Christopher And The Color Red Essay

Seven minutes past midnight, Christopher Boone found his neighbor, Mrs. Shear’s dog, Wellington, lying dead her yard. Christopher begin to approach the dog to to sooner find that their was a fork in Wellington. Christopher immediately asked himself who possible could have killed Mrs. Shear’s dog. After minutes of hugging Wellington, Mrs. Shear’s came running out the house screaming at Christopher. This was the beginning of Christopher’s mystery novel. Mrs. Shear’s called the police on Christopher and he eventually had to spend a few hours in a jail cell. Once Christopher 's dad makes it to the police station, he asks him not to ask any more questions about Wellington 's death. With that being said, he was going to do his best to keep on …show more content…
When christopher is anxious or stressed out he finds comfort in numbers. For example, while Christopher was in the train station surrounded by a large amount of people by himself, he found comfort in doing math equations in his head. However, his relationship with colors may be perceived as quite different than numbers. There is certain colors Christopher likes and certain colors he does not like. For example, red and yellow. Christopher thoroughly enjoys the color red, yellow on the other hand he does not like. Christopher had a timeline of everything he did in a day, and the exact time he did them. Part of that timeline was his morning ride into school. One the way to school christopher counted the car he passed and their colors. Christopher determined if he saw five red cars in a row it was going to be a good day. However, if he saw four yellow cars in a row, it was going to be a black day. A black day means he doesn’t allow himself to eat anything, and he doesn’t speak to …show more content…
Starting with society being more equal. There would much less noise in the streets, and quieter cars. However, a lot of social norms would change too. For instance, hugging wouldn’t be considered normal. Flapping of the arms, or other repetitive movements would be more acceptable. Parties or other gatherings may also not be considered “normal”. Society wouldn’t have any jokes, less body language and less talking. Language would be completely literal and we wouldn’t use metaphors. We would also make more use of libraries and bars wouldn’t exists. Their would also be fewer symbols, or none at