The curious incident of the dog in the night time‚ a Bildungsroman novel written by Mark Haddon. It is about a fifteen year old boy‚ Christopher‚ who is really good in science and maths. He has Asperger’s syndrome and therefore doesn’t understand people. He finds his neighbour’s dog lying dead on the lawn so he decides to unveil the killer of the dog. As he embarks on the journey to solve this mystery‚ he gets to know a lot about his family affairs and lies about others that were living around them
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Death is a universal and prevalent‚ yet incomprehensible phenomenon across the world that plays a significant role in the beginning and throughout The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The autistic‚ stolid‚ logical Christopher is surrounded by death throughout the entirety of the book and acts unaffected and unknowing because of his incapacity to comprehend death or sympathize with others. Christopher’s logical mind presumably makes him lead to the conclusion that the afterlife is impossible
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Mark Haddon’s book‚ the curious incident of the dog in the night-time‚ was written from the first person perspective‚ seen through the eyes of Christopher‚ a fifteen year old boy with asperger’s syndrome. Aspergers is a condition on the Autism spectrum‚ which affects social interactions and nonverbal cues. Haddon has written several novels‚ but is most popularly known for‚ the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. Haddon made the narrator‚ Christopher‚ seem like an outsider through his unique
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Christopher’s Achievements In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ the main character Christopher wrote a book containing details of how he solved a murder. To Christopher‚ he calls this a type of achievement. This is a type of achievement to Christopher because he was able to solve a complex problem by himself without anyone else. This shows Christopher that‚ despite his condition‚ he is actually smart. This is proven when Christopher says‚ “I was brave and wrote
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In the book the curious incident of the dog at night-time written by Mark Haddon‚ an important idea is the difficulty of diversity in society. Haddon communicated the idea through the book using the language features narrative point of view‚ Dialogue‚ and symbolism. Narrative point of view was used to show us Christopher’s perspective on how he views the world and society‚ and to get inside Christopher’s head to explain the fact he reacts a certain way‚ or believes in a certain philosophy like how
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ the character Christopher’s father is the most influential character to Christopher because he is loving and can be intimidating which causes Christopher to run away and find his mom. Throughout the book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time there were many ups and downs. Christopher and his father went through a lot‚ but Christopher’s father is very loving. Many times in the book Christopher and his dad have had many loving times and
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Irony is a figure of speech that has an intentional meaning different from what the words would mean literally‚ and could also refer to an unexpected twist in the plot. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon‚ irony is used a few times‚ especially since Christopher does detective work that he hides from his father. This is called dramatic irony because the reader knows somethimg that another character doesn’t. "... I heard Father come out in the garden and call out‚
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6. Which scenes are comical in this novel‚ and why are they funny? Are these situations also sad‚ or exasperating? There are lots of funny scenes and quotes in this book‚ most of them are related to the main character‚ Christopher. It already starts with his introduction: "My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7‚507." (page 2). It’s a strange way of introducing yourself and therefore I found it funny
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a 2003 mystery novel by a british writer Mark Haddon. This was his first book and in the same year as it was first published‚ he won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. In 2004 he got another prize for his book‚ namely the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Overall Best First Book and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. The 15 years old narrator of the story‚ Christopher John Francis Boone‚ suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome
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Challenges Faced by Christopher Boone Christopher Boone is an 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
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