In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, a young boy named Christopher is a boy with rules that don’t seem to make sense about how to live life. I think Haddon is trying to relate Christopher to us when we were younger. The concept of innocence lays right out in front of you when you read this book. Christopher, with his disablility of autism, is just trying to make as much out of his time as he can. Many of us still wish we could be like Christopher and have the freedom to think in the ways he does; never lie, know everything in the world, base our days on colors. He doesn't worry about growing up and all of the "what if's", but instead he is derected to a different view of life; things that are not as obvious to us. This young boy never has a bad day. Is it we who decide to have our bad days, or is it others? It is our own decision; we choose who we are. Christopher--just a young boy--knows that life should always be filled with color and not even a speck of darkness belongs.
This is really good Emma! I never really thought that Christopher is like us when we were kids. Nice Job!
ReplyDeleteWow Emma. That was so good. You had an amazing point. It is us who chooses our days. No one can make us angry, we choose to be angry. Christopher, in his innocence determines his day by the colors of cars not by the actions of other people. That is pretty cool. Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteThat was amazingg Emma! You have a really good point by saying that we are the ones that decide our moods and it is us who choose whether we have a good or a bad day and in a way Christopher does represnt us. Great job! :)
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