Book Report: “The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime” The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime is a novel by Mark Haddon. The Story is told through the perspective of an intelligent fifteen-year-old boy with autism who includes a variety of clever visuals to enhance his narrative. The boy Christopher Boone narrates this novel after finding his neighbor’s black poodle‚ Wellingtion‚ mudered with a garden fork. The book is Christopher’s account of his investigation‚ and as he gets
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CONSTRUCTION INTRODUCTION: Mark Haddon’s novel‚ ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night-time’ (‘TCIDN’) contains many distinctive ideas that engage a reader. This unusual novel details the story of an autistic English boy who is isolated because he is socially challenged due to his condition. The author‚ although not autistic‚ masterfully capture what life is like from the point of view of an autistic sufferer who decides to write a mystery novel around the death of a dog. Ironically‚ in the end
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In the Novel‚ The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon‚ we are shown that the truth is not always accurate and that lies are sometimes necessary. Christopher Boone is a 15 year old who has Asperger’s Syndrome‚ which lies in the Autism Spectrum. Due to this condition Christopher does not understand emotion‚ metaphors – which he considers a lie – and knows all the prime numbers up to 7‚507 as well as all the countries and cities of the world. Christopher’s life revolves around
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compares hers to a VCR tape. In the book A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime‚ Christopher Boone talk’s bout his memory like this “My memory is like a film. That is why I am really good at remembering things…And when people ask me to remember something I can simply press Rewind and Fast Forward and Pause like on a video recorder…” He then goes on to talk about being able to tell you exactly what someone was wearing and different days in his life time.
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The article‚ “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚” by Pippa Moss reviews and explains how the book Curious Incident would be easily relatable to an autist. The author of the article starts by introducing the main character of the story‚ Christopher‚ and how he excels in certain areas of life but not in others. The author then concludes the article with a comparison between Christopher and a reader who may also be an autist and how the story is perfect for any reader. To begin‚ the
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information. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ the author Mark Haddon uses the protagonist‚ Christopher John Francis Boone‚ to portray a character that understands the world through a logical perspective rather than an emotional aspect as many novelists try to do. Despite that‚ Christopher still thrives on emotional tendencies‚ which allows him to push beyond his comfort zone ‒ even when emotions can overpower his ability to process certain information events. Haddon allows the readers
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The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night- Time Task 1 The exercises we performed during the workshop made us take into account how Christopher Boone distinguishes everyday objects from his perspective. The workshop was incredibly effective as it made us use personification to give emphasis to the objects involved during our production. Incorporating personification helped provide me with a wider variety of acting skills‚ which I will be able to use for my GCSE production to help create a more
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It is clear that Mr. Jeavons (the psychologist) is an irrational thinker who relies on his intuitive assumptions rather than logic. Mr. Jeavons does not understand Christopher and underestimates the complexity of his mind. Siobhan acknowledge Chris’s world of quantity and reasoning. As a result‚ she is constructed to understand him better. Mr. Jeavons relies on his intuition to make assumptions about Christopher. For instance‚ he assumes Chris likes maths because it is safe’ and has a straight
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reality which pounds its hands waiting eagerly to be noticed. The protagonist‚ Christopher is a true image of what reality is. People can be blinded by the fantasy and forget the facts of reality when they’re pointed out. In the book‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime‚ a teacher at Christopher’s school revealed to Christopher that his mom was in heaven. Although‚ Christopher doesn’t believe that there is a heaven. Reverend Peters‚ a priest at school‚ once told Christopher that heaven
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In Mark Haddon’s novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ readers observe the world through the eyes of an autistic fifteen-year-old boy named Christopher Boone. Christopher discovers his neighbor’s poodle‚ Wellington‚ was mysteriously murdered so he becomes committed to solving the murder. After discovering his father killed the dog‚ the story’s external conflict evolves from solving Wellington’s murder to Christopher’s perilous journey to find the mother who he recently found out
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