The Nighttime Trust Analysis

Trust is a key theme in The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time. Each of the main characters has issues of trust and honesty with each other. That's why I believe that trust plays a huge role in the novel regarding to Christopher's relationships. Christopher also learns that he can trust himself to achieve his goals. The three relationships that trust plays a vast role to Chris’ include his dad, Siobhan, and his mother. Even though trust plays differently in each of these relationships one big similarity is that they all care, love and want to make sure that nothing bad happens to Christopher.
As Christopher investigates the murder of Wellington the dog, he discovers two distressing truths about his father - that he lied to Christopher
At the start of the novel, Christopher thinks that she died, two years ago after going to hospital. Later he finds out that this is not true when Christopher discovers a number of letters she has sent to him during his investigation of who had killed Wellington. She has difficulty understanding Christopher's syndrome and easily becomes irritated with his behavior and unpredictable outbursts. For example she said “I got cross, because I don't like shopping at Christmas, either, and I told you to behave and I tried to pick you up and move you. But you shouted and you knocked those mixers off the shelf and there was a big crash”. (pg.106) Later she explains how embarrassed she was, and how sorry she was, and that she noticed that his father could handle him better than her. Through these letters you discover that Judy struggled to cope with Christopher and his unusual behaviours. Her relationship with Ed was under enormous tension and she felt that she wasn't as good at controlling Christopher as Ed was. For example after the Christmas shopping incident she said that “And I remember that night I just cried and cried and cried and your father was really nice about it at first and he made you supper and he put you to bed and he said these things happen and it would be OK. But I said I couldn't take it anymore and eventually he got cross and he told me I was being stupid and he said that I should put myself together and I hit him, which was
An example of this is going to London on his own to live with his mother. When Ed realises the importance of telling the truth he has to work hard to rebuild his relationship with Christopher. Siobhan and his mother did the right thing by always being truthful to Christopher, which lead them to have a good relationship with Chris. Judy's honesty in her letters means that Christopher feels that he can find her and live with her. Despite lies being told in the novel Chris will learn to trust his father. The lack of honesty and truth can create problems and barriers between family members. Also being honest and truthful can help heal these problems. After evidence provided I believe that trust has an enormous role regarding to Christopher's