...Mark Haddon’s 2003 mystery novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,’ examines how diverse perspectives are presented through numerous language and stylistic techniques. Predominant techniques used to convey these perspectives include the first-person narrative perspective of Christopher, the narrative conversion through letters from mother, and Christopher’s interactions with society. These techniques contribute to the development and exploration of perspectives throughout the novel. Haddon’s use of first-person narration enables the reader to experience Christopher’s perception of the world and his terminal struggle with human interaction and fundamental concepts. This technique provides an understanding of living with Asperger’s...
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...Through Christopher’s first person narration of the events in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, his father Ed Boone is obviously one of the people who understand him deeply. He is a level-headed man who cares for his son and knows what he is fond of. The fact that he conceals the truth of Wellington’s death and his mother’s whereabouts is because he understands Christopher’s personality and feels there is no need to tell him the truth at his early age. Ed also appreciates the bond between Christopher and animals. Through Ed’s unconditional day-to-day care for Christopher, it is apparent that he understands him. When his wife Judy tries to feed Christopher healthy foods, for example, Christopher refuses it violently and Ed directs her to give whatever he is fond of, whether ‘ a plate of lettuce or a strawberry milkshake’. It does not matter which is the best parenting strategy, but it clearly shows Ed understands Christopher. He knows Christopher’s stubborn and decided personality, that if he refuse to something then it is impossible for him to accept – as evident by his incompliance of been...
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...not be an open book, but an open book can still bring meaning and value. Even outside of entertainment, the raw importance of a book can enlighten those who absorb the information-even in a murder mystery novel about a dead poodle. The book in question has a name: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time explores how the main character, Christopher, reacts and investigates certain events, particularly the death of his neighbor’s poodle and the aftermath of the supposed death of his mother. The struggles Christopher may have to deal with, as well as his importance in the story, become much more magnetizing once we learn Christopher has “behavioural...
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...It can be argued that in the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, though Christopher is born with a disability, it is his family and community that really disadvantage him. Although many people have doubted the accuracy of this statement, a thorough inspection reveals that it is, in fact, correct. This can be shown by examining the way he is treated by the general public, his school community and even his own family. As a result, Christopher is unable to develop his full potential and becoming as useful an asset to the population as he might have been, creating a vicious cycle. One major example of the way the community disadvantages him is by looking at the general public. People, having been brought up in a strict society with certain unofficial rules which must be followed, instinctively create a barrier against anything which they deem that does not belong, such as Christopher, and therefore, they either close themselves off, or even turn against him, as the two drunken men on the train had done by calling him a "train elf" (Haddon, 2003:206). On the other hand, there are also those people who believe they are being sympathetic and doing the right thing by "helping" the autistic population like Christopher through counselling and trying to find a "cure" for their disability when they actually don't want to be "cured", because the autistic way of life is the only way they know, and if they are treated, they won't be them anymore. Even classifying...
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...Aspergers is considered a rare syndrome and is a form of Autism. Mayo Clinic says there are fewer than 200,000 diagnosed cases in America per year and is found more in males after age 3. Christopher is the protagonist in the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Christopher is a 15 year old boy living in Swindon, England and has aspergers. The theme of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is that people struggle with things they don't understand, such as Christopher who can't comprehend emotions or body language, being introverted, and being scared of strangers. The first struggle that Christopher has is not be able to understand emotion or body language. While Christopher is trying to explain how his aid...
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...The mind of an autistic person is fascinating and frightening because usually their actions can’t accurately express what their brain is thinking. It is frustrating to try and determine what a child with autism is trying to say, and often results in them being misunderstood. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, tells the story from the perspective of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy with autism. Chris is brilliant at math and science, but is unable to understand or express emotion. His difficult home life further contributes to his illness; he doesn’t have anyone at home who supports him and tries to help him. His teacher, Siobhan, is his only friend and the only person who tries to help him learn to how to live with autism and how to assimilate himself into everyday society. This novel is very eye opening because it truly takes the reader into the mind of a person with autism. Chris is a gifted math and science student; he can recite every prime number up to 2,057. Formulas and numbers come very easily to him, he doesn’t even have to think about what he’s doing, it comes as second nature. In the novel, Haddon provides diagrams of problems that Chris can solve. These problems are difficult for the reader to interpret, which makes it even more remarkable that Christopher can figure them out in such a concise manner. Chris has a photographic memory, and he explains in the novel that’s why he understands math, because it is simple and there...
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...Frustration and misunderstandings often occur because of a lack of clear communication. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, an autistic boy Christopher, attempts to solve the mystery of a dead dog. Throughout his investigation, Christopher, discovers many secrets and lies about his past. He struggles as he tries to understand and deal with these lies and the people who created them. Using Christopher's unique perspective Haddon shows the world to be a place where clear communication is vital to being understood in a society. Haddon first begins to develop this theme in the beginning of the book. After assaulting a police officer christopher is taking to the police station and put in a cell. Christopher is describing how he finds people confusing, when he begins talking about metaphors “The word metaphor is a metaphor. I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboard. And when I try and make a picture of the phrase in my head it just confuses me because I am picturing an apple in someones eye and it doesn’t have anything to do with liking someone a lot and it makes you forget what the person was talking about” (Haddon 15)....
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...Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time explores different perspectives through language and stylistic features by presenting us with a 15-year-old protagonist dealing with Asperger’s syndrome, Christopher Boone, and his logical profound personality. We learn about the world Christopher knows and understands via the narration style with detailed diagrams and unsentimental writing. Language is explored through the narrators perspective, (Christopher), which allows recognition in the differences between the reader and narrator, and other characters involved in Christopher’s life. Christopher’s perspective is explored within the novel through technique such as the differentiation between the characters, and the use of language...
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...Being able to to face you fears is a challenge. Overcoming your fears is another challenge. If we dont face our fears they will consume us if we don't overcome them. ' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' is a novel written by Mark Haddon it is about a fifteen year old boy, Christopher Boom who has aspergers syndrome. Christophers Aspergers syndrome makes understanding humans, and becoming independent a hard challenge. Theses are are all challenges Christopher faces in this novel. Christopher writes a book about the muder of a dogbut it is not just about the mystery of who killed Wellington but what Challenges Christopher faces and overcomes. Being Independent is ais what teenagers strive for. Being independent is about being...
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...The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Setting: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” takes place in the year 1998 in and around the town of Swindon in England. It’s a typical small-town neighborhood, where everybody knows everybody. The main character lives in a medium size house with a nice garden. His school has a nice environment, and from the description it seems that Christopher likes it – especially his teacher Siobhan whom he talks too very well. Financially, it seems that the family is middleclass, they don’t to have too much or too little money. Their main form of income is Christopher’s father heating maintenance and boiler repair business. Even though Christopher is a difficult child, his parents still show him plenty of love and affection. This love helps him through the whole story – it gives him a kind confidence that he lacks. Plot: The beginning: The novel is about a fifteen year old autistic boy named Christopher, who lives with his dad in a small town in England. One day Christopher finds his neighbor’s dog dead, it has been killed with a fork. After the shock of finding the dog, Christopher decides to uncover the dog’s murderer. While investigating, Christopher gets arrested and taken in to custody by the police because of a misunderstanding. After this episode, he promises the police and his father that he would stop his investigation immediately. Conflict: As a part of a school assignment, Christopher writes his investigation...
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...Juan Hernandez Juan Hernandez is cool! Summary of curios George Curios George was curious about leaving his cage. When the guy that works in the zoo was not paying attention, George took his key and left his cage. He left the zoo and went on top of a bus. He got tired and hopped off the bus, and went inside a restaurant and ate the spaghetti. George cleaned the mess that he did and cleaned the dishes. And he got a job as a window washer. George worked with four hands and got a head start. He wanted to look at the people, but he promised he won’t. George saw two people painting he looked. When the two painters left for lunch George got in and started painting. The two painters came in to the room and it looked like a jungle. Everyone was chasing George he jumped off the stairs and hurt his leg. Then the ambulance came for George. It was the day when George could walk again he smelled the ether and fainted and the guy with the big hat came for George they shook him and put him in the shower and he woke up. He said goodbye to the nurse and the doctor and George and the guy with the yellow hat went to the movie studio and George became a movie star and invited all his friends to watch it. THE END 5/26/2013 Juan Hernandez George and Harold were bad kids, they always change the sign in the bathroom one day they changed the sign to please wash your hands in the toilet. They got in trouble and they had to write in the board demonstration speeches. The teacher...
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...Tim O’Donnell Upon Curious Wings When my good friend, Joe, first showed me the film Sunshine, I was captivated by it. I was originally entertained solely by its epic nature, considering it centered on the immensely powerful force that is our Sun. But recently I began to understand how deep and numerous the screenplay’s intricacies were. One most certainly being that the name of the ships that are sent to the Sun in the film is more than just a novelty. Their designated names, Icarus I and II, assist in reflecting an overall message of power hunger and the danger of curiosity. Icarus is a commonly known character in Greek mythology. King Minos exiled him and his father, Daedalus, after Daedalus gave the king’s daughter, Ariadne, a clue in order to help Theseus, the enemy of Minos, survive the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur. In attempt to escape their prison on Crete, Daedalus, a fine craftsman, fashions two sets of wings for himself and Icarus out of wax and feathers. Daedalus warns Icarus that they must fly low and short lived in order to preserve the structural integrity of the wax wings from the Sun’s rays. Once in flight, Icarus becomes engrossed by the thrilling experience. Curiosity begins to take hold of his mind and he tests the Fates by flying higher and higher as he gets more invigorated. But, clearly forgetting his father’s forewarning, Icarus fails to take note of his wax wings melting apart and falls to his death in the sea below. Another take by some Hellenistic...
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...”Sticks and Stones” by Trezza Azzopardi Fear is a curious thing. It has been said that fear is important. Because it's our survival instinct. It's what keeps one from touching a red hotplate. This story centers around the fear of being bullied. We're all very familiar with it. At one point, everyone has either been bullied or been the bully. Even if they don't want to admit it. It's a fact. The important thing is, not to dwell on it, but rise again stronger than before. It has also been said ”What doesn't kill you makes you stronger”. That's probably also true. Even though it might not seem that way at first. The story takes place in England, London. There are several characters in this story. Not a lot of information is given about all of them. Lewis is probably around 25 years old. ”It has been fifteen years since he jumped and fell” And he was probably around 10 or 13 at the time. He moved back to his mother's house. He has been having the same nightmare about the day he jumped. Only it's more vivid now. It's possible that he feels guilt about what happened with Paul Fry. ”Sometimes, he imagines he's the kind of person that challenges teachers like Scott and Walker, the kind that the Headmaster takes seriously” That must mean that he is quite the opposite. A very scared person who doesn't stand his ground. It seems that all he has been doing his whole life is running from this. Or ”jumping” when things get too dangerous. When he jumps off of the concrete defence,...
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...In this case Jack thinks that he found information that could affect Quality Foods’ loan request from Candlewood National Bank. However, his boss and mentor Sally Ryan asked him to destroy the memo and forget about it since the bank’s senior credit committee approved the Quality Foods loan request. Now, the problem is how can Jack continue his work and deal with his boss at the same time? I think Jack has some options to deal with this issue. He could do what Sally asked him for which is to forget about it and complete his job. However, could that be the right thing to do since he suspected that there is a conflict of interest between Sally and the president of Quality Foods? Also, Jack could raise this issue to higher level but that for sure will affect badly on his relationship with Sally. Moreover, it may negatively affect his job with the bank. I believe that Jack could not change the fact that the credit committee has already approved the Quality Foods loan request. However, in my opinion the most reasonable decision for Jack regarding to this dilemma is to seek for more information. According to the case Jack is still a junior financial analyst. He does not have that experience and does not know that much about the bank’s policies and procedures. Jack should ask Sally to explain why the credit committee did not discuses that issue in their meeting. And to end his suspicion about Sally and the conflict of interest he should talk to a senior manager that has an experience...
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...The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is notable not just for having the least likely title of a major Hollywood hit since “Forest Gump.” It also features images you don’t see every day: Using sophisticated makeup, long segments of the tale show superstar Brad Pitt’s face, aged beyond his years. He looks so different that a confused Angelina would kick him out of their kids’ nursery. His wrinkled countenance is then seamlessly computer grafted onto a diminutive body. The flick follows “Benjamin Button,” born small, but appearing elderly and arthritic, who then spends the remaining screen time becoming physically younger. While this concept is fantasy, the situation of child who looks geriatric is very rare but very real. Progeria (also called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome or HGPS) is an extremely rare condition. This is a genetic condition characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance of aging beginning in childhood. Affected children typically look normal at birth and in early infancy, but then grow more slowly than other children and do not gain weight at the expected rate. They develop a characteristic facial appearance including prominent eyes, a thin nose with a beaked tip, thin lips, a small chin, and protruding ears. Like Pitt in the film, people affected with this rare condition experience hair loss (alopecia), aged-looking skin, joint abnormalities, and a loss of fat under the skin (subcutaneous fat). This condition...
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