The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
The Power of Courage Courage can give one the power to do anything he or she desires. Courage is the difference between succeeding at what one wants and falling flat on one’s face with failure. Within the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, the main character, Christopher Boone, displays a great deal of courage, a redemptive feature, to get his goals accomplished. Throughout the novel, Christopher does many things that few young boys can say they ever did. From the beginning he, “…decided [he] was going to find out who killed Wellington [Mrs. Shears dog]” (Haddon 33). By taking on this task, Christopher began to solve the murder mystery of Wellington. By the time this mystery had been solved, Chris traveled alone
to London by train to find his presumed dead mother. Christopher’s father had lied about his mother’s death. When returning back home from finding his mother, though scared of his father due to the lies told, “Father and I (Christopher) decided to do a project I would have to spend more time with him and he would have to show me that I could trust him. I agreed” (Haddon 207). By undertaking this “project,” Christopher put full faith into something he was petrified of. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” (Nelson Mandela). These acts of bravery demonstrated by Christopher set the reader on edge wondering what he will use this developing feature for next. His bravery, the redemptive feature in this novel, keeps the novel stimulating and filled with emotion.
to London by train to find his presumed dead mother. Christopher’s father had lied about his mother’s death. When returning back home from finding his mother, though scared of his father due to the lies told, “Father and I (Christopher) decided to do a project I would have to spend more time with him and he would have to show me that I could trust him. I agreed” (Haddon 207). By undertaking this “project,” Christopher put full faith into something he was petrified of. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” (Nelson Mandela). These acts of bravery demonstrated by Christopher set the reader on edge wondering what he will use this developing feature for next. His bravery, the redemptive feature in this novel, keeps the novel stimulating and filled with emotion.