THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT- TIME

[Pages:23]THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-

TIME

A NOVEL BY MARK HADDON

ABOUT THE AUTHOR & BACKGROUND

Mark Haddon

? Born in 1962 Northampton

? Studied at Oxford university and Edinburgh university

? He worked with children and adults with mental and physical disabilities

? Mostly writes children books

? Writes poetry

? Won the Whitebread book of the year for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

? He's married with two boys

2003

? The Columbia Space Shuttle disaster ? Concord final flight ? SARS (sever acute raspatory syndrome) ? The fifth Harry Potter Book is released

Words that were added to the dictionary: ? Binge-watch ? Flash mob ? Muffin Top ? Manscaping ? Unfriend

NOVEL SETTING Time and Place

One of the events that took place in 1997 that we found very interesting was that the measles vaccine causes autism

This book starts off in Swindon, England but then travels to London, England.

This book took place in April of 1998. Evidence of this show on page 98 & 101.

MAIN CHARACTERS

There is only one main character and his name is Christopher Boone. Christopher

is 14 year old boy with autism. But Christopher is very smart and loves space

sciences and maths.

? Christopher cannot understand emotions as well as the rest of us. But he understand logic very well.

CHRISTOPHER'S RELATIONSHIPS

? Christopher doesn't really have many good relationships

? There are rocky moments with his dad and mother.

? Has a good relationship with a teacher from school, Siobhan, and his pet rat named Toby.

CHRISTOPHER'S PERSPECTIVE

? Pg.140"I see everything. That's why I don't like new places. If I'm in a place I know, like home, or school, or the bus, or the shop, or the street, I have seen almost everything beforehand and all I have to do is to look at the things that have changed or moved." Christopher observes way more than the average person and he has a really good memory and remembers almost everything.

SIDE CHARACTERS - ED BOONE

Christopher's father

? Ex-husband to Christopher's mother ? Strong relationship with Christopher built on

trust ? Good father ? Doesn't fully understand Christopher ? Killer of Wellington ? Lied about Christopher's mother being alive

? "But father was a more levelheaded person, which means he didn't get angry as quickly and he didn't shout as often." Pg.82.

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