From the very start of the book the most memorabele concept shown is that in fact, chapter one is lableled chapter two. This gives insight into mark haddens uniqe style of writing. This also give insight into christophers personality and the interest he has with numbers and maths.
One of the largest language techniques used is the stream of consciousness. This idea was derived from mark haddon when he decided he would “have to get inside the mind of an autistic boy” not only does this allow the readers to experience what autistic boys are like, but how they think. “but it was not the end of the book, because 5 red cars drove past in a row which made it a SUPER GOOD DAY”
The use of stream of consciousness also creates a lot of interest and variety for the reader. Often this language technique gives the illusion of a second story line. However, stream of consciousness is not used at all in the first chapter, this juxtaposes further writing styles in the rest of the novel.
The curious incident of the dog in the night time is certaintly made memorable through Christopher and the way he analyses things to the finest detail. “it was seven minutes past midnight” through the specific details insight is given into christophers personality traits. “I turned my computer on and played 76 games of minesweeper and I did advanced level in 102 seconds which was 3 seconds off my best time which was 99 seconds”.
In particular, one interesting point is that Christopher does not like reality. In chapter one, he closed wellingtons eyes. As soon as christoper felt uncomfortable around the policemen, he also closes his eyes, ears and starts moaning.
“I closed my eyes so I would not be scared anymore” Christopher can not