Lala Essay

How does Haddon’s portrayal of the relationship between Christopher and his world move us to a deeper understanding of acceptance? In your response make a detailed reference to your prescribed text. Break down Portrayal - how it is shown Relationship between Christopher and his world - how Christopher interacts with him world; his perceptions of people and the world and how we as the reader realise the world perceives him Acceptance - acceptance of Christopher and in a broader sense acceptance of being different Reword Basically, they want us to talk about how Haddon shows us the relationships Christopher develops with others and the world around him. And what we learn from these relationships.

Planning The relationship Christopher has with someone that is 'logical' such as Siobhan. Christopher likes the fact that she can clearly give him instructions and understands him.
• Empathises with him
• Identifies his own limitations and helps him find ways to overcome these limitations (for example, Christopher cannot comprehend emotions - she shows him and gives him a paper with different cartoon with different faces that show different emotions - he she explains the meaning of these faces)
• Christopher like people that think like him (example the dream he has where everybody in the world died except the people like him)

The relationship Christopher has with his parents and the different connection/relationship he has with his mother and father
• What are the difficulties with his parents
• How do they cope
• How does Christopher cope
• What does it teach us
• What does Haddon do here and why? (comparison between parents - to split the audience in two like teams)

The relationship he has with his environment (school, people (neighbours), strangers) - or I can talk about when he travels to his mother and the situations he faces during this journey. I like both options; however, it is great to mention