Author’s Note: This piece is about how the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon would be different if it were not written in the first person view of Christopher, a 15 yr. old with autism. My purpose for writing is for my first 4th quarter writing conference.
Just imagine, have specified rules that only you have to follow. Think about being made fun of for a disease that you were born with. Lastly, I want you to dream about having the inspiration to investigate, and hunt down a dog murderer while your father is yelling at you not to. This is what happens to a fifteen year old, autistic kid named Christopher goes through in the story, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. In his class at school, he was given an assignment to write a novel. Of course it happened that Christopher’s favorite neighborhood dog was murder that night and he was going to write a mystery book about who killed it. However, he happened to write the book in his point of view which made it go on and on. If the novel that Christopher wrote was in his father’s point of view, the story would be a lot less sidetracking, an actual plotline, and less complexity of writing in the book.
In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, the autistic character named Christopher, sidetracks a lot from the main concept of the story which was who killed Wellington. One chapter, he would be talking about the actual plot and the next he would be telling us about the frogs in the pond by his school. This happened throughout the whole book and it turned probably a one hundred and fifty page book into 228 pages. Clearly then, the novel would have been a whole lot less off topic if it were written in the first person view of Christopher’s dad.
Furthermore, there would be an actual plot for the events in the story if it were written in his dad’s mind. With the random subject changes, it is hard to distinguish the different events on the line. But without all of the random segways, the book would have a constant plot including rising and falling events, the climax, and the resolution. It would make the story a lot easier to read and more enjoyable because there would actually be investigating instead of having the police do all of the work.
In addition, as an autistic child Christopher is made fun of at school by being called names like ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’. Actually though, he is a really intelligent kid. In the story, he went through and showed us many hard and complicated math problems that he faced along his mystery and his journey to London, where his Mother lives. Also he is a great writer and probably had no trouble at all writing the two hundred and twenty eight page story. On the other hand, his father is not as smart as the fifteen year old, considering that he works for a heating and cooling corporation. Therefore, the book would not be as long as it was and it would be less descriptive.
In conclusion, the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time would have an actual plotline, would be less sidetracked, and there would be worse writing in the book if it were his dad who wrote it. This book was very unique because the viewpoint it was in was not a normal person. It shows you and anyone who reads it that people with disabilities and borne illnesses are smarter than they look and that they can do anything that normal people can.
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