Preview

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
263 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time
Static Image Essay

My Cd cover is based on the text ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time’. My target audiences are teenagers and people with mental disabilities.

Visual feature 1:
The question and exclamation marks. This is relevant because it relates to both people with and without mental disabilities. The line dividing the two marks is a representation of how in modern society people with mental disabilities and with out is usually divided in to two groups, which causes havoc. The question mark represents people with mental disabilities who are always asking questions and are unsure a lot like Christopher. Where as the exclamation marks represent people who are always sure about what they are doing like Christopher’s


You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    “About Being Considered ‘Retarded.’” by Amanda Baggs gives a great perspective on how those who have a disability are considered to be inferior or less human due to them being different from the societal standard of “normal”. To Baggs the way she looks and processes information is normal however compared to standards that society has placed she is different. To me Baggs is conveying the message that we label individuals who are different in this case those who have a cognitive disability and segregate them being considered normal due to the label of retarded.…

    • 94 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel written by Mark Haddon. The main character and also the narrator is young Christopher Boone who is fifteen. The book is told from Christopher’s viewpoint with Christopher as the author of the book, which he writes with the help of his teacher Siobhan. The title of this book is actually a quote from Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story “Silver Blaze”. The reason this book is named relating to Sherlock Holmes is because Christopher Boone loves the fictional detective very much.…

    • 609 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, we are introduced to Christopher Boone, a 15 year old boy who has a disability comparatively to Asperger's Syndrome. Christopher only lives with his dad, Ed Boone, because he is told that his mother died a couple of year ago from a heart attack. In the book, we learn Christoper has countless love-hate relationships with irregular objects. He loves math, red objects, and being honest; however he hates, yellow objects, metaphors, and lying. Christopher's main reason to write a mystery book, was to tell readers his process of finding the killer of Wellington, Mrs. Shears’s (his neighbor’s) dog. However, during the process of solving the mystery and writing his book, he comes across…

    • 907 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    “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…

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was written by Mark Haddon, to tell the story of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy living in Swindon Wiltshire. Christopher was trying to discover who killed Mrs. Shears dog. Throughout the investigation, the author, Mark Haddon, wrote about Christopher’s Asperger’s Syndrome. Christopher Boone is accurately portrayed as someone with Asperger’s Syndrome. It shows the difficulties and the behavior as someone with Asperger’s Syndrome and gives the readers the chance to look inside the mind of kid with a autism spectrum disorder.…

    • 901 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    A scream emerges. Everyone looks around, surprised to see a young adult, crying and rolling on the ground. Someone tries to help him. He hits the person and screams again. This is Christopher John Francis Boone, the main character of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This novel doesn’t have one specific theme because it is written with the perspective of Christopher, an autistic young adult who doesn’t get typical things the way I, and most people do.…

    • 559 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, has many antagonists that negatively impact Christopher’s quality of life. Ed Boone is the main antagonist in the novel. Ed Boone negatively impacts Christopher's quality of life by killing Wellington, lying to Christopher, and not handling Christopher's disorder properly.…

    • 1256 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nearly everyone has been hurt by the words or actions of others. These wounds can leave someone with lasting feelings of anger, bitterness, and vengeance. However, if one does not forgive, they can that is hurt the most. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, the main character, Christopher Boone, shows the power of forgiveness. Even though his mother, Judy Boone, left him he still forgives her. Judy Boone’s actions were justified, she did not deem herself fit to be a mother at that time. Through the letters she shows remorse, she cares for Christopher and looks out for him, she also shows growth and maturity. Judy has changed and is better suited to be the mother figure Christopher never had before.…

    • 1046 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In terms of composition, both dogs are shown in a narrow depth of field. The shot is taken from the front. The dogs take up the whole frame so that there are no distractions. They and their injuries can be clearly identified. The shots are taken in natural indoor light to show that there is no need for any extra camera tricks to convey the pain the animals go through. The contrast between the stark white bandage and the dark brown fur of the second dog is effective by itself. The shots are very candid. The pained look in the big eyes of both dogs is enough to convince any viewer of what they have been through. The sequence moves from images of rescued dogs to who have suffered injuries to a statement about how there are still more. It is almost as if the advertiser is trying to say, “Yes, this kind of animal cruelty exists, and there is more where that came from.” In this frame, the text is white and set to a black background. The text is also a standard font. It is centered with no other images or text to show that it is the main focus of the frame. The simplicity of the image allows for the reader to focus on the words themselves. The words are powerful themselves; so adding any extra color or pictures would be redundant and even detract from the statement itself. The black and white could also be symbolic. The white represents the pure, innocent animals surrounded by the cruel black world. “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan is still playing in the background. The viewer is not only moved visually, but audibly. The phrase “you are pulled from the wreckage” is sung and coincides perfectly with the images of the hurt dogs. At the moment that the text comes up, the phrase “silent reverie” comes up. Those animals that were never saved had dreams, but those dreams have died, have been “silenced.” Sarah lingers on the word “silent” to…

    • 851 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Use of graphics are bold and engage your eyes to read the sub heading to continuing on the read as they are dot points; easy to understand and easy to read. The colours on the page, layout of the pamphlet are all reflecting bright happy colours, bright yellow borders. The icons with the key words and directions to “Look, Talk, Listen, and Seek Help” are all positives verbs on the steps of overcoming being bullied, and these icons are also bright colours. The negative image on the back of the pamphlet showing technology being used in a negative way with a boy sitting alone on a dirty brick ground with dark lighting, dark clothing, hood over his head ( not wanting to be seen) listening to his iPod showing he does not want to be disturbed. Contrasting with the bright Yellow border on the bottom of the pamphlet showing the youth beyond blue icon which is a butterfly. The butterfly is showing it is a symbol of hope and you can “come through your times” giving you contact details of a information line and a website you can visit for more information, now using technology in a positive way rather than in a negative way.…

    • 400 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When we think about heroes, Superman, Batman and other stereotypical heroes usually come to mind, but perhaps it’s the people that the public eye might consider “flawed” that bring this concept of bravery and courage into perspective. In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Christopher is a most unexpected example of a hero. Although he may seem like an ordinary, 15-year-old boy, somewhat limited by autism, Christopher, in his own unique way, brings a new meaning to the word “hero”. Christopher shows the characteristics of a hero through his determination, and his ability to overcome his dependence on routines and certainties. This ability to conquer over his “disability” puts him above the common stereotypical hero.…

    • 987 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Through the eyes of Christopher Boone, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- time’ by Mark Haddon explores the life of Christopher, a 15 year old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. His disability leads to many conflicts in the novel, one resulting in the divorce of his parents. With Christopher’s disability, people, even like himself, struggle to understand him. His mood always changes like if he sees ‘4 red cars in a row then it is a super good day’ and if he sees ‘4 yellow cars in a row then it is a black day’. Christopher’s father, Ed guides Christopher through life and it seems as though Ed is the only person who understands him. However, several other characters like his mother and Siobhan also understand him.…

    • 547 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Harrison Bergeron Thesis

    • 445 Words
    • 2 Pages

    It represents the mentally part because the purpose of the handicap is to make your thoughts flee your head so you don’t become smarter than the rest of the population. This shows how the handicap can mess with the way you think because it truly doesn’t give you the chance to think another quote to support this is “George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn’t be handicapped. But he didn’t get very far with it” (Vonnegut 1). This quote showed how the government made the people it took care of dumber using methods that would never be allowed…

    • 445 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Regret is a feeling of sadness, repentance or disappointment over something that has happened or been done. Regret is a part of life that everyone has to struggle with at some point. In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Nighttime, Mark Haddon displays the topic of regret in the emotions of anger, sadness, and a wish for forgiveness; in reality regret is shown through apologies.…

    • 493 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    During childhood, all children are said to be naive as well as innocent. Naivety can be defined as the lack of experience or information, whereas childhood innocence can mean a child's unharmed mind or imagination. It can be said that naivety and innocence go hand in hand. What can destroy a child's innocence, however, could be damage from the outside world away from the child's home either by a stranger or by someone the child is close to. Mark Haddon, the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, creates a character named Christopher Boone. In this case, Christopher's childhood innocence is damaged by the other world in which he lives in. Throughout the journey to solve the murder of the neighbor's dog, Haddon allows for Christopher's transformation from an innocent young boy, into a more mature and aware person.…

    • 663 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays