Curious Nighttime Swot

The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003) features a 15-year-old boy with autism. The book is a well-written novel from the perspective of Christopher, a boy with Asperger’s syndrome. Christopher faces many symptoms a person with autism could face such as having a savant skill, as well as having limited social skills, as he does not like interacting with people. Christopher displays various symptoms such as being unable to read facial expressions, he does not like being touched, and he is unable to be in an area with a lot of people. Christopher lives in a world in which everything is black and white. For example, when Christopher’s father lies to him he assumes that his father is a bad person. To further explain, Christopher is able to connect lying with being untrustworthy and therefore a bad person. All and all, this book is able to pull at the heartstrings of the reader, instilling an idea of being in the mind of a person who has autism. On the contrary many believe it is not Haddon’s place to portray a child who has autism. Through this paper I will be looking at the book through a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis focuses on the Strength of the book, the Weakness of the book, the Opportunities of the book, and the Threats of the book. Through this analysis I will be bringing in my own experiences working with children who are autistic,
As majority of the readers of the novel will not be on the autism spectrum as a result, the goal is students will be able to experience some of the challenges affecting a person from Asperger’s Syndrome. In addition to Haddon’s excellent experiences of empathy the novel is extremely well written it is portrayed in a unique way that depicts the life of Christopher through his own eyes, providing the reader with experiences otherwise they might not