Curious Dog in the Night time
Challenges Faced by Christopher Boone Christopher Boone is an autistic child who is the main character of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Time by Mark Haddon. An individual must overcome difficult challenges in order to gain a sense of maturity. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn to be persistent and to learn from his mistakes. He learns to be persistent by finding the killer of Wellington. He learns from his mistakes by taking a train to London to live with his mom.
Christopher father and the murder of Wellington make Christopher persistent to investigate and find the killer. After leaving the police station Christopher’s dad constantly told Christopher to stop investigating. His dad says, “I said leave it, for God’s sake” (Haddon, 21). This quote shows that Christopher just wants to help find the killer, since he likes dogs and Wellington was a friend and is persistent to find the killer. To escape the promise that his dad made him make, he starts a conversation with someone that knows about Mr. Shears or Wellington, so that the person can talk about it themselves in the conversation. After Mrs. Alexander asks Christopher to walk with her in the park he thinks, “And I thought that she might tell me something about Wellington or about Mr. Shears without asking her, so that wouldn’t be
Shaikh 2 breaking my promise” (Haddon, 54). Clearly, Christopher does not want to obey his father and wants to find the person who killed his friend, which shows him being persistent, since his dad already told him not to investigate about the murder. After his dad tells twice not to investigate on the murder of Wellington, Christopher continuously looks for the killer and investigates even though his father told him not to. For the third time after finding Christopher’s book, his dad says, “What else did I say, Christopher? Not to go around sticking your fucking nose into other people’s business” (Haddon, 82). This
Christopher father and the murder of Wellington make Christopher persistent to investigate and find the killer. After leaving the police station Christopher’s dad constantly told Christopher to stop investigating. His dad says, “I said leave it, for God’s sake” (Haddon, 21). This quote shows that Christopher just wants to help find the killer, since he likes dogs and Wellington was a friend and is persistent to find the killer. To escape the promise that his dad made him make, he starts a conversation with someone that knows about Mr. Shears or Wellington, so that the person can talk about it themselves in the conversation. After Mrs. Alexander asks Christopher to walk with her in the park he thinks, “And I thought that she might tell me something about Wellington or about Mr. Shears without asking her, so that wouldn’t be
Shaikh 2 breaking my promise” (Haddon, 54). Clearly, Christopher does not want to obey his father and wants to find the person who killed his friend, which shows him being persistent, since his dad already told him not to investigate about the murder. After his dad tells twice not to investigate on the murder of Wellington, Christopher continuously looks for the killer and investigates even though his father told him not to. For the third time after finding Christopher’s book, his dad says, “What else did I say, Christopher? Not to go around sticking your fucking nose into other people’s business” (Haddon, 82). This