Mr Boone Character Analysis

Imagine how challenging it would be to raise a child as a single parent, then imagine that the child is autistic. It would be very difficult to do, Right? That is Mr. Boone’s life in the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon. Mr. Boone is the father of Christopher Boone, a boy with a form of autism called Asperger's. Christopher is intelligent and is amazing at math and other logical activities, but he lacks basic social skills. In the beginning, the novel is about Christopher trying to solve the mysterious death of his neighbours’ dog, but that is not all the novel is about; it becomes much more than that. It progresses and becomes more about how Christopher changes and becomes a stronger and more independent person.

Mr. Boone is definitely the better parent; his failings are completely understandable and there is never a doubt about his love for and commitment to his son. All of this ultimately allows Christopher to overcome his disability to achieve his goals.
Mr. Boone is not the perfect father; there are many things he does wrong. One of his problems is that he swears a lot at and in front of Christopher when he gets very angry. This starts when Mr. Boone gets frustrated about Christopher investigating Wellingtons death and writing the book and then he yells “Holy fucking Jesus Christopher, how stupid are you?… what the fuck did I tell you Christopher?…[then he interrupted Christopher and said] do not give me that bollocks, you little shit” (Haddon 81). Mr. Boones swearing problem continues throughout the entire novel. He also gets aggressive when he gets very angry; he hits and grabs Christopher multiple times throughout the novel when he got angry. Another one of his imperfections is that he lies to Christopher about very important things, like when he killed Wellington, because he was mad at Mrs. Shears, and did not tell Christopher. Mr. Boone also lied to Christopher about his mom. When he told him that his mom was dead, when the actual truth was that she was alive and living with Mr. Shears in London. These are very important thing that nobody should lie about, especially to your child. Even though Mr. Boone has some imperfections, he also does many things right and Christopher would not be able to live without him because he does a lot for him.
Although Mr.

Boone has some flaws, he is still a great father to Christopher. Without his father Christopher would not be able to survive. Mr. Boone’s faults are understandable because his life is very stressful because his wife left him and he is raising his autistic child by himself. Mr. Boone is an exceptional father because most people would get very frustrated if they had to raise an autistic child, but Mr. Boone tries to stays calm, unlike how Mrs. Boone was. Even when he gets frustrated he tries not to show it, so Christopher does not feel like he is the cause of his father’s anger or his parents’ divorce when he finds out about it. Even when he gets very angry and does something rough he apologizes to Christopher and feels terrible about it when he calms down. Mr. Boone also helps Christopher with his everyday life by doing normal fatherly things like bringing him to school, making him food, buying him clothes, and loving and caring for him. Another thing Mr. Boone does that makes him an amazing father is that he treats Christopher normally and does not make him feel like he is different. This is important so he does not feel like he is weird, because if he thinks he is different and weird he might get discouraged and feel bad about himself which will make his life worse. Mr. Boone is a great father to Christopher and he loves him very

much.
Mr. Boone loves Christopher a lot, and commits his entire life to him. Mr. Boone spends most of his time with Christopher and does not get a lot of time to himself. Mr. Boone loves Christopher more than anything else in the entire world; Christopher is his whole life. When Christopher went to his moms his dad went to get him and he said “Christopher, I’m really, really sorry. About everything about wellington. About the letters. About making you run away. I never meant…I promise I will never do anything like that again. Hey, come on, kiddo. … shit Christopher please ‘there were tears dripping off his face.’”(Haddon 197). Mr. Boone was depressed because Christopher was not in his life anymore, and he had to get him back, which proves that he cannot live without him because of how much he loves him. Mr. Boone commits all his time to Christopher. When Mr. Boone was fighting with Mrs. Boone when Christopher ran away he said “I cooked his meals. I cleaned his clothes. I looked after him every weekend. I looked after him when he was ill. I took him to the doctor. I worried myself sick every time he wandered off somewhere at night. I went to school every time he got in a fight. And you? What? You wrote him some fucking letters.” Mr. Boone helped Christopher with everything in his life, which shows that he was completely dedicated to raising Christopher, and all Mrs. Boone did was send him letters, that proves that Mr. Boone was a better parent than Mrs. Boone. Mr. Boone’s love for and commitment to Christopher helps him get stronger and overcome his problems.
Christopher changed and developed a lot throughout the novel with the help from all of his family and friends. In the beginning, Christopher is very shy and scared, but near the end he become more social, outgoing, and independent. In the beginning, Christopher was kind of weird because he could not do normal things that all people can do. One of the things that made him kind of strange is that he could not tell a joke. Christopher said:
This will not be a funny book. I cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them. Here is a joke, as an example His face was drawn but the curtains were real. I know why this is meant to be funny. …If I try to say the joke to myself, making the word mean the three different things at the same time, it is like hearing three different pieces of music at the same time, which is uncomfortable and confusing and not nice like white noise. It is like three people trying to talk to you at the same time about different things.
And that is why there are no jokes in this book. (8)
He is also kind of weird because he does not understand when people talk using metaphors. In the beginning he was also shy and would not talk to anyone he did not know, he was also very dependent on others and could not do much himself. Then later in the book when he started doing his investigation he started talking to some of his neighbours. After that when he runs away from home all alone to go find and live with his mom, he starts to talk to more people, he tells a joke, and he becomes more independent. He also starts to overcome his disability and become more like an average kid. He also becomes less odd and different and becomes more normal. He achieved his goals of finding and living with his mom and doing his a level Maths, which made him feel amazing. Overall Christopher changed a lot throughout the book and became a stronger, braver and better person.