Curious Incident of the Dog

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Happiness in The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time By: Avremel Greenberg The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon takes place in the year 1998, in a small town called Swindon, England. The main character in this novel is Christopher John Francis Boone, a Fifteen-year-old child with asperger syndrome. The novel starts after the murder of the dog owned by Mrs. Shears, Christopher’s neighbor from across the street. Upon discovering the dead poodle, Christopher determines himself to find the murderer, but his investigation is temporarily halted, when he hits an officer after being touched. He was then arrested, and released on the condition, that he does not continue his investigation of the crime. Christopher ignores the caution and continues his search for the murderer. After questioning a few of the neighbors he discovers that his father and Mrs. Shears were having an affair. Meanwhile, the young man is preparing for an A-level Math Test, which upon receiving an A will make him eligible to attend university. He also is still continuing to write this book, a dairy of his documentations exploring the murder of Mrs. Shears’ dog. Upon returning from school one day, he leaves the book on table and his father finds it. When his father reads the book and finds out that he had continued his search for the murderer of the dog, he confiscates the book. In a search for his book, Christopher finds letters addressed to his father, form his mother, who was supposedly dead. After reading the letters, he finds that his mother left his father with Mr. Shears, and that she has moved to London. Upon his father’s arrival home, he realizes that his son has found out the real story about his mother, and claims that he had only tried to protect Christopher. Consequently, his father now realizes the shocking truth, which is that he has
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