Christopher Boone

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is a story about a boy named Christopher John Francis Boone. Christopher suffers with Asperger's Syndrome which is a high-functioning form of autism. While reading the book, the reader experiences the world through the eyes of a person with a disability. When Christopher finds that his neighbor's dog, Wellington, is murdered, he opts to catch the killer. While doing so, Christopher runs into many conflicts involving his personality, past, and lack of trust in his family. G ‘ k
For my project, I decided to make a combination of a diorama and a 3D collage, or "Book in a Basket". Inside the basket are objects that represent and are symbolic of Christopher's character. The film represents Christopher's unique mind. He compares his memory to film by saying "My memory is like a film." "And when people ask me to remember something I can simply press Rewind and Fast Forward
This love for animals is signified by the toy rat, Toby, the dog bones, and the patch with animals pictured on it. His favorite book is The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which is pictured in the basket. He also loves science and has a fascination with the Apollo space missions. Christopher really enjoys the computer and did the Expert Version of Minesweeper in 99 seconds. Christopher's favorite color is red. He has a superstition that when he sees four red cars in a row, it made it a "Good Day, and 3 red cars in a row made it a Quite Good Day, and 4 red cars in a row made it a Super Good Day, and 4 yellow cars in a row made it a Black Day…"(p.24). This is one of his behavioral problems that‘s the result of his disability. He hates the colors yellow and brown and will refuse to touch anything yellow or brown. He cannot stand being in big crowds and throws a fit when he is touched. He refuses to eat a meal if different sorts of foods are touching each