Christopher Boone's Themes In The Blind, Directed By Mark Haddon

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Christopher Boone and his father disagree about how to handle the killing of Wellington, a neighborhood dog. Christopher continues to knock on doors and question neighbors who may have seen anything suspicious the night of the incident. When his father finds out he becomes infuriated and expresses this anger in many ways. He repeatedly yells and gets so frustrated that he grabs Christopher which he hates. After the fight, the father and son make up and do something enjoyable together. They decide to visit the Twycross Zoo in the rain where the number of visitors would be limited. Following the recreation, the two converse. Mr. Boone asks for forgiveness for his inadmissable behavior and Christopher says, “And I said “Yes,” because loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth…”. …show more content…

To break down Christopher’s words, he is discussing what he considers to be love: helping someone through their troubles, taking care of them and being honest. Throughout the book, love is a consistent theme. For example, Mr. Boone always has Christopher’s best interests in mind. An example of this is when he lies to Christopher about his mother’s absence. Mr. Boone lies to Christopher and tells him that his mother died of a heart attack when she really had an affair and runs off to another city. Even though Mr. Boone is dishonest with Christopher, he does this out of love and protection for his son. I personally relate to what Christopher is saying because my idea of love from my parent/s is the same. Knowing that my parents love me greatly, I would expect them to help me when I am in trouble, look after me and tell me the truth. Going off of the idea of a white lie is also something that I would not appreciate at the time being, but would understand the thought and reasoning behind it later on as Christopher

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