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    Christopher’s Achievements            In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ the main character Christopher wrote a book containing details of how he solved a murder. To Christopher‚ he calls this a type of achievement. This is a type of achievement to Christopher because he was able to solve a complex problem by himself without anyone else. This shows Christopher that‚ despite his condition‚ he is actually smart. This is proven when Christopher says‚ “I was brave and wrote

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    The Curious Incident of the dog of the night-time written by mark haddon contains many ideas and concepts which make this piece memorable. Through the interaction and representation of ideas‚ Mark Haddon not only has composed a great novel‚ but a memorable one. 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

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    In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ by Mark Haddon‚ Christopher shows he has high self-esteem because he feels he is better than other people. He says how Sherlock Holmes is great by knowing “‘ The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes’ But he notices them‚ like I do”(73). Since Christopher is saying how Sherlock and he can observe unlike everyone else‚ he is saying how he thinks he is better than them. Next Christopher also compares himself to

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    In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ the character Christopher’s father is the most influential character to Christopher because he is loving and can be intimidating which causes Christopher to run away and find his mom. Throughout the book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time there were many ups and downs. Christopher and his father went through a lot‚ but Christopher’s father is very loving. Many times in the book Christopher and his dad have had many loving times

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    In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time‚ Mr Boone’s reaction to Christopher’s disability is a complex one that shows he can only ever partially understand his son. Mr Boone seemingly does act from his own self-interest when he demands that Christopher stops investigating the murder of Wellington‚ for this would rake up past behaviour that he wants to hide from him. However‚ he wants both to protect himself from gossip‚ and to protect Christopher from the harsh realities of life. Questions

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a 2003 mystery novel by a british writer Mark Haddon. This was his first book and in the same year as it was first published‚ he won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. In 2004 he got another prize for his book‚ namely the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Overall Best First Book and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. The 15 years old narrator of the story‚ Christopher John Francis Boone‚ suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome

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    Name: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Penguin Group ‘Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen’ --Twain‚ Mark. Fitzgerald was inspired by this quotation and created this wonderful story. The main character of this story-Benjamin begins life as an old man and proceeds to age backward. Although his life is reversed‚ I think he has a normal like many people who experienced wedding

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    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button            “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was largely characterized by a depressive tone as Benjamin began his life as a grave disappointment to his father and ended his life in the same manner with his son (Fitzgerald‚ 1922).  The stylistic device of imagery was created by Fitzgerald’s carefully crafted diction.  For example‚ the verbiage of ‘horrible mishap’ and ‘grotesque’ was used to describe the infant’s appearance‚ in addition to describing the reaction

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    ALCE 1604 March 5‚ 2011 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “He seems to grow younger every year‚” and so “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button‚” takes its place‚ adapted from the 1920’s literary work by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. In both the literary work and the adapted film by David Fincher we are encountered with the same unusual circumstance‚ which Benjamin Button is forced to accept and unable change. Even though the literary work and

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    The decision Mr.Boone made to lie to Christopher about Christopher’s mother in the novel the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon‚ was an ethical decision. The decision created a safer environment for Christopher‚ alone with Mr.Boone and Christopher’s mother. Christopher’s mom could not handle Christopher very well. Christopher had many problems‚ and Christopher’s mom did not have the patience to deal with Christopher. She got very angry when try to handle Christopher‚ "

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