Dog In The Night-Time

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a very interesting novel written by Mark Haddon. In the first fifty pages many different things happen, for starters the main character of the book is a teenage boy named Christopher. Seven minutes past midnight he wanders the neighborhood to clear his mind, but he comes across something he enjoys. Christopher sees a dog lying on Mrs.Shears’ front lawn, little did he know the dog was stabbed on its side with a gardening fork. Christopher panicked because he really loved dogs, even more than humans. His reason for this was understanding, he can't translate other people's emotions very well, he has AD (Asperger syndrome). Christopher breaks down and hugs the dog because he feels terrible.

Since Christopher's dad told him to stop being a detective he started thinking about other things like this book he's writing and his career plans. He writes that he really wants to be an astronaut. One afternoon he walked to the store to pick up a candy bar and licorice rope. He encountered Mrs.Alexander his neighbor. Mrs.Alexander asked him why he left her waiting when he was asking questions about the dead dog. He didn't like chatting but today was a good day because he saw four red cars in a row. Christopher was just chatting, but he wanted to get more out of Mrs. Alexander because she lived right next to Mr. Shears. Chatting turned into Mrs.Alexander saying something she shouldn't have. She told Christopher that before his mom died she was very good friends with Mr.Shears implying that they were having an affair. He promised to not tell his father. He wrote this in his book and got home, the book was left on the counter and his father got home. Christopher wasn't paying attention so his father got the book and read it and became upset. He got into a fight with Christopher, and Christopher was left unconscious. The next day Christopher's father took him to a zoo to apologize. At the zoo his father apologized to him and said how much he loved him, he accepted his apology. On Monday christopher got home and his dad wasn't home yet so he saw this as an opportunity to find his book. The book was in a shirt box in his father's room under his bed. Many thing were in the

The next day came and it was raining very heavily. Christopher's father works for plumbing and boiler repairs, there was an emergency that day so his father had to step out. Christopher went up to his dad's room to check on his book, it was still there. He saw more letters in the closet, about 43 letters. He opened up two and began to read, they were all from his mother to him. He didn't know how to respond, his father lied to him for two years. Christopher felt sick and confused, he vomited all over his dad's bed and floor. Christopher noticed that he was asleep for a while since it got dark out and he work up to his father coming back from the plumbing emergency. His father tried to explain why he kept this from him so long, but he was crying. At this time his dad also told him that he killed the dog. Mr.Boone was trying to talk to Mrs.Shears after a short gap of her not communicating with them anymore, but she had rude things to say that made Mr.Boone really livid. He got kicked out of Mrs.Shears house and he walked away, but that's when the dog bit him in the leg, so he stabbed the dog with a gardening fork. He says himself that he could have just kicked the dog away, but he wasn't thinking correctly since he was in a state of wrath. Mr.Boone is trying to apologize to Christopher, but Christopher isn't cooperating. He feels betrayed and numb without a thought in his head, he's groaning and asks to be left alone. Once his father falls asleep Christopher thinks of a