Direct Characterization Of Christopher Boone

When I first looked at the title of the book the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, I immediately judged the book for its cover. I thought to myself “what kind of book would have a title like this.” The title seemed long and childish. I did not realize that there was a story behind the title until I started reading. Now that I am eighty pages into the book, I am highly intrigued. The most interesting aspects of the novel is the main character, Christopher Boone, the title, and the pictures in the book that help Christopher illustrate an idea. So far the book has not produced anything disappointing.
Christopher Boone is a very interesting character. He is very intelligent and has a genius brain when it comes to mathematics. He does not like to be touched and hates the color yellow. Christopher’s character is very contradictory. For example he tells us that he does not tell lies (Page19 “I do not tell lies.”) yet he tells a white lie (Page 48 Lies to his dad about where he has been). He is unable to socially interact with people or interpret emotions and this is due to a mild form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. In
In many adult books I have read I have never come across one that has pictures or illustrations as this one does. Christopher is a visual thinker, which means that he needs visual aids to help him understand a situation. For example in chapter 3, Christopher tells us that he has a hard time interpreting different facial expressions because people’s faces move to fast for him to comprehend. Therefore, he uses visuals such as charts, graphs, pictures and diagrams when he is trying to explain something to the reader. As a reader, it was sometimes hard for me to understand what Christopher was trying to say, for example when he explained math problems, the visuals really helped me understand the text