Dog In The Nighttime Techniques
The curious incident of the dog in the night time written by mark haddon is narrated from the perspective of a 15 year old boy Christopher who suffers from Aspergers syndrome. Like any good novel, this story is made memorable through the interaction of ideas and the techniques used to represent these ideas.
Idea: Seeing the world through the eyes of an Autistic boy
Techniques: Language techniques
Christopher expresses himself in a simple straight forward way cannot understand commonly accepted modes of signaling cannot emphasise with people or understand how they would be feeling focuses on small details
The fact that Christopher has a form of autism allows Haddon to take away the baggage that language has adopted over the years and
Idea: Seeing the world through the eyes of an Autistic boy
Techniques: Language techniques
Christopher expresses himself in a simple straight forward way cannot understand commonly accepted modes of signaling cannot emphasise with people or understand how they would be feeling focuses on small details
The fact that Christopher has a form of autism allows Haddon to take away the baggage that language has adopted over the years and