The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time, the character, Siobhan, is the most influential character to Christopher, because she is helpful and caring; which helps Christopher understand what is happening in the world around him; with social and environmental skills. One of the main characteristics of Siobhan is being helpful. In the beginning of the book, we find out that Christopher is different from most children and has a special disability, autism, making it hard for him too keep…

impactful acts of assistance when they come from unconventional or seemingly insignificant figures, when in reality, they are anything but. Mark Haddon’s critically acclaimed novel the curious incident of the dog in the night follows not a powerful or celebrity-like protagonist, but Christopher Boone, a brilliantly curious 15-year-old who suffers from autism. The story revolves around his quest to uncover and make sense of his buried family secrets, with the help of a number of minor characters…

Throughout The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, there is a recurring theme of Christopher wanting to be left alone. Christopher hates interacting with strangers and prefers to not talk to them if possible. Throughout the novel, Christopher also wishes that he could be in confined spaces all by himself. However, towards the end of the book, Christopher must interact with strangers and sit on the train with them to complete his mission of finding his mother. In a…

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…

particular person’s mind are exclusive to another person’s, as we are all individuals with distinct thoughts and responses. This affects a person’s private world and therefore their experiences in the public world. In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon highlights the ideals and disparities of the private and public worlds. He does this through the use of a naïve narrator (Christopher Boone) who has Asperger’s; meaning his private world and perception of the…

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon shows us a look on one situation through three very unique people. The story contains many moments that give you a look at the character’s motives. Such moments are when Judy leaves the family because she can't handle Christopher (pg 106) or when Ed told Christopher that he was the one killed wellington (pg 121). A big moment is when Christopher decides to run away (pg 122) also when Christopher sees his mom for the first time in…

"Don’t give me that bollocks you little sh*t. You knew exactly what you were bloody doing. I've read the book, remember" (Haddon 81). In the Novel The Curious Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon many suspenseful quotes by both Christopher and his father like the one above will keep the readers mind open to all of the different topics and actions available to interpret through their own and a feministic lens. A few of the key topics that will be analyzed through these lenses are the…

Firstly, Christopher gives straight answers to the police officer. When Christopher is talking to the police officer, he says “why were you holding the dog” Christopher says “ I like dogs”... “is this your fork”? “No”. (Haddon,8). You can not give straight answers because people may think you do not want to talk to them or being rude, or a police officer may think your lying. Secondly, Christopher Boone is not comfortable around new people. When Mrs. Alexander said “Do you want to come in…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, the third novel of Mark Haddon, tells the story of Christopher, an autistic teenager who decides to find out who killed his neighbor’s dog with a pitchfork. The investigation of Christopher soon turns into a journey into the recent history of his family and a difficult initiation into the world of so-called "normal", with lots of up and downs while wandering through London. The outline of the story is simple, traditional at best, but solved in a…

thinking logically but does not always behave so. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines logic as “a proper or reasonable way of thinking about or understanding something”. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time written by Mark Haddon is about a teenage boy who attempts to unfold the mystery of who killed his neighbor's dog and uncovers other mysteries related to his deceased mother. Christopher's thought process is usually fairly logical but he does not always behave logically. His…