Resumo de The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time

Narrated through the mind of a psychologically disturbed 15 year old boy, Mark Haddon (author of ?The curious incident??) managed to captivate the essence of an autistic child, depicting this socially foreign character through the unusual patterns of young Christopher John Francis Boone.Shortly after midnight, Wellington, the Neighbours dog is lying dead on the lawn ? a pitch fork sticking out beneath the surface of his curly black coat. Almost disturbingly undisturbed by it, Christopher realises the dog is dead ? that he has infact been murdered, yet his curiosity is not to be confused by a bad nature. Although emotionally stunted, he is aware of right and wrong/ happy and sad and through visuals of expressions shown to him by his teacher, Siobhan, he?s able to differentiate between various internal and external feelings and actions. Unbeknown to Christopher, his reaction to the situation is more than frowned upon by Mrs Shears, who comes flying outside to the scene of Christopher thoughtfully hugging the now-forkless Wellington, before kneeling on the ground beside the dog, his head on the cold earth as he groans ? a device he uses to block out incredulous noises, movements, fears, thoughts?. (such as the sound of Mrs Shears screaming ?what in fuck?s name have you done to my dog?? ? this being shouted prior to his groaning). Although suspicion is rife within Mrs Shears, Christopher is personally aware of his innocence ? unable to comprehend how non-reality could possibly be perceived by the human mind, believing the truth is as good as proof, but decides right there to play detective to who really killed Wellington. Thus his journey begins, each step/clue documented in his ?murder mystery novel?.What Christopher lacks in social or emotional dexterity, he makes up for with his remarkable ability to understand beneath the surface of ordinarily mind-depending subjects. Relating life to arithmetic, he builds his conclusions and theories using diverse formulas and techniques. Through Christopher, readers take an ocular back seat to not letting emotions penetrate our motives and personalities. A complex boy, who detests yellow, finds elaborate language incomprehensible, shuns the possibility of the supernatural and lets his mood be determined by the number/colour of cars he sees in a row, has the capacity to obtain a degree in mathematics and physics.Shortly after the ?Wellington incident? Christopher sets off to find clues that may lead him to the killer. His father, presumably widowed, but in actual fact a divorced man, following an affair between his wife and Mr Shears, adores him, yet, and through understanding beyond how Christopher depicts actions, you can feel the diverse feelings of love and resentment towards Christopher, by those who?s lives have ultimately been changed due to his bizarre frequency.Mr Boone, disagrees with his son?s ?Sherlock Holmes? inspired line of work and even after denying Christopher his consent to further his research regarding the death of the dog, the investigation lives (only this time in secret) causing all hell to break loose once Mr Boone unearths the murder mystery novel. Painfully different yet circumstantially understandable views from both father and son cause a mutual fight to break out, resulting in a bloody nose and the confiscating of Christopher?s mystery novel ? which he tracks down at the point of discovering his mother?s imperishable death has been a lie, simultaneously freeing the knowledge of who killed Wellington ? Mr Boone (shocker).He cannot fathom why someone would kill, understanding a murderer by any means to be bad. Mr Boones reasons are justifiable, although only through a sound mind, and the knowledge that his dad is now a murderer sends Christopher in another fear based direction. Late that night, his pet rat Toby in his pocket, Christopher heads off to London to find his mother. Although the journey is not overly brutal, the unfamiliar surroundings and bustling streets and stations prove to be hellish for him. He arrives in London, reunites with his mother, eventually unintentionally causing a dramatic break up between her and Mr Shears. Towards the end, following the death of Toby & his son?s return home, Mr Boone presents Christopher with a puppy golden retriever (Sandy) ? along with a ?project? for the two of them to work on, little by little ? the reconstruction of their broken bond.. A scary look into the distorted mind of a boy with Asperger?s syndrome, and those afflicted by him? the book, which chapters are divided by cardinal as apposed to ordinary numbers, concludes with one of the mathematical equations taken from his A level maths paper in the appendix of his novel. Showing emotion in a unique way, Christopher holds his hands up, pressing his finger tips gently against those of the people he loves?

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