The curious incident of the dog in the night time
Curious Christopher's and the Mysterious Death
In the novel ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night time’, we meet an interesting child who goes by the name of Christopher and see he suffers from Aspberger's Syndrome. As Christopher progresses through the novel we struggle with the thought of the possibility of a traditional hero being displayed by Christopher’s actions; by Joseph Campbell’s guidelines. In retrospect, Christopher has the tendency to portray significant aspects in which allows him to meet the “Traditional Hero” persona.
When the novel begins Christopher’s Heroic journey takes flight, when he encounters the dead body of Wellington (a black poodle) in the back yard of Mrs. Shears. This situation encourages Christopher to answer the call to adventure in a sense to write a ‘Murder mystery Novel’ of the death of Wellington; like he says, “I stroked Wellington and wondered who had killed him and why.”(2) With the help of his teacher Siobhan he began his journey out of the Innocent world of childhood, and by doing so throughout the novel he begins to realize there is a much bigger world outside than he may be prepared for. This of course poses as a reason at first for Christopher to refuse his call to adventure, as Christopher makes it clear that social and physical interaction nearly impossible by not being able to be hugged by his father let alone understand metaphors. The only true bond he shares is with his pet rat Toby, who he takes as a companion on his quest to solve every mystery tossed his way.
While Christopher is solving the mystery of Wellington’s killer his father becomes a key threshold against the success of achieving his sought out goal. With good reasons Christopher’s father tries to constantly instigate that Christopher ‘keep his nose out of other people’s business.’ But eventually fails at keeping the boy at bay and his son finds out that his father was the killer of Wellington, and has been lying to him about the death
In the novel ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night time’, we meet an interesting child who goes by the name of Christopher and see he suffers from Aspberger's Syndrome. As Christopher progresses through the novel we struggle with the thought of the possibility of a traditional hero being displayed by Christopher’s actions; by Joseph Campbell’s guidelines. In retrospect, Christopher has the tendency to portray significant aspects in which allows him to meet the “Traditional Hero” persona.
When the novel begins Christopher’s Heroic journey takes flight, when he encounters the dead body of Wellington (a black poodle) in the back yard of Mrs. Shears. This situation encourages Christopher to answer the call to adventure in a sense to write a ‘Murder mystery Novel’ of the death of Wellington; like he says, “I stroked Wellington and wondered who had killed him and why.”(2) With the help of his teacher Siobhan he began his journey out of the Innocent world of childhood, and by doing so throughout the novel he begins to realize there is a much bigger world outside than he may be prepared for. This of course poses as a reason at first for Christopher to refuse his call to adventure, as Christopher makes it clear that social and physical interaction nearly impossible by not being able to be hugged by his father let alone understand metaphors. The only true bond he shares is with his pet rat Toby, who he takes as a companion on his quest to solve every mystery tossed his way.
While Christopher is solving the mystery of Wellington’s killer his father becomes a key threshold against the success of achieving his sought out goal. With good reasons Christopher’s father tries to constantly instigate that Christopher ‘keep his nose out of other people’s business.’ But eventually fails at keeping the boy at bay and his son finds out that his father was the killer of Wellington, and has been lying to him about the death