The Boscombe Valley Mystery

lives with his father. In the novel Christopher finds his neighbor’s dog dead in the backyard, which then leads him to find secrets that his father has not been telling him. Since Christopher has such a busy life, and a disease, he easily gets sidetracked, he misses big details, and he takes everything so literally which makes him not the best narrator. Christopher is not reliable because he easily gets sidetracked. For instance, Christopher was talking about his plan and how he was going to get to London and then he started to go off about where Sherlock Holmes goes to eat lunch. “And I would go from Swindon station, where Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson stop for lunch when they are on their way to Ross from Paddington in the Boscombe Valley Mystery” (131). Christopher’s words clearly indicate that he knows a lot about Sherlock Holmes, however it also shows he can not focus on one topic. Another reason that supports the main point is that he was once talking about his Mother's death and then he suddenly jumped to his Monday time table. “And this was my timetable when I lived at home with father and I thought that mother was dead from a heart attack (this was the timetable for a Monday and also it is an approximation)”(155). Therefore, Christopher is confusing the reader by not focusing on one point at a time. In addition, once Christopher was on his street thinking about his plan to escape from his father, but then he saw an interesting looking plant and got distracted,…

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