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    The novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon‚ has many antagonists that negatively impact Christopher’s quality of life. Ed Boone is the main antagonist in the novel. Ed Boone negatively impacts Christopher’s quality of life by killing Wellington‚ lying to Christopher‚ and not handling Christopher’s disorder properly. Killing Wellington is one of the first mistakes Ed made as a father in the novel. If Ed did not kill Wellington‚ Christopher wouldn’t start to solve the

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is a play about love‚ family‚ secrets‚ relationships and being an outsider. My favourite scene was the opening scene in which the audience are plunged into a blackout and then a rectangular white spotlight with sharp edges surrounds a large Alsatian with a garden fork sticking out of it.it is also surrounded by a pool of blood. We saw Christopher (Jack Loxton) staring at the body of the dog‚ mesmerised‚ body rigid. His neighbour then screamed and

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    block that was stuck in the ominous smoke. The fire was like a cankerous monster‚ showing no mercy to human. The panic-stricken residents were scurrying down the flight of stairs and hollering for help. Some lost children were wailing and finding their parent in the chaotic crowd. A gathering of inquisitive onlookers surrounded the burning flat. Soon‚ the scene was choked-a-blocked by curious onlookers. Some gasped and gawked whereas some tried to peer though the sea of faces just to catch a glimpse

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    O’Brien 1 Will O’Brien CP09 – 02 Ms. DeMeranville 10 - 3 – 11 Curious Incident Essay Many people lie to one another about small things every day‚ but imagine lying to someone about their mother’s death? And what if it was their father who had lied? In the novel‚ “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Mark Haddon‚ Christopher’s father makes the mistake of lying to his son about the death of his mother‚ which results in a loss of trust from his son‚ and moves the plot forward

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    Christopher Boone’s Quest for Truth  In  The  Curious  Incident  of  the  Dog  in  the  Night­Time  written  by  Mark  Haddon‚  Christopher  Boone  goes  on a quest for truth.  In this novel‚ the protagonist‚ Christopher Boone‚ a  15 year­old boy with Asperger Syndrome‚ faces some difficult challenges.  Christopher goes on a  quest  for  truth  by  trying  to  solve  the  mystery  of   Wellington’s  murder.  He  does  this  by  confronting  each  situation  and  solving  the  problem.  Christopher 

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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’ by Mark Haddon is a story about a 15 year old boy who discovers the dead body of his neighbour’s dog and sets out to uncover the murder. Mark Haddon uses Christopher‚ his main character to magnify the mystery and grab the reader’s attention. Mark gets the reader involved in this mystery novel. He has written this book in the first person through the eyes of Christopher a 15

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    The Curious Case of Clark’s Brothers by Stuart Greig for RIZE USA Productions Channel 4‚ is about the tragic story of two brothers Michael‚ 42‚ and Matthew‚ 39 year olds of United Kingdom‚ who have developed an age-reversing disease‚ which leaves them behaving like young children. They both had jobs before and were able to have normal relationships until their mannerisms became more and more childlike… just like the film the Curious Case of Benjamin Button that starred Brad Pitt. Their form of the

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    Describe at least ONE idea that was worth learning about in the text(s). Explain why the idea was worth learning about in the text(s) as a whole‚ using examples of visual and / or oral language features to support your ideas. The film ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ directed by David Fincher was derived by the short story by Scott Fitzgerald in 1922‚ it was set after the great was in 1918. The main character‚ Benjamin Button‚ was born under unusual circumstances where he is born old and

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    autistic child who is the main character of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Time by Mark Haddon. An individual must overcome difficult challenges in order to gain a sense of maturity. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn to be persistent and to learn from his mistakes. He learns to be persistent by finding the killer of Wellington. He learns from his mistakes by taking a train to London to live with his mom. Christopher father and the murder

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    The Novel “The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime” by Mark Haddon is a story about a fifteen-year-old Autistic boy named Christopher Boone. Christopher’s traits are very common in people who have Asperger’s syndrome. He is very smart and also very factual‚ for these reasons I really like Christopher‚ but his lack of social skills really frustrate me sometimes. During the book‚ Christopher is trying to become the first in his school to complete his A level math. He really likes math and

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