The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
ASSESSMENT TASK- STANDARD ENGLSH HSC COURSE “And when I am in a new place, because I see everything, it is like when a computer is doing too many things at the same time & the central processor unit is blocked up & there isn’t any space left to think about other things.” – Pg.177
EXPLAINS NARRITIVE VOICE & THE BOOK ITSELF.
The novel is narrated in the first-person perspective by Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy who describes himself as "a mathematician with some behavioral difficulties" living in Swindon, Wiltshire. The book is not a book about Asperger’s syndrome; it’s more a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way.
EXPLAINS CHRISTOPHER AND HIS MIND AND HOW WE VIEW HIM & ANSWERS THE MAIN QUOTE (ABOVE).
I chose this particular extract because it portrays how Christopher’s 000mind works in a sense that ‘we’ have a understanding of how he deals with things and that he must memorize every physical detail of his environment. For example-in places he has already visited he can simply note the changes that have occurred since his last time there. But if Christopher is in an entirely new place, processing his surroundings can cause his mind to freeze up, like a computer crash.
Most people are not like this, and only glance at their surroundings before moving on. In countryside ‘we’ might notice some farm animals- BUT Christopher would memorize the exact number of Horses, cows & sheep etc., their colors, and their placement. Christopher attributes the fact that he is good at math and logic to his attention to detail.
EXPLAINS THE DIGRESSIONS.
Mark Haddon has many ways of showing Christopher’s voice in ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’. Since Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome his voice in the book is very unique. Haddon uses digressions often because Christopher has problems
EXPLAINS NARRITIVE VOICE & THE BOOK ITSELF.
The novel is narrated in the first-person perspective by Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy who describes himself as "a mathematician with some behavioral difficulties" living in Swindon, Wiltshire. The book is not a book about Asperger’s syndrome; it’s more a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way.
EXPLAINS CHRISTOPHER AND HIS MIND AND HOW WE VIEW HIM & ANSWERS THE MAIN QUOTE (ABOVE).
I chose this particular extract because it portrays how Christopher’s 000mind works in a sense that ‘we’ have a understanding of how he deals with things and that he must memorize every physical detail of his environment. For example-in places he has already visited he can simply note the changes that have occurred since his last time there. But if Christopher is in an entirely new place, processing his surroundings can cause his mind to freeze up, like a computer crash.
Most people are not like this, and only glance at their surroundings before moving on. In countryside ‘we’ might notice some farm animals- BUT Christopher would memorize the exact number of Horses, cows & sheep etc., their colors, and their placement. Christopher attributes the fact that he is good at math and logic to his attention to detail.
EXPLAINS THE DIGRESSIONS.
Mark Haddon has many ways of showing Christopher’s voice in ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’. Since Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome his voice in the book is very unique. Haddon uses digressions often because Christopher has problems