Christopher Boone Character Analysis

In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Christopher John Francis Boone stars as the main character. He book is written from his interesting point of view. Mark Hammond shows us who Christopher Boone is by giving him conflicts to deal with, allowing him to show his interesting character attributes, and by letting him see his effect on other people.
In this book, Christopher struggles with many different conflicts. One of the most prominent conflicts he faced was the conflict he had with his father, Edward Boone. His father, while patient with him most of time, would sometimes lash out at Christopher for doing something weird or not normal. Being mentally challenged, Christopher did not have a choice over his actions sometimes

but he always tried his best to do the right thing. His father constantly tries to be patient with him and wants to be the best possible father for Christopher. His true feelings towards Christopher are shown when he says, “Christopher, I would never, ever do anything to hurt you.” (Haddon 219) This one quote shows us all the love and compassion Edward has for Christopher. Edward spoke this line when he finally talks to Christopher after he runs away. He feels incredible guilt and wants to make things better with his son. But it would be hard for their relationship to go back to normal after all he things Edward has done to hurt Christopher. He has killed Wellington, screamed at Christopher, destroyed Christopher’s trust, and hid his mother entire existence. Christopher has every right to be mad at his father and will have to work to overcome his conflict.
Christopher Boone may not seem like much, but he has an extremely complex mind.

As an autistic boy, many preconceived notions or stereotypes are against him. People may think he is stupid or incapable of becoming a functioning member of society. They are wrong. He is in fact a math genius. At only fourteen, he was able to complete his A-level maths exam with flying colours, a feat that is extremely hard for a normal school student and virtually impossible for a child with a mental disorder. Christopher also has an interesting way of understanding things; he puts them into charts, tables, graphs, or diagrams. The form of autism he has, Asperger’s Syndrome, causes his to understand things better when they are written in a logical, planned out manner. Christopher never needs to worry about forgetting the diagrams he creates because of his fantastic memory. He has something known as a photographic memory. He is able to see something once, even for a short period of time, and remember it vividly years later. We are given an insight to his interests on page 55 when he says, “And I like maths and looking after toby. And also I like outer space and I like being on my own.” Christopher also has incredible goals. His biggest goal was to become an astronaut because of his love of outer space. His autism may halt him in some areas of life, yet it has helped him in many ways as

well.
Christopher Boone has an incredible, visible affect on all the people around him.

His smart ways of solving problems and his odd way of communicating changes people and their views on life. An example of this is his mother. She felt so such regret for what she did. She knew that it was hurting him day after day. But when he showed up at her doorstep that one fateful evening, all of her regret turned into pure love. She wanted to make him feel loved and appreciated any way she could. He had such an impact on her that she decided to change her entire lifestyle, again. She went back to Swindon with Christopher to go live with his father. She wanted to start over all because of him. He also had an awe-inspiring effect on his father. Even though his father could be rude or impatient, Christopher mad him feel true guilt for his action on page 197 when Edward says, “Christopher, I’m really, really sorry” this one line shows how much guilt he has for hurting Christopher. Christopher’s resentment towards his father caused him to feel immense amounts of guilt. Christopher has affected both his parents so strongly and they have all ended up benefiting from

it.
Christopher is and extremely interesting boy with man interesting traits. He has remarkable life goals and has many interesting passions. He also struggles with a lot of external conflict. With both his interests and his conflicts, he has affected all of the people around him. And changed their lives. Mark Haddon has created a very interesting, complex, and over curious main character for the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.