The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a hilarious novel written by Mark Haddon, who is a British writer and poet. The protagonist of this novel is 15-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone; the special thing about Christopher is that he has behavioural problems, which makes him a rather funny character. He describes himself as a mathematician and because of his big obsession with prime numbers he writes the chapters this way instead of the regular 1, 2, 3 etc.
Christopher’s mother died 2 years ago (or at least that is what his father, Ed, explains to him) and therefore he lives alone with his father in Swindon, Wiltshire, sharing room with his pet rat named Toby.
The novel’s beginning takes place in an odd scene. It was 7 minute after midnight and Christopher went through the gate to his neighbour’s, Mrs. Shears, garden. The black poodle he finds has a big garden fork sticking through it and he wonders about who have killed it and why.
In the next few chapters, Christopher explains a bit about himself and how he lives his everyday life. Here, we also meet his mentor, Siobhan, who teaches him how to behave in situations he could find difficult to get through. He explains the many reasons why he wants to write a book about this murder and introduces the readers to his fancy universe.
After finding the dog, the police shows up and the police officer touches Christopher. He doesn’t like to be touched by anyone and hits the policeman, which is why he ends up on the police station. Later, Christopher is realised with a caution and his father comes pick him up. Christopher does not understand why his father keeps getting mad every time he talks about the dog and its mysterious dead. He keeps telling Christopher to “stay out of other people’s business” but Christopher continues searching for the true answers. One day Ed finds the book he is writing on and him and Christopher ends up in a fight. Ed takes the book away from Christopher so he starts looking for it. In his searching for the confiscated book he finds letters - from his mother Judy - which are all dated after her supposed death. Hereafter Christopher vomits for several hours in his bed until his father comes home. Ed realises that Christopher had found the letters and admits how he lied about her death and explains that he was the one who killed Wellington after an argument with Mrs Shears.
He no longer trusts his father and escapes to London where his mother lives according to the letters. When he finally gets to her house, Judy is glad to see him. Judy is now living with Mr Shears and he does not want Christopher staying at their place. Because of the conflict, Judy and Mr Shears split up. Christopher explains that he wants to go back to Swindon in order to do his mathematics A-level and therefore his mother rents a room in Swindon and agrees with Ed, that him and Christopher can meet up once in a while. Christopher is still very frightened of his father but towards the end of the book, his father gives him a golden retriever called Sandy.
The novel ends happy with Christopher completing his A-levels with top grades and decides to do even further exams. In the novel he explains that he wants to become an astronaut but this coal has changed. He now wants to become a scientist, after studying on a university.
Reading this book has taught me a lot of things about the everyday life in England. Of course it’s not every day you find a stabbed dog in a garden but all the other elements in the book, like the language between Ed and Christopher and the A-level-system.
I would definitely recommend this book to all sorts of readers!
The novel’s beginning takes place in an odd scene. It was 7 minute after midnight and Christopher went through the gate to his neighbour’s, Mrs. Shears, garden. The black poodle he finds has a big garden fork sticking through it and he wonders about who have killed it and why.
In the next few chapters, Christopher explains a bit about himself and how he lives his everyday life. Here, we also meet his mentor, Siobhan, who teaches him how to behave in situations he could find difficult to get through. He explains the many reasons why he wants to write a book about this murder and introduces the readers to his fancy universe.
After finding the dog, the police shows up and the police officer touches Christopher. He doesn’t like to be touched by anyone and hits the policeman, which is why he ends up on the police station. Later, Christopher is realised with a caution and his father comes pick him up. Christopher does not understand why his father keeps getting mad every time he talks about the dog and its mysterious dead. He keeps telling Christopher to “stay out of other people’s business” but Christopher continues searching for the true answers. One day Ed finds the book he is writing on and him and Christopher ends up in a fight. Ed takes the book away from Christopher so he starts looking for it. In his searching for the confiscated book he finds letters - from his mother Judy - which are all dated after her supposed death. Hereafter Christopher vomits for several hours in his bed until his father comes home. Ed realises that Christopher had found the letters and admits how he lied about her death and explains that he was the one who killed Wellington after an argument with Mrs Shears.
He no longer trusts his father and escapes to London where his mother lives according to the letters. When he finally gets to her house, Judy is glad to see him. Judy is now living with Mr Shears and he does not want Christopher staying at their place. Because of the conflict, Judy and Mr Shears split up. Christopher explains that he wants to go back to Swindon in order to do his mathematics A-level and therefore his mother rents a room in Swindon and agrees with Ed, that him and Christopher can meet up once in a while. Christopher is still very frightened of his father but towards the end of the book, his father gives him a golden retriever called Sandy.
The novel ends happy with Christopher completing his A-levels with top grades and decides to do even further exams. In the novel he explains that he wants to become an astronaut but this coal has changed. He now wants to become a scientist, after studying on a university.
Reading this book has taught me a lot of things about the everyday life in England. Of course it’s not every day you find a stabbed dog in a garden but all the other elements in the book, like the language between Ed and Christopher and the A-level-system.
I would definitely recommend this book to all sorts of readers!
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