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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Jonathan Saffran Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ and Mark Haddon in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time explore the varying ways in which individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder may perceive the world. Although Safran Foer focuses on themes of national tragedy and grief from the September 11 terrorist attacks and Mark Haddon focuses on becoming independent‚ the protagonists face similar struggles‚ which arise from their different view of the world. The protagonists experience
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Christopher Boone‚ the protagonist in Mark Haddon’s Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ is trying to adapt to a world in which he doesn’t belong in. In the beginning of the book we meet Christopher‚ a cold hearted‚ autistic 15-year-old boy. When it is revealed to him that his mom had an affair with a man named Roger Shears‚ Christopher is unfazed by the news. He is asked by his aide Siobhan if he is sad to hear the news‚ but Christopher is untroubled: ”I’m not sad” (75). If that kind of
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon explains how Christopher tries to make the world around him as predictable as possible to limit the over-loading of information in to his brain. What Christopher doesn’t realize is that everyone is different and can act unpredictably. Because Christopher suffers from Asperger’s syndrome‚ his brain cannot process too much information and to try and prevent this‚ Christopher lives by rules and obligations and “likes things to be in a
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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 in the Night Time by Mark Haddon explores many themes throughout the novel. Isolation is the main theme along with others and it is brought up throughout the whole novel‚ Christopher Boone is the protagonist in the script and he shows isolation throughout the novel by curling up into a ball and blocking out the outside world‚ he also likes to hide in his room and cupboard so he is away from all the noise and people of the public. This is why isolation is an important
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