Christopher's Father In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the character Christopher's father is the most influential character to Christopher because he is loving and can be intimidating which causes Christopher to run away and find his mom.
Throughout the book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time there were many ups and downs. Christopher and his father went through a lot, but Christopher's father is very loving. Many times in the book Christopher and his dad have had many loving times and not so loving times. For example “Father standing outside in the corner he held up his right hand and his for his fingers out in the fan I held him I left him turn my fingers are in a fan. We made our fingers and thumbs touch each other. We do …show more content…
Throughout the book Christopher seemed very intimidated and afraid of his father. Christopher said “I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he had said “Trust me,” because he had told a lie about a big thing”(Haddon 122). This quote shows that he is very scared of his father and Christopher does not feel safe being in the same house of his father. As a result of that it causes Christopher to run away from home. There are so many examples, but one other one is when they all meet up and all saw each other. Christopher was still scared to even see him. Christopher said “And then I heard someone opening the door of the flat and there was a strange man’s voice outside, so I locked the bathroom door. And there was a argument outside and a man said “ I need to speak to him,” and mother said “He's been through enough today already,” father said “ I know. But I still need to speak to him” (Haddon 194). This is important because he locked the door and stayed in the bathroom when his parents were outside. In this quote it shows that he doesn't want to see his father so he locked the
Throughout the book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time there were many ups and downs. Christopher and his father went through a lot, but Christopher's father is very loving. Many times in the book Christopher and his dad have had many loving times and not so loving times. For example “Father standing outside in the corner he held up his right hand and his for his fingers out in the fan I held him I left him turn my fingers are in a fan. We made our fingers and thumbs touch each other. We do …show more content…
Throughout the book Christopher seemed very intimidated and afraid of his father. Christopher said “I had to get out of the house. Father had murdered Wellington. That meant he could murder me, because I couldn't trust him, even though he had said “Trust me,” because he had told a lie about a big thing”(Haddon 122). This quote shows that he is very scared of his father and Christopher does not feel safe being in the same house of his father. As a result of that it causes Christopher to run away from home. There are so many examples, but one other one is when they all meet up and all saw each other. Christopher was still scared to even see him. Christopher said “And then I heard someone opening the door of the flat and there was a strange man’s voice outside, so I locked the bathroom door. And there was a argument outside and a man said “ I need to speak to him,” and mother said “He's been through enough today already,” father said “ I know. But I still need to speak to him” (Haddon 194). This is important because he locked the door and stayed in the bathroom when his parents were outside. In this quote it shows that he doesn't want to see his father so he locked the