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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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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It was just after 7 p.m. when I heard someone scream suddenly. My family and I was just finish our dinner. We quickly ran outside and we saw the people starring at a burning house. At this time‚ we know someone had caused the fire accident. Without thinking too much‚ my father pick up the cell phone and inform the situation to the fire station. In the meantime‚ I tried to help them extinguish the fire by using a bucket of water. We did not know what is the main reason that cause the fire
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Routine Email Date: January 17‚ 2011 From: Your Name S-4‚ NCOIC To: S-4 Clerks We will be having our bi-weekly meeting on 19 January 2011 at the Conference Room at 10:30 in the morning. We will be discussing the following during the meeting: • New budget approaches • Contract deadlines • Government credit card training • Current performance of the shop I am expecting all clerks in the shop to attend the meeting as I value each and every input from my staff. Your Name
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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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My School Routine Life is an interesting adventure worth living. I enjoy every bit of my life and enjoy things around me such as‚ beautiful landscape‚ budding flowers‚ green scenery‚ wonders of science seen in different forms‚ marvels of city life‚ the leisure of free time‚. Though much of my daily school is routine-based‚ yet the variety and diversity of daily existence make my daily school routine an exciting adventure. Every person on the planet has his own life and obligations. A lot of people
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Routine and Intuitive Decisions. The power of intuition in decision making. As our life becomes more dynamic and less structured‚ intuition gains more and more recognition as an essential decision making tool. You have probably heard of experienced decision makers who are able to directly recognize the best option or course of action in many tricky situations. The solution just comes to them from somewhere in their subconscious mind‚ instead of being a result a lengthy chain of logical derivations
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My Study Routine Studying is very challenging for teenagers because we tend to have so many other things pondering our mind. Everyone has a different approach on how they learn things. I am a quick learner; however I tend to forget things quickly. My studying routine has to be enforced almost everyday. When it’s time to study‚ I find a nice quiet spot in the house. My room is usually the most low-pitched. One day I attempted to study in the living while my brother was playing his game. It
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The Routine Activities Theory is an explanation of how a change in a person’s social patterns affects crime rates. At the center of the environmental criminology theory‚ the Routine Activities Theory examines crimes as events that happen at a specific location and time‚ involving specific persons and/or objects. There are three components necessary for predatory crimes to occur; a motivated offender‚ suitable targets‚ and the absence of a capable guardian. In the event that one is lacking‚ a predatory
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In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Hadden the main character‚ Christopher Boone‚ exhibits the personality trait of anxiety. In the story the anxious Christopher Boone finds a dog dead in his neighbor’s lawn. He wants to find out who the murderer is and during his investigation he finds out that his mother has not been dead for two years and that his own father killed the dog. There are many things that make him anxious such as changes in his environment‚ things
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