I'm currently reading "The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime" by Mark Haddon. So far, I find it really interesting and educational. The main character, Christopher, suffers from Asperger syndrome, which is shown throughout the book. I find Christopher to be very complex.
Christopher is to me a very complex character, because he struggles with social awkwardness from his Asperger syndrome; not understanding peer's emotions and having trouble communicating his own- and simultaneously trying to solve the mystery of the murdered dog across the street. I find Christopher to be misunderstood; he's smart in many ways but people surrounding him don't realize it because he lacks basic social skills. I can't imagine how hard it would be to deal with having people assume things about you all the time.
"The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime" also presents the idea that many people are narrow minded when it comes to people like Christopher. Because he seems annoying at first people think that's all there is; but if you stopped to think you would realize he is just like any other child and he has his own talents as well.
"The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime" by Mark Haddon is a really interesting book that you can learn a lot about writing from. The writing style is very different from many others, and it opened up a lot of ideas for me.
Christopher is to me a very complex character, because he struggles with social awkwardness from his Asperger syndrome; not understanding peer's emotions and having trouble communicating his own- and simultaneously trying to solve the mystery of the murdered dog across the street. I find Christopher to be misunderstood; he's smart in many ways but people surrounding him don't realize it because he lacks basic social skills. I can't imagine how hard it would be to deal with having people assume things about you all the time.
"The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime" also presents the idea that many people are narrow minded when it comes to people like Christopher. Because he seems annoying at first people think that's all there is; but if you stopped to think you would realize he is just like any other child and he has his own talents as well.
"The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime" by Mark Haddon is a really interesting book that you can learn a lot about writing from. The writing style is very different from many others, and it opened up a lot of ideas for me.
Ella, you're such an amazing writer and I've really enjoyed reading all of your posts. I've never read this book but it sounds really interesting and something I'd like to read. I really like how instead of just saying that Christopher s weird and awkward, you really elaborate on how he is that way, and you really feel for him. I haven't even read the book and I feel bad for him.
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I'm happy you liked it. I feel like with some characters you have to think more about not what they are but why they're like that.
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