Not all lies have the capability to destroy relationships but if used too often they gain the power. In the novel the curious incident of the dog in the night-time written by Mark haddon, Christopher the protagonist has to solve the murder of the neighbours dog even though he was framed for it. Everything in the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is seen through the eyes of Christopher, the fifteen-year-old genius narrator with Asperger’s syndrome. All events are processed through his remarkable mind. Very early on the readers are made aware that the novel Christopher starts writing is the novel that this essay is regarded by. For that reason the readers always feel close to Christopher. The readers are not only looking out on the …show more content…
Mark Haddon foreshadows about the lies in the first chapter, an example was when Christopher Talks about lying (QUOTE). This was a reference to all the lies that were going to be told. It was the author's way of telling the readers about what the novel contains. (QUOTE). This was the first time a lie was ever told. A point of foreshadowing that was added was when the father lied to Christopher about the death of the dog was when the father would constantly say to stop investigating, it seemed suspicious and in the end readers find out that the father killed the dog (QUOTE). This was an action that some of the readers expected. When Christopher found about this lie he was devastated (QUOTE). These actions gave the father the chance to strengthen the trust between him and Christopher. That is a prime example of when lies didn’t actually destroy one's relationship. Another example of this was when Christopher found out about the death of his mother (QUOTE). In this part, the readers are thrown a curveball completely different from what the novel originally started with which was just the death of a dog and a child with autism. The author foreshadow this by telling the readers about the affair with his mother and Mr shears which was the neighbor's husband (QUOTE). It didn’t make sense to Christopher due to the fact that his father told him that his …show more content…
In the beginning of the novel, he himself said that he (QUOTE). This meaning that he can’t take in alot of information at once so he stops thinking all together. In the end Christopher finds out that his mother is alive (QUOTE). This is a lot of information to take up at once but he doesn’t shut down but instead he keeps reading the letter and starts to figure out if this letter is actually real (QUOTE). He does get sad about the lie that his dad told him but that gets resolved in the final chapter. As readers we can see how much Christopher has improved about the level of stress he can handle. Also, the lie that his father told him about the dog (QUOTE) he said he didn’t kill him. To figure out who actually killed Wellington the dog, Christopher had to interrogate people (QUOTE). Even though he had a problem with understanding people he had to overcome that obstacle (QUOTE). This was another example of how lies didn’t bring someone down but instead brought up the intelligence and skill of Christopher to show his true potential. Furthermore, Christopher wasn’t the only character that showed an immense amount of change, another character was his father (QUOTE). In the beginning of the novel, he was very short tempered and got angry very often but at the end of the novel when he confessed to the murder and the lie
In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, I claim that Ed Boone, Christopher's father, was justified in lying to him about the death of his mother. Despite the fact that he lied to him about something critical, he did so with the best intentions.
His reasoning for leaving was justifiable being, “[he] thought [his mom] was dead, but she was still alive. And [his] father lied to [him].And he also killed Wellington,” (Haddon). Christopher's reasoning is definitely valid. But although his reasoning for leaving is valid, his trip was very dangerous and could have ended very badly. Christopher is a minor and has a very young, impressionable mind. Along with him being a young boy, he also has mental disabilities that make it hard for him to communicate with others. This communication barrier is extremely harmful when interacting with strangers. This is very apparent when Christopher is arrested. If someone was there to explain to the policeman why Christopher needs to be handled with care instead of using violent tactics, then Christopher would not have gone to jail. If this could happen on his walk home, then imagine what trouble Christopher could face traveling all the way to
In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, we are met with a question can truth change. In the book the protagonist is Christopher, an autistic child living with his father. Throughout the book, many things that he thought to be true change. Firstly, Christopher thought that his father would never hurt anything, but he did. Secondly, he was not allowed to take the A-Level Maths because he went to a special school. Lastly, he thought that his dad would never lie to him and that changed as well. He had to fight through both the school and his mother to be able to take the test. Christopher had to go through much change throughout the novel.
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.
Point of view can greatly affect the way a reader feel about a novel. Point of view affects how the characters are perceived and how well the readers know them. It also provides a means for readers to feel connected with characters, or to better understand what a character is going through. The author’s way of thinking also has a very large impact on the point of view based on how they themselves see a situation. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is narrated in a very diverse way, by being narrated by a boy with a disorder, it could be very different if told by a different character, and it would change drastically if narrated by someone without autism.
What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.
There are many novels that have been written where the author may be very mendacious and trick his/her readers with lies or different ideas that could have happened but nobody knows. In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, The author portrays himself as the narrator Christopher Boone who is an autistic 15 year-old trying to figure out who killed a neighbor’s dog. When a reader thinks an autistic 15 year-old, they already have an image in their mind and some know exactly how they are supposed to act and speak, so this essay is going to cover an evaluation of how accurate the author is, the narrator is, and also the narrator’s father.
To conclude, Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time uses distinctive qualities to enhance the reader’s understanding of coping with difficulty and accompanies appropriate language and prose action to express
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.
Anger is one of the hardest emotions to control. Often, people hold it in, allowing it to build until it bursts, causing damage. In Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the parents of a child with autism struggle to keep their cool around their son. Christopher’s mother fails to mask her emotions around her son, leaving his father to take care of him. Although his father tries to maintain calm, he often yells at Christopher as his son watches on in careful concentration. Haddon’s authorial choice of making Christopher’s parents lash out reveals irony in that Christopher is the one with the disorder yet is calm, analyzing situations objectively.
Also, because Christopher tells the story, Haddon has successfully pointed out the gap between Christopher's view and the reader's view when Christopher says, "I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he had said "Trust me," because he had told a lie about a big thing" (55). It's very clear to us that Christopher's father won't do anything that hurt him because we understand that his father loves him.
A few aspects of Asperger Syndrome include limited understanding, outburst of blunt honesty, as well as phobias to specific ideas depending on the person. This affects the individual’s social interactions by making them awkward because they do not understand clichés. Asperger also influences an individual’s academic growth because, though they become intelligent, it takes longer for them to comprehend what he or she is learning. For example, in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the character, Christopher, dislikes the color yellow because he fears that it will cause his day to become awful, or as he refers to it, a “Black day”. He also does not let people touch him, so to hug his parents, they will just touch palms; however,
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
Narration has a profound, formative influence in conveying the complex nature of human communication. This, in turn, effects the ways in which the reader responds to the text. In ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night time’ Christopher’s father Ed understands his sons inability to interpret human emotion and reasoning and thus, has developed alternate ways in which he can communicate with his son which are accepted by Christopher. This is evident in chapter 31 where Christopher describes, “He held up his right hand.. we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other.
In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a Marxist critic would be interested in the socioeconomic power that Christopher lacks in comparison to the people he encounters on the train and at the train station. This results in him being oppressed by those encounters.