Mark Haddon - the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Essay title: Mark Haddon - the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
In Mark HaddonЎЇs Ў°The curious incident of the dog in the night-timeЎ± is a moving experience told in the eyes of someone who is not likely not similar to us. He views the world in a unique and systematic way, where everything around him is similar to his own thoughts and ideas. Christopher John Francis Boone is a kid who knows all the countries of the world and their respective capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Many would call him a genius except that he is autistic. One night he discovers the body of Wellington, the dog of his neighbor Mrs. Shears. Our protagonist decides to investigate the murder against his fatherЎЇs wishes (A foreshadow). His father is the sole care-taker of Christopher since his mother passed away two years ago. He starts his investigation by going around the neighborhood and from Mrs. Alexander, his neighbor; he finds out that his mother had an affair with Mr. Shears. ChristopherЎЇs father finds the book where he wrote the journal entries for his investigation. They get into a fight and Mr. Boone takes ChristopherЎЇs book away. To reconcile with