![]() ![]() Christopher uncovers the truth by reading. ![]() The way in which Christopher uncovers perhaps the greatest secret of the novel is no accident – there is a reason why he finds out that his mother is alive by reading letters from her. It is a gift that Haddon has given us and it is a testament to the power of writing and communicating. Haddon endows us with the necessary equipment (this novel) to be able to understand Christopher and to share his life and as a result we are introduced into the world of this young man in a way that no other character in the novel can fully do. We are let into his world in a way that other characters in the novel seem not to have access. The emotional outbursts of those around Christopher are told in a matter-of-fact way that makes episodes of rage somehow distant and often even more chilling. For this reason we become more and more tuned into the way in which Christopher views the world. We are effectively written into his story. For that reason we always feel close to Christopher: we are not only looking out on the world from his perspective but we are literally positioned in his shoes, holding the very novel that he is holding as he writes. Very early on we are made aware that the novel Christopher starts writing is the novel we have in our hands. All events are processed through his remarkable mind. Everything in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is seen through the eyes of Christopher, the fifteen-year-old genius narrator with Asperger’s syndrome. ![]()
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