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    The Book‚ Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime‚ was written by Mark Haddon in 2003‚ which was later rewritten for a stage adaption by Simon Stephens in 2015. The Story follows a young boy‚ Christopher in his efforts to solve the murder of his neighbor’s dog‚ who struggles to deal with the people around him and his inability to process social constructs and human emotion. The author of the book Haddon‚ doesn’t establish the autism Christopher has in order to allow the audience to not immediately

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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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    In the book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon the main character is Christopher Boone who is a 15 year old boy. His mother ran away with his neighbor Mr. Shears and then Christopher’s dad and Mrs. Shears try out a romance too. However Mrs. Shears backs out though‚ so Christopher’s father kills her dog with a pitch fork. Then being the animal lover and curious person he is‚ wants to investigate the death of the dog. Christopher’s investigation was provoked by Mr. and

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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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    “The curious incident of the dog at night-time”‚ is a adult fiction novel‚ written by Mark Haddon‚ about an autistic‚ 15 years old boy‚ Christopher John Francis Boone‚ who lives in Swindon‚ England with his father‚ Ed Boone. Christopher is incredibly intelligent in Mathematic and Science‚ and loves number‚ animals‚ puzzle and logic. Christopher discovered the death of his neighbor’s‚ Mrs. Shears’s dog‚ Wellington. When Mrs. Shears and the policeman arrived‚ he was mistaken as the dog murderer‚ and

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    left with none which is what most scientists would explain for the existence of religion‚ just an explanation for the way things are as well as a sense of security for people. When first introduced to Christopher Boone in the novel‚ "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime" his dismissive attitude towards religion seems to be nothing more than the common atheist expressing their belief that the idea of a God is a ridiculous one and nothing other than fictional‚ but as the story continues Christopher

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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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    utilize to process physical and emotional observations for decision-making. On a spectrum‚ where logic and emotion exist‚ neither can overpower the other being because both skill sets are required to obtain 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

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    differences can manifest in various forms‚ whether it be physical‚ mental‚ or just not being comfortable in your own skin‚ further highlighting the importance of embracing individual differences. This theme is reflected in Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog and Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissorhands‚ where both physical and mental difficulties are portrayed and explored. Through these works of fiction‚ readers and viewers are reminded of the significance of acknowledging and celebrating diversity

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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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