Of Analysianity In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time?

After reading Mark Haddon’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” and re-examining what was discussed in class it is clear that Christopher John Francis Boone lies to the right of the autism spectrum with conditions similar to those which used to be classified as Asperger’s. Christopher’s actions and logic show that he struggles greatly with empathizing and that he lives his life in a very systematic way with a clear theory, of which he understands, underlying all of his actions. It can be argued that Christopher lies closer to the middle of the spectrum due to his social skills although, most of the evidence shows that his behavior was consistent with people who have high functioning autism. Some of the most telling evidence

Throughout the book, it is shown that he does have good relationships with people such as his father and Siobhan though there are limits to the amount of contact he allows. When Christopher’s father came to pick him up from jail Christopher says, “He held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other.” (Haddon, 2003, p.16). This type of behavior in which a person is able to be social with others but is unable to be physical with them is extremely common with people on the right side of the

It is known that “early mirror neuron system deficits might cascade into developmental impairments in imitation learning and subsequently in theory of mind development, leading to autism.” (Griggs, 2014, p. 303). This explains how people with autism have a lot of trouble understanding how others think and gives a reason to why autistic people tend to always call back on former experiences to comprehend new ones. This type of thinking is clearly displayed when Christopher says, “I find people confusing. This is for two main reasons. The first main reason is that people do a lot of talking without using any words.” (Haddon, 2003, p.14). This demonstrates that Christopher cannot comprehend non-verbal communication and the reason for that is because he cannot understand the logic behind a person’s body language. Due to this style of thinking, which is linked to autism, and the way he is able to have reasonably social relationships with many people, it is clear that Christopher has highly functioning autism and lies to the right of the