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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 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

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    In 2003 Mark Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ a book that gives a realistic picture of how it should be to go as an autistic person through life. The book is a worldwide bestseller and won at least fifteen other awards. It is written from the person of Christopher‚ a boy with Asperger’s syndrome. When Christopher found the dog of his neighbor killed in her garden‚ he decides to go looking for the perpetrator of this brutal

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    capacity of developing moral agency without empathy. Kids at a young age are taught the lessons of good and bad of what other people see as good that impacts on them as they grow up. The same concept goes with Christopher in the novel of‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon‚ that endorse the fact that he has autism is able to learn right and wrong without feelings. He is viewed as naïve‚ but gives that sense of innocence of nature through the way he portrays his thoughts

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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 Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon explores many themes throughout the novel. Isolation is the main theme along with others and it is brought up throughout the whole novel‚ Christopher Boone is the protagonist in the script and he shows isolation throughout the novel by curling up into a ball and blocking out the outside world‚ he also likes to hide in his room and cupboard so he is away from all the noise and people of the public. This is why isolation is an important

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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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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ has an odd but eye opening story. It was written by Mark Haddon. The story takes place in England of the year 1998. The main character lives in Swidon‚ England‚ which is where most of the story takes place. As the story progress‚ the setting change to the different trains he took going to London‚ England. The story is told in a first person view of the main character‚ Christopher John Francis Boone. Christopher Boone is a gifted fifteen year old

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    Christopher Boone‚ the protagonist in Mark Haddon’s Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ is trying to adapt to a world in which he doesn’t belong in. In the beginning of the book we meet Christopher‚ a cold hearted‚ autistic 15-year-old boy. When it is revealed to him that his mom had an affair with a man named Roger Shears‚ Christopher is unfazed by the news. He is asked by his aide Siobhan if he is sad to hear the news‚ but Christopher is untroubled: ”I’m not sad” (75). If that kind of

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    Everyone has probably wondered once in their lifetime about how life would have been with a disorder. Through this novel in the head of an autistic boy lives a child trying to express his emotions. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Mark‚ the author of this astonishing novel describes how different life is like in an autistic child’s mind. This novel is written in a way that normal novels are not. There are diagrams‚ footnotes and metaphors these elements show the reader

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