Wellington

Autism is a set of developmental disabilities that are characterized by the difficulty of communicating and forming relationships with other people. With a total of five autism types, many people affected by autism have Asperger’s Disorder. While people with this condition may be socially awkward, they often time will have interest in specific topics. This situation is captured in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, with the protagonist of the story Christopher…

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In the late 1780's to early 1790's, Europe was in turmoil. The French king, Louis XVI had been deposed and executed by the radical French Republicans. While France dealt with the chaos that was it's government, the rest of Europe was afraid its citizens would rise in revolt as well. To bring order to France, an English fleet moved toward the crucial port of Toulon in the south. Among the threats of invasion by Austria, Russia, Prussia and Spain, France also had to deal with the popular revolt of…

Jimmy: Thank you for coming! Jimmy: To start off i'd like to commend your work on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime. The mystery murder novel is written through the eyes of Christopher Bonne which began following the murder of Wellington, the pet dog of Ms Shears, his neighbour. As Christopher nears the truth, his investigations unravel the personal mysteries within his family and revelations of lies and deceits begin to unfold, that lead him to question what he believes of the…

He is introduced in the book as motherless but the readers later find out that she is alive and well. Christopher has a complicated relationship with his dad after Wellington, the neighbors dog, was killed by him. He also struggles to trust him after he finds out about his mother is alive, and that his father had kept that from him. He leaves his father to live with his mother after those incidents. By the end of the…

complete strangers have long conversations, most people do not understand why Christopher prefers solitude over companionship. Christopher does not interact with strangers and often reacts violently when they touch him. Christopher has just witnessed Wellington lying on the ground with a garden fork in his side when Mrs. Shears starts shouting at him. Christopher, “[does] not like people shouting at [him]. It makes [him] feel scared that they are going to hit [him] or touch [him]” (4).…

recovered from reading the letters that his dad hid from him, his father “rubbed his face with his hands and pulled his chin down with his fingers and stared at the wall […] And he said, ‘I killed Wellington, Christopher’” (120). This shows how Christopher did not have to do anything to find out who killed Wellington. For this reason, opponents believe that…

how they protect Christopher. First, the quality that Ed Boone and Judy Boone share is guilt. Before all of this happened Christopher had just run away from home because he was scared, his father had just confessed to him that he killed Wellington and he found letters proving that his mother was not dead.…

Swindon, England with his father Ed and pet rat Toby. He detests anything yellow or brown, wishes to become an astronaut, and has never been further than the end of the street by himself until his discovery of the "murder" of his neighbour's dog Wellington turns him into a detective. Christopher has Asperger’s syndrome, and although this is never specified in the text, it is clear that his behaviours mimic that of someone with this neurological condition. When reading The Curious Incident of the…

his countries in the world and their capital cities, also every prime number up to 7,057. He is also a brilliant boy in A levels math, and wants to pursue his dreams as a astronaut. As the story progresses, Christopher find his neighbor dog, named wellington, dead with a pitch fork impaled in its neck. He turns to his favorite logical character, Sherlock Holmes, to track down the serial killer in his written journal, which is an idea he…