The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Essay

There are many ways in which Mark Haddon expressed language techniques like first person point of view, juxtapose, characterization and symbols to explore the different perspectives that are presented throughout the novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’. Through the use of these language and stylistic features Haddon assists the reader in understanding Christopher’s perception of the world to additionally understand his logic and behavioural patterns. In addition, these techniques also help suggest to the reader the way someone living with Asperger's syndrome views the world and how society’s views and treats those living with a disability.

Haddon expresses many Language and stylistic features to create Christopher's unique perspective of the world. The major language and stylistic features used by Haddon to create Christopher’s perspective are first person point of view and characterization. The use of literal,

Through the use of first person point of view, the reader is able to see how Christopher expresses himself in a simple and straightforward way by using literal, factual, toneless and emotionless language, this also means that he cannot understand commonly accepted modes of communication. 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...The second main reason is that people often talk using metaphors.” Christopher does not accept the typical 'signals' that people use to communicate. The development that Christopher’s character goes through shows the reader how he views the world through his actions, thoughts and speech. Christopher doesn’t think like everyone else, he finds it hard to understand, or guess, when things happen, for him to understand something it must be literal and factual. This is shown when he finds his neighbours dead dog. "I decided that