In every piece of literature that we’ve read, there is always one character that stands out to you. The science behind why that happens all narrows down to the complex human brain.
The human brain is separated into different sections.
(Frontal lobe, cerebellum, etc.)
One of the most important parts of our brain is the Limbic System. The Limbic System is responsible for controlling the emotions that you may feel in a situation. For example, if you see a child fall off his bike, you may feel sympathy for him/her since you once fell off of your bike.
Now, let’s not get too scientific! To boil down a detailed science, your emotions are also involved in the thinking process while you read. You may make connections to the character, or have your own opinion on the events that occur throughout the book. This is part of the reason you may find a character to be intriguing.
This summer, I read the novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time.” By Mark Haddon. The novel focuses on a highly intelligent boy named Christopher Boone, who is affected by autism throughout his everyday life. Christopher
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What would push her to have an affair? Later in the novel, it explains that she feared dealing with Christopher’s autism, and how she constantly fought with her husband. I also found it quite different, yet understandable, that she would choose to run away from Christopher’s condition. Obviously, it was because she had fear, and she didn’t have a clue about management. It was different to me personally because of the modern world that we live in today. Many children have autism, in fact, 1 in 110 kids face the effects of autism. But, the kids that we do see with autism, we also see very coping parents along with them. Of course there will be parents who run away from parenting, but the idea seems foreign thinking about the society that we live in
This world is made up of so many secrets that each of us has. Sometimes we have some secrets that we don't share especially with our loved ones as we don't know how they will take it or if it will have an affect on them.Throughout the story, we are given hints to understand Christopher and his uniqueness. He knows all the countries of the world and their capitals, every prime number until seven-thousand, fifty-seven. He also hates the colors yellow and brown, that he won't even eat anything with those colors. He is described as being “unique” and very different from others.Christopher finds out some family secrets but what he finds out isn’t a secret because a secret isn’t a secret if it will affect someone else and a lie, isn’t a lie if no harm is being done.
It is a challenge for many children as they grow up to learn to be more independent. It can be particularly difficult for people with learning disabilities to learn how to move through the world on their own. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, Christopher Boone matures into an independent person after experiencing internal and external conflicts. Christopher struggles with his search for independence, and becomes an extreme example of this integral part of growing up.
In the Novel, The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, we are shown that the truth is not always accurate and that lies are sometimes necessary. Christopher Boone is a 15 year old who has Asperger’s Syndrome, which lies in the Autism Spectrum. Due to this condition Christopher does not understand emotion, metaphors – which he considers a lie – and knows all the prime numbers up to 7,507 as well as all the countries and cities of the world. Christopher’s life revolves around the truth and throughout the novel he is seen to grow and learn to cope with different things when dealing with lies. Most events in this novel are situated around a lie that has been told; nearly every character tells one and has to face the
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a mystery work of fiction by a British writer Mark Haddon, who was born on the 26th of September in Northampton, England in 1962, where he was brought up by an architect. Mark Haddon was educated at Uppingham School he then went on to his English Literature major at Oxford, Merton College. After completing his studies, he went to Scotland where he spent his time working with MENCAP which was an organisation that helped disabled people, this experience of looking after individuals who were diagnosed with autism and various sclerosis soon influenced him with his fictional writing. Having an interest in mental and physical health issues it encouraged Mark Haddon to start seeing the commonalities
First person narration is a technique which allows the reader to understand perspective. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a boy diagnosed with autism, lives his everyday life experiencing many issues. Mark Haddon chose to make Christopher, a boy with Autism, the narrator of this novel because Christopher’s first person narration has an overall impact on the story shaping it. First person narrative affects the novel as it lets the reader understand how Christopher, someone with Autism, may think about “dramatic” interactions and how he may interpret the actions of others.
Throughout the novel,’ The curious Incident of the dog in the night-time,’ the theme of the understanding and the acceptance of people’s differences is explored by Variety of events and different situations. Prior to reading this novel, most responders would have been unaware of differences between them and someone who has Asperger’s syndrome so the plot is ensuring us the readers the novel is informative to the responder.
Attention Grabber: In the “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” we see a young adult, Christopher, traveling through life and overcoming obstacles he never thought he could.
To most a disability seems like a hinderance, but to others it's what makes them unique, and they shouldn't be frowned upon for it. In the novel The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon the main protagonist Christopher John Francis Boone faces both internal and external conflicts and this helps build up courage and bravery. He is faced with mystery and having to deal with his family at the same time. He needs to conquer bravery yet stay away from danger. Lastly, he needs to learn how to accept and forgive while fighting against his disability. After all of these difficult tasks he grows as a person and discovers who he truly is. We all have a little Christopher inside of us.
Gore, Will. “A life less ordinary: Will Gore talks to Mark Haddon, who finds the remarkable in the every day.” Spectator, 14 July 2012, p. 43+. Literature Resource Centre,
Have you ever been lied to? It hurts right? You lose all the respect and all the trust you had for that person. Trust is absolutely necessary for relationships to succeed. In the book “The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time” by Mark Haddon we are introduced to Christopher, a mentally challenged teen who is really smart in math and science but not very smart when it comes down to social skills. Christopher hates lies and doesn't trust people who tell them.
This essay will be an analytical essay where the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon will be analyzed and interpreted. The focus will be on the language of the novel and the themes and messages.
author will create a character’s emotions to demonstrate their point to help the reader understand
In the 2003 novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, the composer invites readers inside a world of difference and unfamiliarity through the thought –provoking protagonist Christopher. Through the first-person narrative, readers are confronted and challenged by Christopher’s perspective, whose autism affects his cognitive capabilities. Haddon’s clear conveyance of Christopher’s distinctive, idiosyncratic interpretation of the world is manifested in the protagonist’s internal struggle of poor interpersonal skills, consequently broadening the audience’s understanding of human experience. Through the narrative voice of Christopher Boone, the reader gains insight into the distinct way of interpreting the world; that people with Autism see, which is effectively conveyed by Haddon through the use of
He has the ability to express all the loneliness, discrimination, fears, etc. of all the character. Which this is why reader would have different emotion and feeling to characters.
The same notion applies to close reading. But, the unique process of psychoanalysis is more rewarding than the heavily institutionalized approach of New Criticism, because the incorporation of cognitive science into literature allows the reader to interpret and evaluate how and why people behave as they do. Seeing as you can know any work of art, like literature, through some human process of cognizance, by means of your own mind, certainly then, there is an ever-present psychological element to literature. Such literary criticism can shape and articulate that experience from the author’s words from the characters and the text to our own world of