British author Mark Haddon wrote the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The story revolves around a young boy called Christopher John Francis Boone who investigates the murder of a neighbor’s dog, which leads him to a journey that will change his life forever. Despite his mental illness, he learns to face the difficulties of his world and to be capable of everything he can do. Because of these unique characteristics, I find this book one of the best books I have ever read.
Setting
The story mainly takes place in Swindon, Wiltshire, in the United Kingdom. Most of the story events take place in 36 Randolph Street, which is Christopher’s house, his school, and the train station. The street is like your typical suburban setting: …show more content…
He states in page 10 that he “cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them.” He also mentions that jokes are “like hearing three different pieces of music at the same time which is uncomfortable and confusing and not nice like white noise.” In other words, lies make him feel sick and uneasy inside. This is significantly important in pages 141-142, in which he learns the truth about his mother, and he feels like “there is a gap in my memory, like a bit of the tape had been erased.”
Aggressiveness also counts towards his unique personality. If someone touches him, then he will either hit that person or scream loudly. Page 39 states that “she once said, ‘You must never punch Sarah or hit her in any way, Christopher. Even if she hits you first,’” and “she once said, ‘If you want to go on the swings and there are already people on the swings, you must never push them off.’” He also mentions in page 9 that “the policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet. I didn’t like him touching me like this. And this is when I hit …show more content…
He believes that these metaphors symbolize the complexity of human beings since they do not signify what they actually mean. This is explained in an entire chapter in pages 19-20. This symbol progresses the theme and subject of the story even further, and elaborates the conflict to make it more lifelike and more understandable to the reader.
Conclusion
Because of its unique main character, the novel was powerful enough to sympathize with the conditions and conflicts the character has been handling. The effectiveness would reach its peak when the main character would get into fights with his father about the investigation in pages 102-104. Since the character is writing a book, within a book, it is expressed entirely in his point of view. This creates a writing style so exceptional that the entire novel had possessed an authentic feel.
Throughout the whole story, the writer uses concrete words and vivid action verbs to express the details of every person and every important object. For example, he tries to describe his own garden in page 86-87. Some of the times when he wants to express the details of a particular object, he uses pictures and photographs to express his thoughts. The picture of the Get Well card on page 35 and the orangutans on page 220 are examples of this
Setting
The story mainly takes place in Swindon, Wiltshire, in the United Kingdom. Most of the story events take place in 36 Randolph Street, which is Christopher’s house, his school, and the train station. The street is like your typical suburban setting: …show more content…
He states in page 10 that he “cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them.” He also mentions that jokes are “like hearing three different pieces of music at the same time which is uncomfortable and confusing and not nice like white noise.” In other words, lies make him feel sick and uneasy inside. This is significantly important in pages 141-142, in which he learns the truth about his mother, and he feels like “there is a gap in my memory, like a bit of the tape had been erased.”
Aggressiveness also counts towards his unique personality. If someone touches him, then he will either hit that person or scream loudly. Page 39 states that “she once said, ‘You must never punch Sarah or hit her in any way, Christopher. Even if she hits you first,’” and “she once said, ‘If you want to go on the swings and there are already people on the swings, you must never push them off.’” He also mentions in page 9 that “the policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet. I didn’t like him touching me like this. And this is when I hit …show more content…
He believes that these metaphors symbolize the complexity of human beings since they do not signify what they actually mean. This is explained in an entire chapter in pages 19-20. This symbol progresses the theme and subject of the story even further, and elaborates the conflict to make it more lifelike and more understandable to the reader.
Conclusion
Because of its unique main character, the novel was powerful enough to sympathize with the conditions and conflicts the character has been handling. The effectiveness would reach its peak when the main character would get into fights with his father about the investigation in pages 102-104. Since the character is writing a book, within a book, it is expressed entirely in his point of view. This creates a writing style so exceptional that the entire novel had possessed an authentic feel.
Throughout the whole story, the writer uses concrete words and vivid action verbs to express the details of every person and every important object. For example, he tries to describe his own garden in page 86-87. Some of the times when he wants to express the details of a particular object, he uses pictures and photographs to express his thoughts. The picture of the Get Well card on page 35 and the orangutans on page 220 are examples of this