Dog In The Nighttime Struggle

The Struggle to Become Independent

In the book ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime’ there are many themes that are crucial to the story. The most important theme is the struggle for Christopher to become independent. Throughout the book Christopher is trying to gain self confidence, break free from his dads grasp and, discover who he really is. The whole book Christopher is trying to gain self confidence.

Christopher’s struggle to become independent primarily involves him gaining the self-confidence needed to do things on his own and moving beyond his comfort zone.
Solving his neighbours’ dogs murder would help Christopher build self confidence with talking to strangers and with his logic and puzzle skills. He would also