A special detail to look at are the changes the protagonist undergoes during the novel which I think is one of the main purposes the author wants us to pay special attention to, since the entire plot is based on Pony’s feelings and expectation for his life. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis who allows us an insight into the lifestyles of these distinct worlds. I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It is a novel which draws the reader in and allows the reader to understand a lifestyle alien to them. Even though the novel is set in 1966, it is a novel that's theme can be found in any society and time period.
Hill’s use of the first person narrator is a key element of the novel. Susan Hill’s characters in this novel have limited development because the story is told by the main character, Arthur Kipps. His character is developed in an interesting way because as narrator he is looking back and describing events from the perspective of his younger self. This adds depth to his character and to the plot because as readers, we live through his nightmare with him and share his fears. This viewpoint is particularly effective in this chapter, as readers, we can relate to the terror and anxiety felt by Arthur.
Poetry Analysis – Dog’s Death (by John Updike) The first reading of John Updike’s poem Dog’s Death revealed the story about the death of a dog and how this seems to be an important event in the poetic voice’s life. The importance of the dog is also reinforced by strong marks of personification in the poem. The dog was a much loved animal, treated almost as if it was part of the family. After a close reading, it is possible to identify many characteristics hold by the poetic voice. After some references to the children and “my wife”, the speaker can be seen as an adult male, father and husband, not to mention the dog’s owner.
In other books, he is foreseen as the weak link to Holmes. He usually is there to fill in small, minor details or aid Holmes in his “dirty work.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle does an excellent job of changing Holmes’s perspective on Dr. Watson’s work. At the beginning of the story, Holmes oversees his viewpoint on a particular cane left in their office from the night before. Dr. Watson offers his theory of the walking stick, declaring that the inscription, “To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,” suggests that this cane belonged to an elderly doctor. Holmes encourages Watson’s speculation, and the doctor continues saying that the stick implies a country practitioner who walks a lot.
AGONCILLO 1 Marie Agoncillo John Patterson English 12 Jan/28/14 The Curious Incident Dog in the Night-time Themes The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is an allusion to the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Adventure of Silver Blaze. One can say that Haddon’s novel is a double mystery. The first mystery is the murder of Mrs. Shears’ dog and the second mystery deals with the absence of his mother. Trust is quite a common theme in any modern novel; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, for example, demonstrates how trust affects individuals who live under unusual circumstances. Haddon narrates through Christopher, who is a fifteen-year-old autistic young boy whose view of life and his perception of the world is considerably dissimilar from that of any other normal teenager.
Christopher’s views on the universe in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time are ordered and rational, whereas Meursault’s views are un-ordered and irrational. Christopher’s autism makes him feel like things always need to be ordered in a certain way. For example, the chapters are all prime numbers, which is a peculiar way to number a novel. This reflects on Christopher’s lifestyle, where he is a perfectionist, stubborn, direct, clever and likes a scientific explanation for everything. Meursault is the complete opposite; he lives in the moment and goes along with things without thinking them through.
The novel the Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-time is written from Christopher Boones’ point of view. Christopher has Asperger’s syndrome, throughout the novel you soon see his logic, brilliance, and hypersensitivity explained and illustrated. However, if you take a step back and look at him and his actions from a different perspective, you can see that he is also insensitive, illogical and sometimes oblivious. This may seem like I am contradicting myself however Christopher’s actions demonstrate, his different traits. Christopher thinks he uses logic in every decision, however looking at some of his actions they are in fact irrational.
| | | | | The Need of Control and Stability as it Applies to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Need of Control and Stability as it Applies to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel, narrated from a first person perspective, the protagonist, Christopher Boone. Christopher Boone is a mathematically and logically oriented 15 year old boy, living in Swindon (England), who experiences numerous behavioral difficulties, including understanding other people’s emotions/ motifs, always sticking to his schedule, and having the need to control the situations he is in; these are all due to his condition, which you can call, Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, or the Savant Syndrome. One day his world is threatened with the death of a neighbor’s dog, which then causes Christopher to investigate and solve the murder using Sherlock Holmes’ (his favorite detective) deduction tactics. Throughout the novel, Christopher is faced with many tasks, of which, he can or cannot control, and as mentioned, with his “disease”, he has acquired a great need to organize and control every situation; this then is a great challenge for him. Thus, readers can interpret and understand the need of control and stability in a person’s life- especially in a person with Christopher’s condition- as it is highly exemplified in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is a story about a young boy, Christopher Boone, seeking to uncover the mystery of his neighbor’s murdered dog. Along the way, he faces a number of his fears and discovers the truth about his allegedly deceased mother. I really like how Haddon uses Christopher’s character to show what life is like for an autistic child. Through Christopher’s different perspective of his surroundings, his need for order and organization, and his extremely impressive talents, Mark Haddon provides a deep understanding of an autistic child’s mind not easily understood by most people. The way Christopher sees the world allows the reader to understand
There are many ways in which Haddon tells the story in chapter 97 and he uses a variety of methods to show this. He takes an interest in a dog which is a dachshund. The dachshund is the dog of Mrs Alexander. He uses the basic phrase “I like dogs” because he does not know how to express his emotions more naturally or correctly due to his autism. Up to this chapter Christopher’s story had began to fade out and It had hit a dead end.