Christopher John Francis Boone is a fifteen year old boy with autism, struggling to handle everyday situations. His parents, Ed and Judy Boone, fight and try their best to guide their son through the cruelty of life. When Mrs. Shears’s dog, Wellington, is mysteriously murdered, Christopher goes to far lengths to find out who killed him. Along the way, he unravels dark secrets and fights against his own personal limitation as well as his father’s and mother’s. Christopher cannot stand being touched, leading him to being unable to have a concrete relationship and even puts himself in danger. Ed allows hi emotions to control him, ruining his relationship with his son and lashing out, leaving him in an unforgivable position. Finally, Judy is ill-tempered and …show more content…
impatient which causes her to ignore her son’s limitations by hitting Christopher and leaving when things get too hard. First of all, Christopher Boone’s personal limitation is one that impacts him the most for he hates physical contact, and as a result, he is unable to have sturdy relationships and even leaves himself in danger.
For example, instead of hugging, Christopher only allows his parents to touch their fingertips with his. This demonstrates the extent to which he hates touching, so much that he even refuses to hug his family. Receiving kisses, hugs, and other signs of affection helps stabilize a relationship, but since Christopher despises contact, he will not be able to have a healthy relationship with others, never learning how to truly love. Additionally, when Christopher is on the train tracks, about to be hit by a train, he refuses to be grabbed by the man who is trying to pull him back on the platform. This illustrates how the situation was made more difficult and perilous due to Christopher’s struggling against his rescuer. He knew he was about to be hit by the oncoming train, yet he fought against the man trying to help him just because he hated being touched. In short, Christopher’s hatred of physical contact prevents him from ever having a solid relationship and also puts his life- including others- on the
line. Second, Ed Boone, Christopher’s father, has the limitation in which he allows his emotions to consume him, destroying his relationship with his son and causing him to act rashly, resulting in him regretting it later. For instance, when he finds Christopher’s book, he ignores Christopher’s personal barrier by grabbing and hitting him. This conveys how Ed disregarded his son’s limitation in his time of anger. By doing so, he fractured their relationship and only ended up trying to make up for it later. Moreover, when he is angry with Mrs. Shears, he kills her dog, Wellington, with a pitchfork, causing devastation for Christopher when he finds out later on. This proves how Father’s acting rashly only resulted in losing his son’s trust and regretting his actions. Readers see that for the rest of the story, Ed is bent on trying to make things right again. To sum up, Ed’s restriction in which he allows his emotions to get in the way leads to destructing his father-son relationship and regretting his rash actions later on. Lastly, Judy Boone’s personal limitations are her hot-temper, which instigates her ignoring her son’s own limitations, and her impatience towards her life and her son which pushes her to leave. As an example, Christopher explains how his mother would hit him whenever she got angry. This shows how she would let her temper get the best of her, forget Christopher’s limitations, and hit him. She knows he hates being touched, but Judy hits him anyway, pulling her one step further from being a good mother. Furthermore, Christopher’s learns the truth through her letters that Judy never dies, but instead, cheated on her husband and left.
This essay will be about a pair of characters in the book Where the Red Fern Grows. The characters being used are Little Ann and Old Dan. They are both coon hunting dogs who love their owner Billy Colman. They even die for him in the end. Billy named them Little Ann and Old Dan because in a tree someone had carved Dan and Ann in a heart. Billy was given a harangue about why he was not allowed to buy two dogs, but he snuck out of the house and walked a very long distance because he coveted the dogs. He came back and was allowed to keep them. Little Ann and Old Dan are very memorable characters in the book.
As seen in the stories, Christopher was undermined by deception from his parents throughout his childhood. Chris’s father, Walt, dated his mother, Billie, while he was currently in a ‘committed’ relationship with another woman. Walt had children with both of his partners despite the fact that they were completely conscious of each other for quite some time. Tired of his infidelity, Walt’s wife finally gained enough courage and divorced him. Consequently, Walt decided to marry Billie, the woman he had an affair with. In addition, this also indicates that Chris is legally considered a ‘Bastard child’. This term is used for children that are born to an unmarried couple. As time passed, Christopher discovered all his father’s faults. He became besotted and considered his entire life to have been a complete lie. Above all, he felt extreme guilt since he believed that Walt abandoned his other family because of him. In addition, Walt and Billie continue to deceive others even to this day. Billie reveals, “We were dedicat...
These beliefs include how women should act in society and in marriage. Nanny and her daughter, Janie's mother, were both raped and left with bastard children, this experience is the catalyst for Nanny’s desire to see Janie be married to a well-to-do gentleman. She desires to see Janie married to a well-to-do gentleman because she wants to see that Janie is well cared for throughout her life. As a result of Nanny’s desire to see Janie married to wealth, she forces Janie to marry Logan Killocks, an older black farmer who owns 60 acres and a mule. Janie does not love Logan but because Nanny pushes her into the marriage she believes love will follow marriage, but Nanny quickly says “You come head wid yo’ mouf full uh foolishness on uh busy day.
When the man and boy meet people on the road, the boy has sympathy for them, but his father is more concerned with keeping them both alive. The boy is able to get his father to show kindness to the strangers (McCarthy), however reluctantly the kindness is given. The boy’s main concern is to be a good guy. Being the good guy is one of the major reasons the boy has for continuing down the road with his father. He does not see there is much of a point to life if he is not helping other people. The boy wants to be sure he and his father help people and continue to carry the fire. The boy is the man’s strength and therefore courage, but the man does not know how the boy worries about him how the boy’s will to live depends so much on his
Christopher during the course of the text of the novel learns to disregard other people’s judgments.
Janie who continually finds her being defined by other people rather than by herself never feels loved, either by her parents or by anybody else. Her mother abandoned her shortly after giving birth to her. All she had was her grandmother, Nanny, who protected and looked after her when she was a child. But that was it. She was even unaware that she is black until, at age six, she saw a photograph of herself. Her Nanny who was enslaved most of her lifetime only told her that a woman can only be happy when she marries someone who can provide wealth, property, and security to his wife. Nanny knew nothing about love since she never experienced it. She regarded that matter as unnecessary for her as well as for Janie. And for that reason, when Janie was about to enter her womanhood in searching for that love, Nanny forced her to marry Mr. Logan Killicks, a much older man that can offer Janie the protection and security, plus a sixty-acre potato farm. Although Janie in her heart never approves what her Nanny forced her to do, she did it anyway. She convinced herself that by the time she became Mrs. Killick, she would get that love, which turned out to be wrong.
...mes their fears at their own time. Aristotle’s point is not when to overcome fears, its how to overcome them. Christopher shows various acts of courage, but at his own different time and in his own state of mind. His zealous attitude about Wellington’s murder, causes him to find out things about his family as well as himself. Christopher realizes his own courage and strengths after his journey is over. He realizes that he can do anything he sets his mind to. Aristotle explains overcoming a fear takes real courage and caution. Although, Oak Park is a nice city, there are still horrible people out there. Being cautious of your surroundings but also having the courage to do anything is the key to success when living in Oak Park. The big picture is everything happens for a reason. People never know how strong they have to be, until being strong is the only option.
What is Autism? It’s a developmental disorder that impairs one’s ability to communicate and interact with others. Christopher Boone from the novel A Curious Incident in the Nighttime and Temple Grandin, who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry both fall on the high-functioning spectrum of autism. Even so, they do not display the exact same traits and behaviors. Whereas Grandin thinks in pictures and employs this unique gift for practical use, Christopher thinks in patterns and fails communicate his talents with others. However, they both speak their mind and have trouble understanding facial expressions and emotions.
While conversing with the naive Janie, Nanny declares, “Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection” (15). By referring to Janie as “baby,” Hurston utilizes a childish connotation to exaggerate Janie’s ignorance of marriage. Preparing for the potentially disastrous future, Nanny impregnates security as a top priority for Janie instilling that a prudent marriage will lead to love. Accommodating to her grandmother’s desires, Janie marries Logan. Through this union, Janie assumes an emotional attraction will coincide; however, Janie’s perception of love depreciates as Nanny equates affection to material wealth explaining how Logan “got a house bought and paid for and sixty acres uh land right on de big road... Dis
Nothing hurts more than being betrayed by a loved one, Christopher’s father has no trust in Christopher and tells him that his “Mother died 2 years ago”(22) and Christopher thinks his mother died of a heart attack. When Christopher finds out his father lied, he runs away to live with his mother and his father despritally looks for him and while looking for him realizes the importance of telling the truth. When someone betrays one’s trust, they can feel morally violated. Once Christopher finds his mother, she begins to realize how unfit her living conditions are for Christopher and brings him back to his father, bring him “[..] home in Swindon”(207) Christopher feels incredibly hurt and distressed he does not want to see his father. Whether a relationship can be repaired depends entirely on whether trust can or cannot be restored. Christopher’s father works very hard to regain his trust, he tells his son “[..] I don’t know about you, but this...this just hurts too much”, Christopher’s father is dealing with the result of being dishonest with his son and himself.
Unlike Janie’s previous two marriages to Logan Killicks and Joe Starks, her marriage to Tea Cakes was finally characterized by love and a balance of power, the two elements she sought for in a relationship. The couple had moved in together on the Everglades and lived a satisfying life. However, when the hurricane struck one day, everything Janie knew was destroyed. As described by Hurston, “[t]hrough the screaming wind they heard things crashing and things hurtling and dashing with unbelievable velocity” (159). Among this uncontrollable chaos, Tea Cakes was bitten by a rabid dog, and, several weeks later, was regrettably shot by Janie because he had gone delirious. The unfairness of the whole situation, to Janie specifically, was epitomized by Motor Boat’s survival through the storm. As expressed by Tea Cakes, “Heah we nelly kill our fool selves runnin’ way from danger and him lay up dere and sleep and float on off!” (173). Motor boat had simply slept through the storm in an old house, but managed to live through the entire ordeal, unlike Tea Cakes, who made great efforts, but ended up dying of disease. Consequently, while the positive and idealistic elements of Janie’s life was embodied by the tree, the harshly realistic elements were demonstrated through the storm and rabid dog. Furthermore, the
The book begins as a mystery novel with a goal of finding the killer of the neighbor's dog, Wellington. The mystery of the dog is solved mid-way through the book, and the story shifts towards the Boone family. We learn through a series of events that Christopher has been lied to the past two years of his life. Christopher's father told him that his mother had died in the hospital. In reality she moved to London to start a new life because she was unable to handle her demanding child. With this discovery, Christopher's world of absolutes is turned upside-down and his faith in his father is destroyed. Christopher, a child that has never traveled alone going any further than his school, leaves his home in order to travel across the country to find his mother who is living in London.
If the book were to be narrated in third person the reader wouldn’t understand how Christopher feels about certain situations. This is also an affect given in the book because the author wants to project Christopher’s autism spectrum disorder condition to the reader.
There are few important characters in this story. Jerry is introduced using direct characterization and so is his mother. “He was an only child, eleven years old. She was a widow. She was determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion.” But they’re actual personalities are shown indirectly. Th...
On the face of it, it would seem that the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff is self-destructive to an extreme. Due to the lovers’ precarious circumstances, passionate personalities and class divisions, it seems that fate transpires to keep them apart and therefore the hopelessness of their situation drives them to self destruction. However, although the relationship is undeniably self-destructive, there are elements within it that suggest the pain Heathcliff and Catherine put each other through is atoned for to an extent when they share their brief moments of harmony.