The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night

The Treatment of Children

The treatment of children has changed drastically throughout the course of history, especially between the seventeenth century and current day. The historical view of children, and in turn children’s literature, has undergone many changes, and society’s concept of childhood has transformed as a result. The notion that childhood should be classified as a separate developmental stage began to broaden after the seventieth century, which altered the view of children tremendously. Children’s literature has shifted from being solely didactic and extremely religious to a more engaging and entertaining form of literature for children.

Around the beginning of the seventeenth century, people started questioning the perception

Children are not simply passive recipients of an adult culture. As active participants in a wide range of meaningful social interactions, children are now able to influence their own learning, as well as to construct and make meaning for themselves, sometimes in areas that have not always been deemed appropriate or necessary (Hyde et al. 1). Children’s literature today is engaging and entertaining as well as a useful resource for teaching academic literacy, developing artistic skills, enhancing critical perspectives of the world, and for renewing a child’s passion for

It illustrates themes that are relevant to adolescent readers such as the struggles of coping with loss, the pursuit of independence, the search for order and stability, the role of absences in life, as well as subjectivity in the sense that Christopher’s condition causes him to see the world in an uncommon way, and much of the novel allows the reader to share Christopher’s unique perspective. No neurotypical person may ever fully grasp the working of an autistic mind. This novel, however, offers insight into the mind of an autistic character, which emphasizes the difference in perspective, and experience of an autistic person compared to an average one. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time illuminates the importance of enhancing critical perspectives of the world in order to fully grasp the diversity of the people within it. This novel is an excellent example of how children's literature has changed to both educate and entertain simultaneously, as well as developed into a genre that allows more permissive themes (Bingham & Scholt