Without a timetable, Christopher feels lost and confused; he does not know what to do or where to go. Another habit of Christopher’s that Haddon displays in the story is Christopher’s inclination of the color red and his hate towards yellow. Anything that is yellow, Christopher will not go near; if food is yellow, he puts red food coloring in it before he eats. One might think this is strange, but Haddon is trying to make people understand that although Christopher’s tendencies are different, they all have reason just like anyone else’s habits
The North was also segregated, but not near to the extent of which the South was. The people didn’t react as much as there wasn’t a lot of violence and the earlier protests were calmer which meant that the media had nothing to report about as nothing particularly extreme occurred. The media would pick up on the events in the South as violence occurred and many people turned up. His tactics did not go to plan and the reaction of the police and public was not what expected. The Mayor of Chicago knew that they had to stop the campaigns from attracting media attention and to reduce this he ordered the police to avoid using violence and brutality and treat the campaigners with respect.
The second is that people use metaphors. The word metaphor means carrying something from one place to another, I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their closets.``(14,15) Christopher needs logic in his life for things to make sense or else he can find himself getting sick or groaning loudly in pain. Although some cases of logic don`t make sense to the others around them he believes they make sense like when he says three red cars in a row means a good day and three yellow make a bad day he is told by his principal that this is not very logical and he said it makes sense to him. This is also shown when he says he won’t eat his food if it touches different items of food on his plate, but he will if it touches while being prepared. Another form of logic in his life is his family.
The North was segregated although nowhere near as strongly as the South. The people didn’t react as much as there wasn’t much violence and the protests were calmer which meant that the media had nothing to report about as nothing specifically extreme occurred. The media would pick up on the events in the South as the campaigns were not as calm and violence arose. His tactics did not go to plan and the reaction of the police and public was not what was expected. The Mayor of Chicago knew that they had to stop the campaigns from attracting media attention and to counteract this he ordered the police to avoid using violence and brutality and treat the campaigners with respect.
A new boy called James Scobie becomes a target for bullying because of his appearance. However, James responds to the bully's taunts with humour. He tells the class that he is fearless because he had a brain tumour that damaged the part of his brain that feels fear. Barry is the only person that does not believe James. About a week later Barry puts a lot of insects and spiders in James's desk, but James is not frightened.
He felt abandoned because he also knew himself that he was only taken in by family for his work ethics but not for the caring and love of a child. The lack of love that he received at a young age for him influenced his decision of running away and living out into the dessert at the age of fourteen. This situation of having no one to depend on or depending on him has given him freedom and independence but has also betrayed his caring and loves towards others. Nat Swanson is ushered by a stray dog through his lonely journey. The impact of the dog accompanying him shows the lack of communication that Nat Swanson has.
As a teen that is 15 years old with Asperger Syndrome, Christopher is capable of looking after himself without supervision. For example, he had asked a lady standing on the other side of the street that is across from his school where he could buy a map, but she just showed him the direction of the train station (137, paragraph 3 – 140 paragraph 1. To sum up, Christopher has a lot of knowledge that helps him in his life. At times Christopher can be extremely motivated in solving mysteries. He does
He is unable to socially interact with people but has a gift in mathematics. He is very dependent on his parents and teachers. It is often hard for him to do things on his own or leave his comfort zone. But soon enough Christopher is called into adventure when he discovers the neighbor’s dog, Wellington, run through with a garden fork, and he decides to take up the quest of who killed Wellington. This quest leads him to discover his mother’s letters and that his father has been lying to him.
| | | | | 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.
When he “trie[d] to yell” it frightened the humans (Gardner 27).Although he can communicate with the reader, he cannot with humans. This causes the reader to take pity on Grendel because they pity his inability to communicate which can only be realized if the story is told in first person. However, since the story is told by Grendel himself, the reader realizes that he lacks the art that the humans are able to accept. A central topic around which the book centers is art. It is presented from both a negative and positive perspective.