Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Analysis
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
By: Mark Haddon In the book The curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Christopher expresses his signs of autism in many ways, and this shows through how he interacts with people. He often has difficulty communicating with his father; he has trouble understanding police men and finds it hard to get along with his mother. Christopher Boone often has trouble relating to authority figures due to his unique way of thinking. In the beginning Christopher problem with people touching him get him into trouble. At first due to Christopher’s not liking to be touched he reacts in a way that got him in trouble with the police. “The police man took hold of my arm, I didn’t like him touching me and this is when I hit him” …show more content…
Siobhan drew face expressions for Christopher so he could understand them better but it didn’t exactly help. “ I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying, and then she laughed so I tore up the piece of paper and threw it away and Siobhan apologized” (3). Christopher didn’t understand why she was laughing at him so he got upset and tore the paper. Another example is Christopher doesn’t understand his mothers tone and keeps on nagging her about the exam. “I have to go to Swindon to take my A level math, Christopher not now I’m getting phone calls from your dad threatening to take me to court. I’m getting it in the getting it in the neck from roger. It’s not a good time” (205). When Christopher tells his mom that he needs to take his A level maths he doesn’t notice by the tone in her voice she’s getting very annoyed by him. In other words Christopher’s lack of understanding of emotion and facial expression makes it hard for him to communicate with others and others to communicate with
By: Mark Haddon In the book The curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Christopher expresses his signs of autism in many ways, and this shows through how he interacts with people. He often has difficulty communicating with his father; he has trouble understanding police men and finds it hard to get along with his mother. Christopher Boone often has trouble relating to authority figures due to his unique way of thinking. In the beginning Christopher problem with people touching him get him into trouble. At first due to Christopher’s not liking to be touched he reacts in a way that got him in trouble with the police. “The police man took hold of my arm, I didn’t like him touching me and this is when I hit him” …show more content…
Siobhan drew face expressions for Christopher so he could understand them better but it didn’t exactly help. “ I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying, and then she laughed so I tore up the piece of paper and threw it away and Siobhan apologized” (3). Christopher didn’t understand why she was laughing at him so he got upset and tore the paper. Another example is Christopher doesn’t understand his mothers tone and keeps on nagging her about the exam. “I have to go to Swindon to take my A level math, Christopher not now I’m getting phone calls from your dad threatening to take me to court. I’m getting it in the getting it in the neck from roger. It’s not a good time” (205). When Christopher tells his mom that he needs to take his A level maths he doesn’t notice by the tone in her voice she’s getting very annoyed by him. In other words Christopher’s lack of understanding of emotion and facial expression makes it hard for him to communicate with others and others to communicate with