The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Hello followers, my reading group and I have just finished a discussion on the theme of "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" and some some disagreements and some agreements. We all agreed on the general theme of the book which is that society isn't capable of properly interacting with people with disabilities. This shows because of all the people that Christopher interacts with and the majority of them don't understand what he is doing and yell at him. Though the gruop agreed on that, we disagreed about a secondary theme of the book that is curiosity causes large problems. I disagreed with this because I believe that wether Christopher disobeyed his father and investigated Wellington's death or not, this whole situation with his parents would've still happened. Others said that the whole problem started because of Christopher who tried to figure out who killed the dog. I can see it both ways, I just think that my side is correct.
Friday, 18 May 2012
Hello followers, last post about "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time". I would like to thank you all for following me and reading my lengthy posts but this is the end. The book was great, you should read it, and that's all I have left to say about it. This has been a good experience with blogging for people to read and think about what I'm doing. I realize could be considered as selfish but I'm better then you all and I want you all to know it. Well I'm officially retiring from blogging. PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, 11 May 2012
Hello followers, I have recently finished the book I've been telling you about called "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time". This book was an excellent book that deserves its many awards, such as the whitbread award. This book is one of the few that I have read that has a satisfying ending. I will not tell you of the ending of the story because i want you guys to read the book as well but I feel you won't if you know how it ends. So yes, I would definitively recommend this book because it is very interesting and a joy to read. Here's what it looks like so you can know what to look for at the libraby/book store:
There you go! Peace guys!
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Hello followers, I've continued to read "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" and it's gotten more interesting to me. Christopher has left his father's house and is on his way to his mother's flat. He's reached the the train station and has made it to his destination despite many obstacles and is now figuring out how to get to his mother's flat. This is where I am in the book and I have stopped to tell you more about Christopher's journey and what I think about it. The author does a very good job of simulating the writing of an autistic child which is good because I think that without accuracy, the book would be much less interesting and you would be focusing more on the inaccuracies then the story. This book really shows that society is not very good with handling people with disabilities by showing how people act with Christopher. Christopher doesn't like interacting with strangers but he has to in able to reach his mother's flat. When he does interact with others, they swear at him and yell at him because they're too impatient. This doesn't bother Christopher but I still don't think that it's right.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Hello followers, I've been reading an interesting book called "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time". This book is very unique because of it's style of writing and the general plot of the story. To go a little furhter into detail, the style of writing of this story is very basic and not complex (which you get a little taste of by reading the title). The writer doesn't use metaphors, symbols or any advanced pieces of writing and everything is straight to the point. This is because the book is written by an autistic child, named Christopher, so he doesn't understand how to describe the situation with an advanced style of writing. The book isn't actually written by an autistic child, the author simulates the writing in a book that Christopher writes. In the story, a Christopher finds a dead dog an his neighbour's lawn with a fork through it's body. He concludes that the dog has been killed and he decides that he is going to find out who killed it. He tells his father about this and his father tells him not to meddle in other people's business. He begins writing this story in a book and that book is "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time". The story takes place in England, around 1990. So far, Christopher has told us that his mother had died from heart problems (which we find out later isn't true) and that he and his father are living alone. One of there neighbours tells Christopher that his mother had an affair with Mr. Shears, who is the husband of the lady who's dog had been killed. All of this has been written in the book and his father finds the book and sees that Christopher knows about his mother's affair. His father gets very mad and throws the book in the garbage (which gets you wondering how the book was finished) and fights Christopher. He tries to find the book in the garbage but doesn't see it so he looks for it in the house and finds it hidden in his father's room with some unopened letters to Christopher. He takes the letters and reads them. These letters tell us the truth about his mother. These letters are from Christopher's mother to him and they tell us that she didn't die and that she moved out to live with Mr. Shears. His father finds him reading these letters and gets mad at himself for never telling his son the truth about his mother. He explains to Christopher why he lied to him about his mother and tells him that he killed the dog. Christopher gets scared that his father might kill him as well so he leaves the house and decides that he will go and live with his mother. I am currently at this point in the story and I am very intrigued about the rest of the story and how Christopher will continue his story. I'm already over half way through the book so this is a late post but I will be posting much more frequently now so keep watching for more about the book and how I feel about it.
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