adult world‚ was winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year prize‚ and was listed for the Booker Prize. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time introduces a unique voice in the narrator‚ Christopher‚ who is a 15-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. Christopher is gifted in mathematics‚ especially solving mathematical puzzles‚ but human emotions are beyond his grasp. When a neighbour’s dog is murdered‚ he decides to solve the mystery by treating it as a mathematical puzzle‚ with far-reaching
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Diversity in Life Throughout the novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ emotions are the most challenging problems of all for Christopher. Christopher Boone is a mathematically fifteen year old gifted boy with Asperser’s syndrome. The syndrome enables him to see the world only through his limited perspective‚ which is closed‚ frightened and disoriented. For Christopher‚ the desire for logic and order is actually a necessity of living: “as he suffers from Asperser’s Syndrome‚
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The novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" isn ’t just a young autistic boy ’s story. Whilst it does describe the protagonist Christopher Boone ’s "reality"‚ the narrative is much deeper. The issues that surround Christopher are vital to the storyline‚ providing a complexity that suggests the "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is far from simple. While a major part of the novel‚ autism is not the only theme explored. In addition to autism itself‚ the effects of
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The Perfect Family What is a perfect family? In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon‚ the family of a 15 year-old boy is broken and disproportionate. He is ignorant as to what goes on in his family because family related issues are kept hidden from him. Similarly‚ in Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ the families that are discussed in the play deal with multiple issues as well. In both texts‚ family is a vital theme but is portrayed in a negative way. Haddon and
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Mark Haddon‚ the author of the 2003 best seller book the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time‚ was born in Northampton‚ England‚ 1962 (Ewing). He was a son of an architect father and homemaker mother (Ewing). In his early life‚ he was interested in math and science (Terry). As he attended college‚ he realized his love of English literature and attainted B.S degree at Oxford University in 1981(Ewing). After graduation‚ he volunteered to be a home caregiver for a multiple sclerosis patient
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Christopher is constantly searching for logical facts and scientific conclusions in order to explain the things he is seeing. In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ Mark Haddon enforces a societally accurate theme that people try to fill in gaps in their knowledge by explaining things in their own way. The theme of the book is established through Christopher’s reaction to the letters
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and 2 days‚ is different from other boys and girls his age. He knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and although he is gifted with a superbly logical brain‚ he is autistic. The key brilliance to Mark Haddon’s book‚ ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’‚ is the method in which Christopher’s autism is communicated. Though autism is not something funny but more serious‚ Haddon still manages to integrate humour and emotion into his writing. This essay will discuss the ways
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Ta-’nisha Rankins Mr. Spencer 5-8-13 The debate of the prompting this essay is to see how successfully Mark Haddon has portrayed a child with autism in his novel‚ “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Mark Haddon in the novel says that Christopher was a child with autism that does not like to be touched. Mark Haddon insist that the novel is about difference not disability not just because I want to keep it out of the "issue novel" ghetto‚ though I do‚ but because Christopher’s
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was an amazing book which introduced the topic of teenagers with behavioral issues. Mark Haddon‚ the author‚ illuminated the everyday struggles of Christopher with incredible detail. Personally‚ I enjoyed Christopher’s thought process and explanation for the multiple math and algebra equations throughout the book as he solved them. If the story had been from another’s point of view‚ it wouldn’t have been as enjoyable. I believe the author’s decision
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exists. The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-time by Mark Haddon‚ “Only if You Knew Me” by Kerry Magro‚ and “He’s Just a Boy” by Tina M. Frank are a few of the virtually endless texts regarding this topic. When comparing and contrasting these three texts‚ it is obvious that people are affected individually by autism. Each text portrays their experience with autism by using different literary devices such as narration‚ repetition‚ and characterization. To start with‚ “The Curious Incident of the
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