Overcoming Obstacles Essay

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Overcoming Obstacles Many different methods can be used to overcome obstacles in life. Everyone has their own strategies that they use to get rid of obstacles in a specific situation. For example, Christopher Boone, the main character from the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, uses several methods to deal with his problems. Christopher overcomes the obstacle of travelling from Swindon to London by using math, social skills and coping strategies. Firstly, Christopher overcomes the obstacle of travelling from Swindon to London by using math. Christopher uses math in many ways. One way he does this is by counting slowly in his mind. “…because there were too many and my brain wasn’t working properly and this frightened me so I closed my eyes again and I counted slowly to 50 but without doing the cubes” (Haddon, 170). This shows that when Christopher gets frightened he closes his eyes and counts slowly. This helps him calm down and become less frightened, so he can continue on with his way to Lomdon. Another way Christopher uses math is by solving math problems in his head. “And then I did some maths practice in my head, solving quadratic equations using the formula…” (Haddon, 161). This shows that Christopher solves equations in his head when he has nothing to do or he is nervous or either bored. For example, when Christopher is on the train with the police officer, he has nothing to do and he is very bored so he starts to practice math equations to get his mind off of things. And Christopher is also very nervous when he is on the train with the police officer because he thinks that the police officer is going to take him back to his father so he starts to do some math equations. Therefore, Christopher uses math to help him travel from Swindon to London. Secondly, Christopher overcomes the obstacle of travelling from Swindon to

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