Monday 2 May 2011

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is written by Mark Haddon and is about a boy called Christopher and his father. It all starts out one night when Christopher looks out of his window one night and see's the neighbours doglying outside. He goes outside and discovers that the dog has been stabbed with a pitch fork and is lying on the floor dead. Christophers neighbour called Mrs Sheers comes running out and calls the police. When the police turn up one of them comes up and touches Christopher who proceeds to hit the police officer because he highly dislikes being touched by people. he gets arrested however he is let of with a warning. After Christophers encounter with the dead dog he becomes intiqued to discover who the murderer was. When he mentions to his Father after doing some investigating that he thinks that the murderer might have been Mr Sheers his father gets extremelly angry and tells him to never say Mr Sheers in the house ever again and to stop the detective cherade. Despit this Christopher finds loop holes in the agreement and continues to ask questions and gets himself into a bit of a muddle.

The book is written from the point of view of Christopher as if he is writing the book wich i think is a very clever style. Because Christopher isnt quite right he doesnt understand emotions so at the end it gets very sad but Christopher just stays blank wich i found highly frustrating.Despit this i found the book very enjoyable and would recommend to anyone looking for a good read. 10/10!

By George Hawkins.

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