One Day Two Places Character Analysis

Many times in the novel, Christopher compares normal people to himself, therefore; the reader gets a better understanding on his beliefs. He relates regular people to the way he thinks and analyzes his opinion in a manor whether it is nice or not. Christopher stresses in the novel that he has his own way of thinking of complicated issues he has, along with many others. He absolutely hates being touched anywhere by anyone. This is shown when Christopher hits a police officer for the officer putting his arm on Christopher which leads to him being put in jail. At his dismay, Christopher's father has to come and get him. As well as being touched, Christopher hates is being told that his name means something other than what he thinks or believes.
Chris prefers his name to not have a big story behind it otherwise he feels like an object. In order for Christopher to feel in control, he has a way of telling himself how it is going to be a good day instead of having spiraling emotions. Christopher compares the color combination of cars to determine if it is going to be a good or bad day. For example, by seeing either red cars together or yellow cars together, red cars mean he will have a good day and yellow cars mean he will have a bad day. The day after Wellington was killed, Christopher states, “In the bus on the way to school the next morning we passed four red cars in a row, which meant that it was a good day, so I decided not to be mad about Wellington” (Haddon 24). Christopher is saying that he is going to have a good day because the combination of cars he sees on his way to school tells him he will be happy. Christopher is obviously different from "normal" people as a result of the way he thinks about everyday issues. Christopher’s mood changes time to time throughout the book and makes it interesting by his mood swings and his attitude he provides the reader
Because he would never back down from anything he already started, he made the reader believe that some random person killed it. Christopher had so many problems throughout the book that affected him in a huge way. Not only was Christopher affected by his father it turned out to be the main issue in the story. His father made him leave the house to go find Christopher’s mother and tried to hug him when he got there and Christopher blatantly explains how he hates being touched. Christopher’s mom goes in for a hug but he pushes her away so hard that he falls over. Christopher states, “And I pushed her away because she was grabbing me and I didn’t like it, and I pushed really hard and I fell over” (Haddon 191). Family issues led to most of the problems in the novel, however, the issues made the book more interesting. Every time Christopher’s dad would mess up with him, his father would come running back to Christopher apologizing for what he did or the way he acted. Christopher’s father was good at taking care of him most of the time but wasn’t a honest family member almost all the time. Christopher did not think of his dad as a murderer. He thought his dad was a nice caring person who was there for him when he absolutely needed to be. When Christopher finds out his father killed wellington he expects his father to go away