The Curious Incident of Te Dog Inthe Night Time
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The behaviors and demands of adults are mysterious and confusing to most children. To 15-year old Christopher Boone, the narrator in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, its completely beyond the realm of his understanding. Christopher is an autistic savant and while hes a whiz at math and science, human emotions are particularly complex for him. As the novel opens, he tells us “I know all of the countries of the world and their capital cities, and every prime number up to 7,057.” He finds a neighbors dog, named Wellington, murdered and decides to write about it. With the help of his teacher, Siobhan, he decides to write a book about his attempt to solve this mystery. Its a search for information that will ultimately upset his carefully constructed world.
Christopher lives alone with his father after his mother died from a heart attack two years earlier. He never got to visit her at the hospital, but this doesnt bother him since he doesnt like strange places or people he doesnt