The author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Hadden, was a genius to write this book from Christopher’s point of view. Writing the book in third person would defeat the point of the book which is to let us see the world through the eyes of Christopher. The books main plot is very basic and the mystery pretty easy to figure out. Hadden wants us to see Christopher’s way of thinking and interacting though an event that people without his disease may think of as straight forward. Another aspect the reader would miss out on are the chapters that diverge from the main plot line showing his logical way of thinking. The powerful meaning behind the novel all comes from the use of first person. First, letting the reader inside of Christopher's head lets us empathize with him because we know his situation. If the novel was written in third person the reader may not like Christopher because we would think of him as difficult, oblivious to the obvious, and possibly be the hated character. After reading chapter 29 we learn how he can’t interpret others facial or unders...
Christopher during the course of the text of the novel learns to disregard other people’s judgments.
Christopher is a fifteen-year old boy with Aspergers Autism whose life is full of uncanny surprises. His main focus is on school, and his ability to take the maths A level exams. Unfortunately, that was his focus until he finds Wellington dead on Mrs. Shears’ lawn. Christopher wants to know who killed Wellington and why. He investigates and finds out not only who killed Wellington, but he discovers secrets about his mother and father. In the book “The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time”, the author, Mark Haddon, shows us how courageous Christopher is throughout his journey. According to Aristotle, a man is courageous when he sets himself free from his fears, pain, and poverty instead of running away from it. According to Aristotle’s theory, Christopher profusely shows courage when he investigates Wellington’s murder and travels to London to find his mom.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is told through the eyes of a fifteen year old boy named Christopher Boone. Christopher has a highly-functioning form of autism which allows him to understand complex mathematical problems, but also leaves him unable to comprehend many simple human emotions. His inability to understand metaphors, distinguish emotions, and his lack of imagination makes it possible to consider Christopher as functioning like a computer rather than functioning as a human being. Throughout the story, Christopher is faced with many challenges which he conquers using the stable and never changing system of mathematics. All of these factors suggest that Christopher does, in fact, function like a computer, but it is apparent early in the story that Christopher, regardless of anything else, is capable of independent thought which separates him from the programmed, dependent world of computers.
...st person. The narrator is looking back on this story and remembering things from a child’s point of view. The reader only sees the narrator’s opinion in the story, but that allows the reader to have his own opinions as well, questioning the literary work constantly. This makes the story more complex and permits the reader to wonder what is going on inside each of the characters’ heads.
In this book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time, Mark Haddon writes about Christopher John Francis Boone who is an autistic child. Throughout this story Christopher attempts to solve a murder case of his neighbor’s poodle. Christopher wakes up one day at seven minutes past midnight, and he notices the next-door neighbor’s dog laying on the ground. So he decides to go over and check out what happened, soon he found a garden fork sticking out of a dog named Wellington. Since Christopher likes murder mystery novels, he decided to write his own murder mystery novel starting with finding out what happened to Wellington. Throughout his attempt in solving the mystery of the murder of Wellington, several hidden secrets erupted and were revealed to Christopher.
In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, English novelist, delivers a murder-mystery of Wellington, Mrs. Shears’ dog through an autistic view. Haddon uses the murder-mystery and other incidents during his lifetime to unwrap specifics of his disorder. He encounters specific situations, such as arriving at the train station, to explain how it takes groaning to calm him down and how he does not allow strangers to lay a hand on him. In his unraveling of his disorder and his quest to solve the murder-mystery, Haddon uses rhetorical devices such as details, metaphors, and imagery to develop his character.
In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon, has a main theme of independence. The theme of independence is shown through the main character Christopher John Francis Boone throughout a major portion of the novel. Christopher is a child who has learning difficulties and special needs and struggles in many social aspects of life but in mathematics. As the novel progresses the reader learns of life changing events that have occurred to Christopher that makes him want to gain his own independence. But what Christopher didn’t know was that there would be struggles along his journey that would jeopardize his independence.
Whilst the concept of autism and what it means to be autistic is still widely unrecognised by many, Mark Haddon’s use of conventions of prose fiction and language amplifies the distinctive qualities of the text. Haddon exemplifies key themes such as the struggle to become independent, the nature of difference and the disorder of life through the strategic placement of literary devices.
He will explain things that he doesn’t understand or simple things like a lie. For example he explains, “The word metaphor means carrying something from one place to another.” And goes on to give the readers examples of metaphors. Christopher tells the readers about how he doesn’t understand metaphors and how it should be called a lie instead. He says, “I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboards.” Most readers already know what a metaphor is and don’t want to read a whole page explaining what it is. Christopher also explains, “A lie is when you say something happened which didn't happen.” Again, most readers already know what a lie is and find it frustrating to have the narrator constantly explain things to them that they already know. It seems frustrating because Christopher uses up at least one page every time to explain things to the reader that he doesn’t understand, but most readers already do. This frustrates the reader and makes them feel like their time is being wasted. It makes the reader want to stop reading the book because Christopher doesn’t understand a lot of things so he has to do a lot of
Relationships can only survive through adapting to constant change. Without that aspect, they would not last. In Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a boy with Aspergers goes through life surrounded by mystery, dishonesty, and dysfunctionality. Because of this, secrets are revealed, relationships are changed, and the connection between family is brought into a new light. Through these events, the boy and his family discover and rediscover their ties with each other. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the author demonstrates that the ability to adapt and change is the most essential characteristic in life because it strengthens relationships, as illustrated through Christopher, his mother
While trust is a somewhat common theme in modern novels, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime manages to portray how it affects people in their day to day lifestyle. The book tells the story of Christopher Boone a young boy with autism and his murder mystery novel about the murder of his neighbor's dog. Why this novel is significant is because Mark Haddon tells the story that many young people with autism, like Christopher, live everyday and who’s view on life and the idea of trust and understanding of the world is drastically different than any teenager.
The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon comprises of, a mentally unbalanced juvenile named Christopher who is determined to find the person who murdered his neighbor's dog. The investigation drives him down some startling paths and eventually brings him eye to eye with the dissolution of his mother and father's marriage. As he tries to cope with the craziness of his family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher's mind. Furthermore, thus leads the way to the brilliance of Mark Haddon's decision of storytelling: The most emotional moments are brought to us by a kid who can't understand feelings. The impact is stunning, making for a novel that is profoundly entertaining, strong, and interesting in its
Christopher Boone is a 15 year old male young-adult, of British descent. Christopher describes himself as a machine, We have reports of him saying “I sometimes think of my mind as a machine” (Haddon 7). Christopher is currently living with his mother, who has asked not be named, and his father, Edward Boone. Christopher comes from Swindon,UK, where he was born and grew up, until the divorce of his parents were his mom moved away with Roger Shears (Christopher’s former neighbor and ex-husband of his father's former girlfriend). Christopher Boone suffers from many behavioral/emotional problems such as being irritable, unstable, and not talk to people for a long time. He also has problems like not eating or drinking for long periods of time and refusal to being touched. Christopher is currently in High School, enrolled in Level A math. Christopher’s father, Ed Boone, has been renowned for killing his neighbor's dog, Wellington. On page 1, (at midnight) Christopher walks into the neighbor's backyard after looking out his window to see Wellington stabbed with a pitchfork. Christopher says “I stroked Wellington and wondered who had killed him, and why”. Christopher cared deeply for Wellington, and loved dogs. We have a hypothesis that Christopher had abandonment issues after his mother leaving. Christopher’s trust in his father diminished, but after buying Christopher his own puppy, he started to gain Christophers trust back (“he bent down and put his hands inside the box and he took a little sandy-colored dog out”) (Haddon 219). Christopher also tends to perform poorly in social situations/a school environment. Some examples would be; not interacting with other kids, getting bullied, and acting aggressively when being touched. Some of ...
Having this written in the first person allows the audience to have a more understanding. It also makes the reader feel like they are in the book. Although if this book were to be written in the third person the text would carry on forever and you also would not understand to its full potential.
By using the third person omniscient point of view, the narrator is able to render the characters with information related both from direct description and from the other character's revelations. This way, the description remains unbiased, but at the same time coherent with how the various characters see it. For example, after the narrator tells us that "He was an only child, eleven years old. She was a widow. She was determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion.", we are able to understand why the boy is so emotionally attached to his mother and, at the beginning, unwilling to ask her for permission to go to his beach and, later in the story, unwilling to let her know about his adventure through the tunnel. This also explains why the mother let him go without questions, even if she was very worried about him.