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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is unlike any other book I have read.
That's because the narrator,
Christopher John Francis Boone, is unlike anyone I have ever met. He is a teenager with a developmental disability who is a mathematical genius but cannot understand human emotions.
This story makes me laugh and cause me to see the world through different eyes.

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The novel is written as if Christopher is writing it for a class assignment. He numbers the chapters in prime numbers because that is what he likes. In fact, you hear a lot about what
Christopher likes and does not like in the pages of this mystery.

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TONE: Conversational and matter-offact.
TENSE: Past tense
SETTING (TIME): 1998
SETTING (PLACE) · In and around
Swindon, England, with a trip to
London, England.
PROTAGONIST: Christopher John
Francis Boone
MAJOR CONFLICT: Christopher’s investigation of Wellington’s murder leads him to uncover a number of secrets about his parents, causing him to lose his trust in Father and to set out to London in search of Mother.
RISING ACTION: As Christopher investigates Wellington’s murder, he learns that Mother and Mr. Shears had an affair, that Father and Mrs. Shears also had an affair, and Father has been lying to him.

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CLIMAX: After a harrowing journey on his own to London in which he must overcome the limits of his condition, Christopher reunites with his mother.
FALLING ACTION: Christopher moves in with Mother, successfully completes his A-level test in math, and begins to reestablish trust with
Father. He recalls all that he has accomplished over the course of the novel and sets out a series of goals for the future.
THEMES: The Struggle to Become
Independent; Subjectivity; the Disorder of
Life; Coping with Loss
MOTIFS: Frustration with Christopher;
Science and Technology; Animals
FORESHADOWING: Father’s excessive anger over Christopher’s desire to investigate Wellington’s murder;
Christopher’s repeated SYMBOLS: The
Murder Investigation; Logic Puzzles, Math
Problems, and Maps; The A-Level Test in
Math observation that murderers typically know their victims; Christopher’s discovery of a letter from Mother in Father’s closet.

Christopher John Francis Boone Ed Boone

Judy Boone

Siobhan

Mrs Alexander
Wellington

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Amnesia-lost of memory
Dachshund dog-a small dog
Hypothetical- Supposed
Metaphor- a comparison that does not use LIKE or AS
Simile- A comparison using LIKE or AS
Swiss Army Knife- a multi-tool pocket knife

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