Analysis Of 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'

Imagine a dog lying dead in a yard. Most people would be curious and wonder how the dog was killed. Let’s assume it was murdered. Curiosity would strike most humans too who killed the dog, and how the dog was killed. Authors use the tool curiosity and mystery to create fantastic novels. An example of a detective novel that uses curiosity and mystery is “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.” A “mystery story” can be defined as “ a story whose plot revolves around the investigation and solving of a crime.” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” also known as “The Curious Incident” does fall under the definition of a mystery story. The whole story revolves around Christopher, the main character of the book, trying

To have a good detective novel, the author definitely needs to keep the reader engaged and really curious about what happens next. “The Curious Incident” does just that. As soon as one mystery is about to come to an end, another mystery starts right up. This creates a fantastic story, and the reader is involved and concerned with what is going to happen later on in the book. In the same Ted talk mentioned earlier, Conley mentions “I wrote myself into being a writer” (18:56, 2012.) Throughout the story, you can tell that Christopher gets better at writing his own story. The more the book goes along, the easier it is for him to keep the reader on the edge of their seat. This also could be from where the story progresses, but it also is supposed to show his progress in writing as he does get better at telling the story with suspense. Also, according to “Kyvl” Kirchner says “Mystery readers-typically a savvy lot must be hooked right away. So it’s not best to open up the book with a long description of a setting or character.” (Kirchner, 2012.) This is a fantastic example of why this is a detective novel. The book starts off with the words “It was seven minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs. Shearer's house. Its eyes were closed. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they

However, these are only a few ways that prove it. A book that has the genre mystery is not too hard to comprehend. If a book has a mysterious clue, and the whole book is centered around it, then it is considered a mystery book. Since “The Curious Incident” has not one, but two mysteries centered around it, then it proves to be just