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    bullying and harassment and the difference between right and wrong behaviour. A school should have a procedure in place to cover Abusive and threatening adults with includes what to do if an incident arises‚ who to contact in an emergency (members of staff‚ Local Authority or police)‚ who to report the incident to and how to do that‚ any follow up procedure that is required‚ any support available to the staff member concerned such as

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    Title The novel The Curious Incident of a Dog in The Nighttime by Mark Haddon is about a 15 year old Autistic boy Christopher and his finding of a dead dog which is owned by a neighbour. The death and his enjoyment of mystery novels leads him to start writing and investigating the death of Wellington the dog‚ with the sole purpose of finding out who had murdered the dog and solving other family issue on the way. Christopher has written book as a detective novel and he does fulfill the expectations

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon explains how Christopher tries to make the world around him as predictable as possible to limit the over-loading of information in to his brain. What Christopher doesn’t realize is that everyone is different and can act unpredictably. Because Christopher suffers from Asperger’s syndrome‚ his brain cannot process too much information and to try and prevent this‚ Christopher lives by rules and obligations and “likes things to be in a

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    All Things Work Together Bethany Hamilton was a teenager who lived in Hawaii. Her dream was to become a pro surfer. She lived with her family and was training to win Hawaii regional. Bethany and her friends one day decided to go out surfing in “the tunnel” which caused her life to change. Bethany got attacked by a shark and lost her arm as well as 60% of her blood. This delayed her time in practicing and discouraged her from surfing. Thinking that she wouldn’t be able to make it‚ Bethany went on

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    In “The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime” by Mark Graham he uses continuous similar syntax to create and establish a style to his work. In the story the escape of a young person is revealed as he narrates it from his indecision of leaving the train at London‚ to his hiding in a shelf and his anxiety to get his bag. The narrator often finds himself in uncomfortable situation such as when he was found by one of the people that got off the train and by the lady in the yellow water proof coat

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    “All things truly wicked start from innocence‚” is a quote first said by Ernest Hemmingway‚ an author and journalist from Illinois. This quote is basically saying that innocence may start out as something seen as purity‚ in a person possessing this attribute‚ but eventually leads to immoral and sinful events. In my opinion this is because people who are said to be innocent are oblivious to the bad things that happen in the world‚ and when they do come to understand the evil in the world‚ they do

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    This case study will attempt to give a summary of the life of Christopher John Francis Boone (C) as described in the book “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time”‚ by Mark Haddon (2013). It will seek to clarify the diagnostic criteria of Autism Disorder Spectrum (ADS) and its associated features‚ based on his behaviours‚ symptoms and characteristics and a diagnosis will be made. The study will discuss the biological‚ psychological‚ social and developmental factors contributing to Christopher’s

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    Describe an important event. Explain how this helped you understand the idea. The novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon is set in modern day Swindon‚ in England. An important event in this story is when Christopher finds letters that his mother had sent to him ‚ therefore finding out that his mother had not died. This leads to him leaving to London to find his mother‚ and his dad confessing about killing Wellington. This helped me understand the idea because

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    Christopher’s father is the one person who understands him. Do you agree? In the novel‚ The curious incident of the dog in the night-time‚ Mark Haddon has created the character of the 14 year old Christopher Boone‚ a teenager with Aspergers Syndrome. Christopher’s father is not the only person who understands him. Many other people like his Mum‚ Siobhan‚ and Mrs. Alexander can relate to him‚ but to different extents. Christopher’s father respects‚ understands and takes care of Christopher.

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    the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time the protagonist‚ Christopher is autistic which creates dilemmas in his life‚ and the lives of the people around him. Because of Christopher’s disability he misses huge parts of his life. Christopher misses many details in his life that others can clearly see. Christopher misses that his mother never actually passed away‚ and she had just left Christopher and his father. “Which meant the letter was posted on 16‚ October 1997‚ which was

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