wellington. Christopher narrates this story in a unique way, giving readers a glimpse into the mind of a fifteen year-old boy who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a type of autistic disorder. Christopher uses unconventional quirks, such as his excellence in mathematics, his keen photographic memory, and…

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