week 7 post- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is about Christopher Boone, a fifteen-year-old boy with an autistic spectrum condition. Christopher lives with his father. Sadly, Christopher explains that his mother, Judy, died two years ago. Christopher explains in the book the tragedy of finding the dead body of Wellington, the neighbor’s dog, speared by a garden fork. Mrs. Shears, Wellington's owner, calls the police, and Christopher comes under suspicion. When a policeman touches him, he hits the policeman, and is arrested, then released with a word of caution. He decides to investigate the dog's death in order to clear his name. There are several connections that can be made between the recent novels we have read in class. First, is the connection between Charlie from Flowers for Algernon and Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Both main characters are mentally disabled and I think that both novels are connected because you get a look in at what it is like to be mentally disabled and what goes through the mind of the disabled. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye, Charlie from Flowers for Algernon and Christopher all suffered social deficits, and communication difficulties.