The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

quite enjoyed the simplicity of the novel. I didn't feel like the ending was rushed, unlike other novels where the author seems to just get to the resolution as soon as possible. I felt like the plot was fully developed, and that the author took her time to smooth out any bumps or loopholes. The ending was quite satisfying - in the end, George's flock had managed to solve the mystery in their own peculiar way, and everyone seemed happy in the end. Personally, I wouldn't change a thing about this…

In the novel, The Curious Incident of the dog in the Nighttime, the author, Mark Haddon, utilizes logical progression of ideas to convey the thematic message of relationships can be difficult, but are very needed. Throughout the book, the theme seems to develop going from hardships with relationships to needing them at the end. For example, Haddon states, “The next day Father said he was sorry that he had hit me and didn’t mean to.” (pg. #85) Even after Christopher’s father got mad at…

proteins usually lead to neurological diseases that are always fatal. In this book D. T. Max focuses on the history of many different prion diseases such as FFI, scrapie, kuru, and mad cow disease and how each disease spread and was recognized over time. In each community in which prion diseases became prevalent, there was a mass of confusion as people tried to figure out what was going on with their friends and family. This book does not…

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…

Rational: The Curious of the dog in the night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. This book, published in 2003. The main character is Christopher, who has a mental problem suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. I am going to write a day, Christopher’s diary when he finds out his favorite teacher (Siobhan) has left and she sends a letter to him. I will start a Christopher’s diary with a quite good day and when he receives a letter, which the color of this letter is his favorite. Then I’ll show…

The text that I chose was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, the reason for this was in the beginning of the semester the class had to choose one book that pertained to their field of study. I am a psychology major so what pertained my field was human services and the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime demonstrated this. I wanted to learn more about autism because I never really understood what it was and how it affected someone’s way of thinking…

In Roald Dahl’s short story, Beware of the Dog, a pilot wakes up in a hospital in France. Prior to this, Peter Williamson, the pilot, gets shot down and hesitates asking for help because he is delirious. He then ejects from the plane going unconscious and waking up in the hospital, not remembering what had happened. A nurse then comes in and tells Peter that he is in Brighton, England and tells him how he got to the hospital. Not long after the nurse left she came back, but holding the door for…

In the short story “The last dog” by Katherine Patterson, a young boy named Brock chooses to leave the dome. While out there, he finds a dog and brings it back to the dome. The lesson that I learned from this story is to follow your own instincts. I liked this book because the main character is interesting, and is an adventurist. The plot is a bit weird, but overall it was a good story. Brock decided to leave the dome to do research. Outside, he finds a real dog next to its dead mother. He…

The Baddest Dog in Harlem - Analytical Essay The short story “The Baddest Dog in Harlem” was written by Walter Dean Myers and published in 2001 from the collection of short stories “145th Street”. The story “The Baddest Dog in Harlem” is about how a group of black men is acting while the police surround the area they are in. The black men get a tip about a guy with a semi-automatic rifle is in an apartment nearby. As the story evolves the main character decides to go with the police and a…

Mark Haddon’s, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, is a well written piece of fiction, that displays unique literary merit. From the very first page of the novel the reader is plunged into the interior mental landscape of a fifteen year old autistic boy named Christopher. Christopher’s understanding of the world is distinctly different than an ordinary persons. Haddon is successful in making The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a work of art attracting and…